*daguerreotypist - someone who worked as a 19th century photographer, producing daguerreotypes through a direct-positive process based on a detailed image in a copper that is plated by a thin silver coat. No negative was used, and this careful process first required cleaning the silver-plated copper plate until it reflected like a mirror. | *daguerreotypist - someone who worked as a 19th century photographer, producing daguerreotypes through a direct-positive process based on a detailed image in a copper that is plated by a thin silver coat. No negative was used, and this careful process first required cleaning the silver-plated copper plate until it reflected like a mirror. |