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Flickr Group: Contemporary Daguerreotypes

There’s a Flickr group for contemporary daguerreotypes now. I can’t figure out how to get MINE in there but hey… I keep getting the message that the image is either already inside the group, in too many groups, or is … Continue reading

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Another Daguerreotype Forum!

I hereby declare 2008 the “Year of the Daguerreotype.” I have been simply amazed at the increase in traffic to my site, communications with new daguerreotypists and other artists, communications with new collectors, and interest in daguerreotypes in general in … Continue reading

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Daguerreotype Discussion Forum

Jon Lewis has created an online forum for the discussion of all things daguerreotype. The forum isn’t just for practicing daguerreotypists but is geared for the discussion of collecting, preservation, case making, etc. Go check it out! -Jonathan

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Morrisville by Ernest Dollar

I was poking around Barnes and Noble yesterday and I came across my friend Ernie’s new book, “Morrisville.” Morrisville is known as a small, sleepy town in central North Carolina. However, this town in the heart of the state’s most … Continue reading

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Daguerreotype Anniversary!

Our art is 169 years old as of January 7th.  It was on that day in 1839 that La Gazette de France announced to the world the process we know today as the Daguerreotype.  The article “declared the ‘invention’ to … Continue reading

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