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Unknown maker — Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Camera)

Unknown maker

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Camera)

1853

Meta-photographically featuring camera equipment, this self-referential daguerreotype documents the emergence of photography as both art and profession.

Medium
Daguerreotype

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Unknown maker, Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Man with a Camera), 1853

Meta-photographically featuring camera equipment, this self-referential daguerreotype documents the emergence of photography as both art and profession.

Medium
Daguerreotype
Year
1853
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Monochrome, Photography, Documentary, 19th Century, Man, Portrait, Daguerreotype

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