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"Daguerre's American Legacy" a new book of American portrait photographs, 1840 - 1900

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NEW BOOK! Daguerre’s American Legacy
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, 1840 – 1900 (click here)
Features 200+ DAGUERREOTYPES, AMBROTYPES, TINTYPES, CDVS & CABINET CARDS

photography, famous photographers, 20th Century photographs

Photographs - American Museum of Photography

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UPDATE! The first exhibit of photographs in the home of photography’s inventor– on view in the US!

DAGUERRE’S AMERICAN LEGACY
Photographic Portraits, 1840 – 1900

An exhibition showcasing the works of the first American photographers will be on view at the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts from April until January 4, 2015. “Daguerre’s American Legacy” was the very first photo exhibit shown in the home of photography’s inventor, Louis Daguerre, in Bry-sur-Marne, France. (click here for more)

More Exhibits! Click a Title to View:

PHOTOGRAPHY AS A FINE ARF! Canine Camera Classics
AT EASE Informal Portraits from the Dawn of Photography
SMALL WORLDS The Art of the Carte de Visite
OF BRICKS & LIGHT Architectural Photography

The Hall of Special Effects

Exhibits & Readings on Manipulated Photography

Introduction: TAMPERING WITH PERFECTION
MONTAGES, MULTIPLES & MISCHIEF Techniques of Trick Photography Explained
DO YOU BELIEVE? Ghosts & Ectoplasm – The Story of Spirit Photography, 1868 -1935

“DID YOU EVER HAVE A DREAM LIKE THIS?” Home-Grown Photo-Surrealism by “Dad” Martin,1908-1912
FAUX SNOW Fake Flakes Form Storms!
SEEING DOUBLE Creating Clones with a Camera
Reading:”The Camera Does Not Lie”

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