Assignment for B day classes

1. What is a daguerrotype? What did the surface of a daguerrotype resemble? When were they prominent? What photographic process did the daguerrotype replace?
A daguerrotype is a photograph taken by a early process using an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and also using a mercury vapor. The resemblance of the surface of a daguerrotype is a silver plate and they came out in the 1839 and became popular in the 1950. the daguerrotype replaced a camera escura.



2. What is an "albumen" print? What was the main "ingredient" of the albumen process? When did the albumen process die out?

A albumen print is the first method of creating a photographic print on a paper based from a negative. The main ingredient is albumen with is found in white eggs. 







3. What is a "stereograph?" When were they popular?
A stereograph is two pictures put next to each other in order to create a 3D image when viewed by a stereoscope. A stereograph was popular in the 19th century.


                                                       


4. What is a "carte de visite?" What were they used for?
A carte de viste is a tiny (4 ¼" x 2 ½) photograph of someone that is placed on a card. Normally the subject is one person either standing or sitting. Often it only shows the head and shoulder. Up until the mid-nineteenth century, it was tradition for people to leave a calling card when visiting friends and family. Andre Adolphe Dideri invented the carte de visite in Paris in 1854 building on the custom of calling cards.



5. Who were Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner? They both are notable for what type of photography? When were they active? Post two noteworthy photographs for each photographer.

Alexander Gardner documented the Civil War as one of the photographers supplying negatives to Mathew Brady, whose organization was reproducing and selling images of the war. They were active in the 1840s.