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Delving into the images and technique that made the daguerreotype a cutting-edge technology in 1839, the author uses her access to Harvard's collection of images to explore the early phases of this format.
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About the Author
Melissa Banta is the Adler curatorial associate at the Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University Library. She is coauthor of The Invention of Photography and Its Impact on Learning, A Timely Encounter: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Japan, and From Site to Sight: Anthropology, Photography, and the Power of Imagery.
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Daguerreotypy, an early photographic technique that captured images on a silver-coated copper plate, was an important vehicle for documenting achievements in science and art in the 19th century. Banta, a curator in the Harvard University Library Preservation Center, has studied Harvard's daguerreotypes as part of a recent project to assess the condition and scope of the university's holdings. Mostly, her book discusses the subjects of the pictures, along with some coverage of preservation concerns. Banta is highly effective in relating the daguerreotype process to the interests and social positions of those in the pictures, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, James McNeill Whistler, Henry James, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The importance of the daguerreotype in recording achievements in medicine and astronomy is also discussed. A brief inventory of Harvard's daguerreotypes is a nice addition. Highly recommended for academic history of photography collections.DEric Linderman, Ida Rupp P.L., Port Clinton, OH
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