Likeness: Portrait Photographs from the Collection
Exhibition Overview
The first great impact of photography was not in science or in creating a totally new art form, but in democratizing the tradition of portraiture. for centuries the portrait was luxury primarily limited to the wealthy elite. Suddenly, little more than a decade after photography's introduction in 1839, anyone who could afford a quarter dollar could have an intensely real daguerreotype portrait of himself or a loved one.
Works of art
