Videos from class 1

The making of a camera obscura. when light travels through an opening it keeps going in the direction it was coming from. The light above the opening keeps traveling at a downward angle, the light below keeps traveling at an upward angle....



Beginning shows basic concept of traditional camera lucida, the rest is an advertisement for a modern one you don't need to watch.



Malcolm Daniels of the Metropolitan Museum of Art discusses daguerreotypes.



Genius of photography excerpt about daguerreotypes also showing modern work.

Please read: Preface, The Elusive Image, Invention in the book by next class.