Web assignment #2
1. What is a daguerreotype? What did the surface of a daguerreotype resemble? When were they prominent? What photographic process did the daguerreotype replace?
- A daguerrotype is a direct-positive process that creates a detailed image on a sheet of copper plated with a thin coat of silver without the use of a negative. The surface of a daguerreotype resembled a mirror, and at the peak of its popularity in 1850, the daguerreotype replaced Heliography.
2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out? - The albumen print was divided silver and gold image dispersed in a mold of egg white. It died out somewhere around the 1920's
3. What is a "stereograph"? When were they popular?
- Two almost identical photographs that were placed on cardboard side by side and viewed with a stereoscope. When the pictures were viewed this way, the photograph appeared three-dimensional, and those they were popular.
4. What is a "carte de visite"? What were they used for?
- A carte de visite was a small albumen print on cards 2-1/2 by 4 inches. They were used for exchanging portraits and were put into family albums
5. Who were Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They are both notable for what type of photograph? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.
- Mathew Brady was a photojournalist that took pictures of the civil war. Alexander Gardner owned one of Mathew Brady's pictures. He also took his own photos. Mathew Brady used daguerreotype during the war before the year 1875, and Alexander Gardner Produces carte de viste portraits between the years 1862 and 1865.
