Daguerreian

My daguerreotype exposures are longer than those typical of the Daguerreian era because I choose not to use Mercury and Bromine.

Antique photograph of the week: Smiling baby « knitnut.net 2007

Learn more about Louis Daguerre, the daguerreian process, and how it was received in America by visiting www.daguerre.org, the official website of the Daguerreian Society.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

Learn more about Louis Daguerre, the daguerreian process, and how it was received in America by visiting www.daguerre.org, the official website of the Daguerreian Society.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

Learn more about Louis Daguerre, the daguerreian process, and how it was received in America by visiting www.daguerre.org, the official website of the Daguerreian Society.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006

Back in the Daguerreian era 1839 to ~1858, death was more routine than visits to the photographer. $5 for a photograph was a lot of money ...

February « 2006 « knitnut.net 2006

Back in the Daguerreian era 1839 to ~1858, death was more routine than visits to the photographer. $5 for a photograph was a lot of money back then, especially considering the large family sizes.

Daguerreotype of the week: post-mortem « knitnut.net 2006

If our young women feel that they can sell tape and pins, set type or make shoes, keep books or manage a telegraph office; if they can keep a bakery or a dry-goods store, direct a Daguerreian gallery, or do any thing else that is right and proper to be done, let them not hesitate to do it.

Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. George Sumner Weaver

I hope this etext inspires a wider interest in the origins of photography and in the modern practice of the Daguerreian Art. THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY;

History and Practice of the Art of Photography Henry Hunt Snelling 1856

The book, as will be seen, is illustrated by a likeness of "Old Grimes," engraved by Sanford from a Photograph by Wells, Daguerreian Artist, Nos. 10 and 11, Mitchell's Building.

Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time 1855

I also found many of the articles and resources on the Daguerreian Society’s website www.daguerre.org to be useful.

The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith 2006