Edward Steichen

A good daguerreotype was as perfect a kind of photograph as was ever made.

American Photographer

Understand that a daguerreotype is an antique form of photography, not used in modern times.

Historical Technology

Each daguerreotype is a one-of-a-kind image since no negatives were used to make copies.

Unique Originals

Daguerreotypes are easily recognized by their shiny, metallic appearance due to the silver surface.

Metallic Sheen

 He developed something called a daguerreotype, which used a silvered plate and which produced a sharper image. But the daguerreotype could only make positive images so copies had to be made by taking another photo. In the end, the daguerreotype won out