Question

14.
Frances is a photographer who lived back in 1839 and enjoyed the popularity of the daguerreotype photographic process. He had a client who requested two copies of a portrait photograph that Frances was taking. What did Frances likely have to do to accomplish this?


repeat the process and attempt to replicate the initial image


create a hand-drawn copy of the first photograph


prop the client up in order to keep him immobile for 48 hours


set up two cameras side by side

Answer 1

To accomplish the client’s request for two copies of a portrait photograph using the daguerreotype process, Frances likely had to:

**repeat the process and attempt to replicate the initial image**

The daguerreotype process involved creating a unique image on a silver-coated copper plate, and if a client wanted multiple copies, the photographer would typically need to repeat the entire process to create a new image for each portrait.