I think I’ve got some work ahead of me - lots of cleaning, greasing, calibrating, and even mirror replacement needed here.

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Your photography history post for today: by the photography studio of Southworth and Hawes (American, active 1843–1863), Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl, ca. 1850, daguerreotype with applied color, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (21.6 x 16.5 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. #photography #PhotographyHistory #vintagephotography

From the The Daguerreian Society: “A daguerreotype is the earliest widely adopted form of photography, introduced in 1839 by Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. It produced a highly detailed, one-of-a-kind image on a polished silver-coated copper plate. No negative was involved—each daguerreotype is a unique object…

The daguerreotype was revolutionary: It produced images with unprecedented accuracy and detail; made portraiture accessible to the middle class; and led to the rise of a booming photographic industry during the 1840s–1850s, as studios rapidly spread across Europe and the United States.”

Your photography history post for today: by Eugène Atget (1857-1927), “Boulevard de Strasbourg,” 1912. #photography #PhotographyHistory #vintagephotography #darkroomphotography #darkroom #blackandwhitephotography

From the International Center of Photography “Eugène Atget was a French photographer best known for his photographs of the architecture and streets of Paris. He took up photography in the late 1880s and supplied studies for painters, architects, and stage designers. Atget began shooting Paris in 1898 using a large format view camera to capture the city in detail. His photographs, many of which were taken at dawn, are notable for their diffuse light and wide views that give a sense of space and ambience. They also document Paris and its rapid changes; many of the areas Atget photographed were soon to be razed as part of massive modernization projects.

Atget’s photographs drew the admiration of a variety of artists, most notably Man Ray, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Man Ray even used one of Atget’s photographs for the cover of his surrealist magazine la Révolution surréaliste. The photographer Berenice Abbott preserved Atget’s prints and negatives and was the first person to exhibit Atget’s work outside of France.”