Daguerreotypes

Yesterday in class we discussed the earliest forms of photography. I was particularly interested in the daguerreotypes that were on display. I found it extremely fascinating the great lengths that photographers went through at the time to produce just a single image, in this case, that in unable to be reproduced. I loved even more the care that was taken to preserve a photo in an ornate box for each individual photo. I wish today, socially, that photo albums were left in the places we venture to, as to learn more about the people and places we see on a day to day basis.