How was it made? The Daguerreotype

How was it made? The Daguerreotype | V&A

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Today only a handful of specialists create daguerreotypes, as the chemicals involved should not be used without the proper training and safety protocols. In this film Dr Mike Robinson creates a portrait using his own version of the technique.
To create a daguerreotype, a silver plated sheet was given a light sensitive surface coating of iodine vapour. After a long exposure in the camera, the image was developed over heated mercury and fixed in a solution of common salt. As the image lies on the surface of a highly polished plate, it is best seen from an angle to minimise reflections.
Find out more about photographic processes: www.vam.ac.uk/articles/photog...

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@abowla7187 Жыл бұрын

This is so crazy to me. Not only do these look cool, but the trial and error to figure out THIS SPECIFIC process just blows my mind.

@P3ach3s70 3 жыл бұрын

This is an absolutely stunning process to watch! I was looking at old pictures from the 1800s and had no idea that Daguerreotypes were literally captured on metal plates. 😲 These portraits are so beautiful!

@keepcalmycarryon 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I too found this to be highly arousing. _Good Day,_ _brighton margaret dechienne_

@moehussain8575 Жыл бұрын

You behave now Mrs Dechienne.

@fstopPhotography 10 ай бұрын

To be more precise, it's .999 silver tinned onto a copper plate and highly buffed to absolute perfection. That usually takes about 45 minutes with different buffing compounds.

@okcbanned4793 3 жыл бұрын

I wish i could have a picture taken from this

@TheBanjoShowOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

People often don't realize that photography is more like a work of chemistry in its entirety. The only reason this would be called photography is because of the intention and desired outcome.

@flioink Жыл бұрын

Well, nowadays it's more physics and computer science, but I get your point.

@Kstanimal 2 ай бұрын

i have such fond memories of these. i saw two daguerrotypes at my grandma's house (i think of either her grandparents or parents) and they were absolutely beautiful!! i have never forgotten about them... theyre so fascinating

@zippygotsillyagain Жыл бұрын

I recognised the word 'daguerreotype' from mentions in my favourite book of all time 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'. And now here it was a privilege to see how one is made.

@Flaming0x 5 ай бұрын

Me too 😆

@cohenlockwood6066 3 жыл бұрын

Louis Daguerre was a French painter who created "daguerreotypes" a process that gave portraits a sharp reflective style, like a mirror. Now you're totally stuck in the Retro Zone. Sad face.

@ranskieee 3 жыл бұрын

mmmm yes this is why im here

@Jaimes_Bond 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@haguilar84 3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting a Life is Strange reference, and you did not disappoint. Spot on!

@sonyviva308 2 жыл бұрын

Its either YOU KNOW THIS, or not Max.

@lvsmoon 2 жыл бұрын

I REALLY LOVED THIS COMMENT

@edge9380 2 жыл бұрын

Louis Daguerre was a genius

@barrymoore4470 Жыл бұрын

Quite possibly, but he built upon the discoveries and methods made earlier by Nicéphore Niépce, who achieved an enduring image in a camera no later than 1827 (some twelve years before Daguerre's process was publicly announced).

@MistyBleu 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad he persevered with his ambition and succeeded.

@charlesbcraig 2 жыл бұрын

We have an old family locket with one of these inside. Now we know how they made it!

@SillyLollipopRomance 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I even teared up a little bit.

@STTDB1990 2 жыл бұрын

Why?

@cdb88 2 жыл бұрын

I get it. It's emotional. Almost like a ritual.

@mehmeterdem742 3 ай бұрын

@@STTDB1990 Turtle is your grandfather.

@ArvindChoudharyi 2 жыл бұрын

How fare have we come. From that picture to to the camera shooting it process. Very inspiring.

@dragonsaige Жыл бұрын

The shot at 1:03 was really well done in highlighting the exact same thing

@hanslick3375 11 ай бұрын

Very few people realize that the first photographic methodology, the daguerreotype, is STILL THE SUPREME QUALITY OF PHOTOGRAPHS. There is no higher quality photograph than the daguerreotype. I quote Grant Romer: “The daguerreotype is the Rolls-Royce of photographs, and the Rolls-Royce is the daguerreotype of automobiles”. A well-made daguerreotype can seem to have magical qualities. Highly polished silver is the best reflector known. When holding a daguerreotype, and moving it ever so slightly in order to get the perfect light reflection, an occasionally heard comment is that the viewers felt themselves “transported” to that time and place.

@festinalente8354 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explanation. It's clear and substancious. Salutes from Spain.

@RedcoatsReturn 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! I always wondered how this worked 🤔 Thankyou! 😊😊😊

@pavelradev1990 8 ай бұрын

This is gorgeous! So well done.

@cdb88 2 жыл бұрын

absolutely beautiful

@r.h.0101 28 күн бұрын

Amazing. Great video!!!!!

@bozmar1 Жыл бұрын

Daguerrotypes have the best clarity mirror like picture invented by humans ever

@aimankhan6963 6 ай бұрын

Mesmerising

@KitConnor512 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating 👏🏼

@bvista58 Жыл бұрын

fascinating chemistry, but I wouldn't want to inhale those mercury fumes

@Dr.advocatejha Ай бұрын

This is brilliant :)

@cagdasozgun5883 2 жыл бұрын

Magical, isn't it?

@jameshatzopoulos9885 Жыл бұрын

I remember doing this when I was a kid with my Uncle Daguerre...

