daguerrotype

Daguerreotype: A photographic process using a light-sensitive, silver-coated metallic plate. It is a photograph made in the camera without using negatives.
It's surface shines like a freshly polished mirror.
This process of photography first became part of history in the 1839's.
This process replaced the camera obscurea.

     

a daguerreotype camera

Albumen: Producing a photograph to be printed on a paper using the negatives.

The main ingredient in this process is albumen, most commonly found in egg whites.

An example of this photographic process

This process eventually died out in the 1900's.

The albumen process

Stereograph: This process involves taking two, almost identical,  pictures then projecting it through a special lens giving it a 3-D image. This process was immensely popular in the mid-1850's.

An example of this photographic process

Carte de visite: A small portrait of someone mounted on a a thick card. People used this process to help them make "visiting cards".

An example of a visiting 'Carte De Visite' card

Mathew Brady & Alexander Gardner: Mathew and Alexander were both men who created portraits, documentation of the Civil War and many famous celebrities.

Created by Alexander Gardner

Mathew Brady's photograph