This is the first time a daguerreotype exhibition will be organized in the country, the director of the gallery, Ali-Mohammad Titkanlu, said during a press conference on Saturday, according to Tehran Times
Daguerreotype is a picture made on a silver surface in a photographic process, which was invented in 1839. The picture is made on the silver surface, which is sensitized with iodine and developed by exposure to mercury vapor
The collection, which is composed of 15 daguerreotypes by Mohammad Mohammadzadeh Titkanlu, focuses on Iranian artists, celebrities and luminaries
Pictures of actor Ezzatollah Entezami, painter Aidin Aghdashlu, poet Simin Behbahani and distinguished law expert Professor Sayed Hassan Amin are seen in the collection
Titkanlu said that each picture cost the artist 50,000 rials (over $1500) and added, “Due to its high cost and hardship, this type of photography has not been practiced much in Iran and other Asian countries.”
Poet Mohammad Shams Langerudi is scheduled to cut the ribbon to inaugurate the exhibition, which will run until November 17.
Titkanlu said that the exhibition will also be held at a gallery in Tehran in the near future