@blackdog3568 9 ай бұрын

Que processo lindo! ❤

@welcomefella2834 Жыл бұрын

exhilarating

@liecretsev Жыл бұрын

lmao. i knew someone from that anime would be here

@kiwisweetheart71 3 ай бұрын

Oh wow!

@michellew4634 2 жыл бұрын

cool!

@deku976 2 жыл бұрын

Now I must go out and make one

@adriansanchez4875 Жыл бұрын

did you make it?

@deku976 Жыл бұрын

@@adriansanchez4875 not yet

@Lone_Coyote Ай бұрын

@@deku976 Did you, now?

@deku976 Ай бұрын

@@Lone_Coyote let's just say that a few variables prevented me from getting to it yet

@samuelhoffmann162 Жыл бұрын

Must’ve been a genius who invented this, would’ve taken many trial and error!

@s.p.8803 Жыл бұрын

Louis Daguerre, French painter.

@Angel-hn1th Жыл бұрын

This is wild

@skand1nsky 5 ай бұрын

Shoutout to Steven Wilson for introducing me to this craziness!

@alfinoanduhut3972 2 жыл бұрын

So this how senku did...make a first camera

@geodatasv6575 3 жыл бұрын

The fisrt time I heard about it, was on a García Marquéz´s Book

@Andrea-zt6sr Жыл бұрын

Hey, me too! One Hundred Years of Solitude. I read it many years ago and today, finally, I've learned what it is exactly : )

@orionsuniversepart2932 2 жыл бұрын

Gee. I bet in a century and a half, this daguerreotype will look like what old daguerreotypes look like right now.

@farhel4194 2 жыл бұрын

Came here after reading One Hundred Years of Solitude.

@lightsaber5252 Жыл бұрын

i see this on dr. stone season 3 episode 2

@Shardso Жыл бұрын

SAME LOL

@tuesdayjanae3676 Жыл бұрын

So back in the day, you only had a picture for you for a very very special occasion?? I’ve always wondered.

@Vielenberg Жыл бұрын

Back in the day you most probably had no pictures of you at all unless you were the 1% of the very rich and living in Western Europe or North America.

@s.p.8803 Жыл бұрын

For daguerotypes yes. But for the first pictures, it quickly took off and even non wealthy people had them taken.

@connorvaughn6460 2 жыл бұрын

how the fuck did they figure that out??

@abiyusadu9974 Жыл бұрын

well Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre discovered it, it took 4 years

@drewgehringer7813 Жыл бұрын

Basically its an intersection of two earlier discoveries: the camera obscura, and light sensitive silver salts. The camera obscura has been invented a few times over in history but didn't start getting used for art until the 1400s: sitting in a darkened room artists would have the camera obscura project an image of a scene outside on a well-lit day onto paper, and trace the projection. Later, in the early 19th century chemicals that reacted to visible light by changing their color were discovered, it didn't take long for people to have the idea "what if I put something covered in light-sensitive chemicals in my camera obscura and projected an image onto it? The light can do the 'tracing' for me: photo-graphy!" Daguerre's breakthrough that took a while to figure out was 'fixing': making the plate insensitive to light once a picture is developed on it. Most earlier proof-of-concept photo processes would quickly fade or darken when exposed to light because the unexposed parts of the photograph still had light-sensitive silver salt in them.

@josesalvadorhernandez5238 8 ай бұрын

Looking at the outcome, I question why the books in the background did not photographed along with the model?

@SiPakRubah 6 ай бұрын

Probably due to the time it takes for the light to be exposed, and they didn't do it long enough to take the background, probably to prevent the subject from having too much light contrast

@DavidLoveMore 8 ай бұрын

There's a daguerreotype of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer (1815-1852).

@jph364 Ай бұрын

Is this in reality not partially done in the dark/safe light?

@prakritimoudgil3279 3 жыл бұрын

Well then when did the coloured pictures come out of it?

@RickrollFoot 2 жыл бұрын

that a joke?

@sheveka 2 жыл бұрын

@@RickrollFoot No, it's a clumsily worded way of asking 'how did photography evolve from this technique to mass-produced colour photography?'

@martinj40m Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness for my iPhone

@Miki_big_red_machine 7 ай бұрын

IT was made in 1838 dauguerrotype camera And in 1900 There was and second generation of camera who can took photo just a click like now then you have to instaling it 10 minutes and if something move the photo will look like ghost is on photo

@doyoulikejazz9516 5 күн бұрын

would have turned out a bit better if he didn't take it into the light to dust it off. like why would you expose the freshly made light-sensitive plate exposing it to light for like a good 5 seconds already???

@imanuelyonatanfreudian Жыл бұрын

Daguerre only potrait ? Not landscape 3×4 ? 🙄

@erenh977 Жыл бұрын

Who come here after dr stone 's episode? 😂

@domesticadordeofendiditos6242 Жыл бұрын

XD igual yo

@hanslick3375 11 ай бұрын

@motorenginev1nce446 Жыл бұрын

Who else here thinks this is an asmr in disguise

@jordannietos Жыл бұрын

Me lol. Those little sounds when it's developing 🤌

@LobGamer 9 күн бұрын

I think I’ve been staring at pictures for too long. Why did I rewind back to the class about daguerreotype again? Something, something, selfie, sad face. WHERE IS CHLOE PRICE and how can I save her again?