For some reason I thought he lived longer than that.
Maybe it’s how long he had to stand there for the exposure.
He’s still living… His soul is marching on.
Clearly a man that did nothing wrong.
Dude looks like he’s serious.
Can confirm, nobody’s as serious as John Brown
Lyle Lovett looking badass in a suit.
To make the image, a daguerreotypist polished a sheet of silver-plated copper to a mirror finish; treated it with fumes that made its surface light-sensitive; exposed it in a camera for as long as was judged to be necessary, which could be as little as a few seconds for brightly sunlit subjects or much longer with less intense lighting; made the resulting latent image on it visible by fuming it with mercury vapor; removed its sensitivity to light by liquid chemical treatment; rinsed and dried it; and then sealed the easily marred result behind glass in a protective enclosure.
Sounds both fun AND healthy!
Yo dawg I heard you like daguerreotypes
