February 2018 Jeremiah Gurney (American) at 349 Broadway, New York Untitled (Cross-eyed man in three-quarter profile) Nd Half-plate daguerreotype All of these photograph…
Photography, which has been in existence for roughly 175 years, is now an everyman’s medium. The 1888 Kodak #1 camera first made the art form broadly accessible; the iPhone has now turned everyone technically proficient. But before Kodak, and long before Apple, photography was a laborious endeavor.
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These vintage photos are tintypes and daguerreotypes taken between 1840s to 1860s. Of course they were in black and white before colorizing by someone. But there is an interesting thing that some of them can make you feel they are better than color snapshots today. Take a look...
Lot of 2, including: a half plate daguerreotype of a Virginia militia man, suggested to be a member of the Richmond Fayette Artillery, with
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ca. 1840-60, [daguerreotype portrait of actress, Eliza Logan, earnestly praying in a white dress] via Harvard University, Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library
I love English tinted Ambrotypes an this is another lovely example. A perfect job was done--no overkill or, heaven forbid, introduction of the "Splot." Here is his wife:http://www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/7178252177/in/photostream/
These three daguerreotypes sourced from Tasmania are amongst some of the earliest examples of photography in Australia. The unknown photographers have used the technique developed by Frenchman L-J-M Daguerre in the late 1830s, whereby a highly detailed image is formed ...
ca. 1860-80s, [carte de visite portrait of a member of the Boston Reserve Polo Club], C. E. Pease via Stereoviews.com, Cabinet Card Gallery
On this day in 1839, the government of France acquired a brand-new invention—the daguerreotype photographic process—and gave it away, a gift to the world.
A few interesting things about this image: first, although it is very tiny in the image, it can still be determined that the lady in the image is wearing a hair mourning brooch; Second: This is cleary an image of The Daily Show's Samatha Bee. This proves conclusively that she is a vampire. ;) "Hart, Photographer, Watertown, N.Y." Here is close-up to show the brooch: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/8555007581/in/photostr...
ca. 1852-55, [daguerreotype portrait of Edwin Stanton, with his son Edwin Lamson Stanton] via the Library of Congress, Daguerreotype Collection
* I'm not entirely certain that all of these are daguerreotypes; I'm really no expert on early photography. It's possible that some of these are examples of other techniques: ambrotypes, tintypes, etc.
