This isn't my video. But this photographer is amazing. Daguerreotypes were the first commercially successful photographic process. In this video you'll see Takashi Arai make a daguerreotype plate out out a silver copper plate, take a photo, and develop it. The details on the plate are out of this world.
The photographer uses heated mercury vapor to develop the daguerreotype. That's very ballsy and risky.
The photographer uses heated mercury vapor to develop the daguerreotype. That's very ballsy and risky.
