Monday, September 24, 2012

Daguerrotype

1. A daguerrotype is the first commercially successful photographic process. The surface resembled a mirror. They were prominent in the 1839.

2. The albumen" print was a method of producing a photographic print on a paper base from a negative. The main ingredient is egg whites. The process died out about 1895.

3. stereographs are a early form of three dimensional photos. They were popular around the 1870's and 1880"s.

4. A carte de visite was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris, France. They were used to shrink photos into the size of a visiting card.

5.Alexander Gardner was a scottish photographer and Matthew Brady was also a photographer who took many pictures of Abraham Lincoln. They took many pictures of the civil war. They were active form 1861 to 1865. Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.



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