Early Photography: Making Daguerreotypes

The daguerreotype is a one-of-a-kind, highly detailed photographic image on a polished copper plate coated with silver. It was the first popular photographic medium and enjoyed great success when it was introduced in 1839. Although primarily a nineteenth-century medium involving a painstaking process, daguerreotypy is still practiced today by an active--and avid--group of devotees. Love Art? Hit Subscribe! ( #photography #gettyphotography #gettymuseum