Portrait Photographer Collection

Taking a Daguerreotype, 1855 (1956). The Daguerreotype system of photography was invented by French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre in 1839

Merchant at the Photographer, 1860s. Artist: Petr Mikhailovich Shmel kov
Merchant at the Photographer, 1860s. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Portrait photographers studio, c1880. The photographer, with his head under a black cloth, is focusing on his sitter. He is using a plate camera on a tripod

Photographers studio, c1895. The photogapher is focusing on his sitters. Above is a bank of arc lights. The use of bright artificial light meant that exposure times could be reduced to a few seconds

Portrait photography as a fitting career for a young woman, 1884. A female photographer uses a plate camera on a tripod to take a childs portrait in her studio

Portrait photographers studio, 1871. Taking a photograph using natural light only from the large window and skylight

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