Appreciation of Louis Daguerre

[cliveh]

 

[cowanw]

Is this a representation of one of his dioramas or? What it is not is the Ruins of Holyrood Abbey. One company sells prints and attributes this to Louis Daguerre. I am sceptical. But I am interested in Daguerreotypes so we will see where you are going with this

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[koraks]

The thread of course could not be complete without this:

Boulevard du Temple (photograph) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[jvo]

i think the above picture is backwards... as i recall, the man and boot black were on the left!

 

[cowanw]

You are quite right. on my screen the correct orientation comes up as a wee thumbnail just below the main image in Koraks post.Daguerreotypes are flipped on the side, similar to a negative. This image has been flipped again to look like the orientation of the street as it is today.
e.g.

This is the first ever photograph of a human – and how the scene it

Unknown man who stopped to have his shoes shined would have had no idea he was making history

www.independent.co.uk

 

[jvo]

ah, ha! I clicked on the link and saw example in the guardian! thanks