The Making of a Daguerreotype, by Takashi Arai

When people first saw daguerreotypes, they thought they were looking at magic. Invented in 1839, by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, it was the first widely used technique for making photographs. The images, which were made on highly polished, silver-plated copper plates, were beautiful but elusive. Held at the right angle, they were... Read more →