The light that stretches across a boulevard does more than leave behind a historical view. It quietly announces the fate of modern humanity: What accelerates is erased, what remains still becomes visible.
The daguerreotype that Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre captured from a vantage point overlooking the Boulevard du Temple is not merely an early example in the history of photography. It is one of the first thresholds at which photography began to recognize itself. It is not yet βart,β nor is it fully a βdocument.β Rather, it is a fragile yet ambitious negotiation between chemistry and light. A metal plate is rendered sensitive by iodine vapor; light falls upon its surface and leaves a trace for long mi
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