Quoting Louis Daguerre, from a notice circulated to attract investors, 1838

The daguerreotype is not merely an instrument which serves to draw nature … [it] gives her the power to reproduce herself.
— Louis Daguerre, from a notice circulated to attract investors, 1838

5:38pm on October 4, 2024 from Turkey


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