Note: This is a repost of our opening salvo for new subscribers (welcome!) In 1839 Louis Daguerre wrote to a friend, describing a breakthrough: “I have captured light and arrested its flight. The sun itself shall draw my pictures”. Two centuries ago this would have sounded like delusions of a false messiah, convinced they had powers of deity.
New Art, Same as the Old Art
New Art, Same as the Old Art
New Art, Same as the Old Art
Note: This is a repost of our opening salvo for new subscribers (welcome!) In 1839 Louis Daguerre wrote to a friend, describing a breakthrough: “I have captured light and arrested its flight. The sun itself shall draw my pictures”. Two centuries ago this would have sounded like delusions of a false messiah, convinced they had powers of deity.