Photographic View Companies: The Camera Leaves the Studio
Posted by Jay Ruby on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off on Photographic View Companies: The Camera Leaves the Studio Photography’s first half-century of development was exciting and eventful. The daguerreotype, an image printed directly on a polished metal surface, was perfected in 1839. A decade later, millions of Americans posed for ambrotypes, tintypes, albumen plates – often replete with military uniforms, favored family pets or bagged game. To satisfy the nation’s craving for...read more