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The Dawn of Photography

With Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs

Rival inventions were announced in 1839: Frenchman Louis Daguerre’s process, the “daguerreotype,” was nearly perfect from the start but fell out of use by 1860, while Englishman Henry Talbot’s still-primitive, negative-positive process held the seed of almost all subsequent photography. Follow the tortoise-and-hare story that ultimately led to the media-saturated world in which we now live.

This talk is part of the Met Salon Series. Refreshments served.











When: Wed., Mar. 21, 2012 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
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With Malcolm Daniel, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs

Rival inventions were announced in 1839: Frenchman Louis Daguerre’s process, the “daguerreotype,” was nearly perfect from the start but fell out of use by 1860, while Englishman Henry Talbot’s still-primitive, negative-positive process held the seed of almost all subsequent photography. Follow the tortoise-and-hare story that ultimately led to the media-saturated world in which we now live.

This talk is part of the Met Salon Series. Refreshments served.

Buy tickets/get more info now