So artist and videographer Patrick Richardson Wright shot photographer Dan Carrillo's process for making daguerreotypes. The result is stunning. He uses dark boxes to mount the plate in the camera so it can be exposed which takes less than a minute, and he develops the plate using mercury vapor and fixes it in sodium thiosulfate.
There aren't very many things in this world that last that long. Especially in modern times where things are so disposable. Everything is just used and thrown out. So, in the digital realm, well, it's so easy to take a picture. It's so easy also to forget about it.
Check it out. It's like pure art. Because it really is. [PetaPixel]