and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment. L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Smithsonian American Art Museum. [BOTTOM LEFT] James P. Ball, Untitled (young boy), sixth-plate daguerreotype, ...

I knew I would first have to figure out if it were a real daguerreotype. I went to the Daguerrian Society, a reputable and keen group of collectors. Since daguerreotypes are made on a polished ...

Now, together with Gilles Bencimon of Radio France Internationale, he has discovered a photo reproduction of a daguerreotype depicting (most likely) Fryderyk Chopin. The daguerreotype was made in 1847 ...

Well that was funded fast. In less than 24 hours Lomography's Kickstarter for the Daguerreotype Achromat2.9/64Art Lens has racked up more than five times its total funding goal. Sheesh!

The daguerreotype - an image created through the first photographic process - shows former First Lady Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth US president, James Madison. The photograph ...