#daguerrotypes

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A daguerreotype plate with no image, 1850-1855

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The Fascinating Daguerrotypes of Victorians Breastfeeding

Unidentified woman breastfeeding a baby, ca. 1860. Schlesinger Library / Flickr You know the daguerrotypes. Stiff scenes of Victorian fam

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Eirik Johnson with Daniel Carrillo Unfolded

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John William Draper’s 1840 daguerreotype of the moon

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The Fascinating Daguerrotypes of Victorians Breastfeeding

Unidentified woman breastfeeding a baby, ca. 1860. Schlesinger Library / Flickr You know the daguerrotypes. Stiff scenes of Victorian families in too much clothing, expressing about as much enthusiasm for one another as one would have for a lamppost. That's why we did a double – no, triple – take

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DameStruck: Daguerreotypes (1976)

The latest DameStruck from @lhbizness is Agnes Varda's timeless documentary Daguerreotypes (1976)

With Agnes Varda passing away this week, the internet has been awash in discussions of her films, with suggestions on what films to watch, and where. Though most of us agree that we should all watch Cleo 5 to 7, Varda has such a copious and varied filmography that it can be hard to decide on the next viewing. I’m very limited in my Varda knowledge, so I betook myself to Kanopy, which right now…

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The Camera Never Lies? 🎧

On this episode of BackStory, Joanne and Brian look at the early days of photography and learn if photos should be trusted at all. Historian Martha Sandweiss explains how an unusual set of daguerreotypes changed the way she thinks about photography. Peter Manseau tells Brian the story of William Mumler, who claimed to capture ghosts in his Civil War-era photographs. Photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson created a magical world where carrot-tops tickled the clouds and corn cobs were the size of mighty tree trunks.

Length: 37:25 Date: 15 June 2018

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Hand-Painted Daguerrotypes From The 1850s Capture The Color Of Nudity

Before the dawn of color printing, there was hand-painting.