by Joe Farina » Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:29 pm
I would guess that not many people have seen real Daguerreotypes. A while back, there was an exhibition of old Daguerreotypes at the Snite Museum at Notre Dame (Indiana), and I saw them for the first time. They are quite startling, compared with the type of photographic images we're used to. The resolution looked extremely high, certainly I didn't see any hint of grain, and the images had a "solidity" that is hard to describe.
Just recently I looked for Daguerreotypes on eBay. I would like to have a good example, someday. They have to be seen in person to be appreciated, maybe that's something they do have in common with holograms.
It was a somewhat morbid experience seeing those 19th-century Daguerreotypes, though, because many were of dead people at funerals. Apparently that was customary at the time. I think that long exposure times were needed, and of course there would be no problem with movement.
I would guess that not many people have seen real Daguerreotypes. A while back, there was an exhibition of old Daguerreotypes at the Snite Museum at Notre Dame (Indiana), and I saw them for the first time. They are quite startling, compared with the type of photographic images we're used to. The resolution looked extremely high, certainly I didn't see any hint of grain, and the images had a "solidity" that is hard to describe.
Just recently I looked for Daguerreotypes on eBay. I would like to have a good example, someday. They have to be seen in person to be appreciated, maybe that's something they do have in common with holograms.
It was a somewhat morbid experience seeing those 19th-century Daguerreotypes, though, because many were of dead people at funerals. Apparently that was customary at the time. I think that long exposure times were needed, and of course there would be no problem with movement.