The Daguerreotype as a one-of-a-kind original it is best viewed hand-held, tilting the image to obtain the dark reflection required to view the plate as a positive. Their beauty is enhanced by a traditional protective enclosures that to me make it the ultimate Image Object. My contemporary Daguereotypes are made in both the Becquerel and Mercurial processes and in the 6th (2.75 x 3.25 inches), 1/4 (3.25 x 4.25 inches) and 1/3rd (3.75 x 4.25 inches) formats.

Contemporary Daguerreotypes

The Writer's Residence

Series of 9 images depicting the Raathcoola residency in County Cork, Ireland. Mercurial process sixth, quarter and third plate formats. Available for purchase upon request.

NZ Photo History Symposium Demonstration

Becquerel process demonstration for the December 2007 Symposium "The Rise of Photography in New Zealand". Daguerreotype now in the Hocken Library collection, Dunedin, NZ.

Tools of Survival Exhibit

Images for a 2007 group exhibit of artists using alternative photographic processes held at the McNamara Gallery (some images still available for purchase through the gallery). Sixth plate becquerel developed Daguerreotypes in cases and passe artout.