The dual nature of photography was evident from the beginning when Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre:

A. created artfully arranged photographs of scientific specimens.
B. used the tools of a sculptor to create photographic plates.
C. had powerful backers from both the art world and the Catholic Church.
D. presented his process before a joint session of the Académie des Sciences and the Académie des Beaux-Arts.

Louis Daguerre's invention of the daguerreotype process in 1839 revolutionized photography, although William Henry Fox Talbot's calotype process later surpassed its capabilities.

Explanation:

Daguerre invented the daguerreotype in 1839, which significantly reduced exposure time and created lasting results, although it only produced a single image.

The daguerreotype was a pioneering photographic process that produced a stable unique positive image on a silver-coated copper plate through exposure to light in a camera obscura.

While Daguerre's daguerreotype was a breakthrough, William Henry Fox Talbot's invention of the calotype allowed for multiple prints from one negative and eventually became the dominant process.

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