Image from Mirror Image.
Daguerreotypes are a fascinating, intimate window into the past through rich, detailed images. Mirror Images has a gallery of amazing daguerreotypes. The Daguerreotype Salon of Dennis A. Waters is full of elegant images that are for sale … thank you so much for sharing those!
A primer of 19th century photographic processes and techniques from The American Museum of Photography. Also The Daguerreian Society lots of information and an extensive image gallery, as the one example below: "The Branded Hand of Captain Jonathan Walker".
Tinted Daguerreotypes belonging to Mark Koenigsberg. Some Daguerreotypes to purchase from Tias.com. And of course, they have many on eBay.
"Presenting a surface for the action of the light, of the most delicate texture conceivable" -- from The Daguerreotype, a written piece by Edgar Allan Poe (Reprinted from Alexander's Weekly Messenger, Jan. 15, 1840).
A collection of quotations about the art of photography.
Frida Kahlo by Nickolas Muray and C.W. Carter Still Photograph Archive all from George Eastman House Photography Collections Online ... with pretty hefty fees for use of images.
Not as dignified as daguerreotypes but wiggling images might make you smile.
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