Tag Archives: daguerreotypes

Latest Daguerreian Society Quarterly Issued

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. One of our exchange organizations is the Daguerreian Society. This group recently announced their third quarterly issue for 2024. In a mail last, the contents of this issue were listed as including: Latest details on next month’s Symposium & … Continue reading →

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modern daguerreotypes

Posted on September 20, 2024 by Robert

Toronto. About seven years before our own modern daguerreotypist joined the PHSC, Ev printed an illustrated article by Robert Shlaer entitled, “PRACTICAL DAGUERREIAN IMAGERY”. An example of Mr Shlaer’s  work is shown at left. In the article Shlaer says, “It … Continue reading →

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high resolution

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Robert

Toronto. One thing a daguerreotype had going for it from the ‘get go’ was resolution. The terribly slow process was (depending on lens quality, plate, focussing, movement, etc.) always capable of very high resolution. Even today,  the existing mid 1850s … Continue reading →

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dialling for Dags

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends to the south often hold fairs and auctions to market images from the beginnings of photography. They do a wonderful job for those enamoured with old photographs, especially Daguerreotypes. Their annual is a massive soft cover book … Continue reading →

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in the briny deep

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Robert

Toronto.  The BBC News for March 26, 2022 has a story titled. “SS Central America: Haunting photos recovered [in] the ‘ship of gold’ wreck on ocean floor”. The photographs that that survived the watery grave were all cased images with … Continue reading →

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in da frame

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Robert

Toronto. There are camera collectors and there are camera collectors. Over a couple of decades ago,  I analyzed the interests of our members so we could reflect the appropriate topics in our journal, and program material. At the time, about … Continue reading →

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April in NYC

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Robert

Toronto. Just imagine! Going to the Big Apple (NYC) and having a chance to add to your collection while helping one of our exchange organizations! Each year in the Big Apple, the Daguerreian Society hosts the NY Photography Fair. While … Continue reading →

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a modest show

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Modest Mussorgsky was a well known Russian composer, famous for his series called Pictures at an Exhibition in English. He wrote the series in June 1874 but it wasn’t released in print until 1886. He composed it after visiting … Continue reading →

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April Show in the Big Apple

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Just a brief reminder to join the Daguerreian Society at its New York Photography Fair today, April 6th, 2019. Lots of stuff to see and buy – like this 1950 gelatin-silver print of Albert Einstein. You can enjoy April … Continue reading →

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Spring show in Big Apple

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Some of our members also belong to our exchange organization, the Daguerreian Society,  long the pre-eminent society for all thing Daguerreian. On April 7-8 in New York City, the NY Photography Fair will be held, hosted by the Daguerreian … Continue reading →

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