Scientific paper on daguerrotypes

What can modern science reveal about the world’s earliest photographs?

A new study by researchers from CNR-INO, in collaboration with colleagues from CNR-ISPC Catania and the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, has just been published in Talanta (Elsevier). The paper presents an advanced analytical workflow developed within the DIAGNOSE project to study and preserve daguerreotypes—the earliest photographic images, renowned for their unique beauty but exceptional fragility. Daguerreotypes often suffer from complex degradation phenomena that obscure […]

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