Vita Brevis, Ars Longa: Photography as a Form Immortality

In this episode we discuss the idea of photography as a form immortality. Photography preserves an instant forever. In a way, it immortalizes the both the subject and the photographer, as long as the images can survive into future generations.

Sources and Links

1848 Daguerreotypes Bring Middle America’s Past to Life

https://www.wired.com/2010/07/ff_daguerrotype_panorama/

Archaeologists Have Discovered an Extraordinary New Style of Aboriginal Rock Art That Honors the Human-Animal Bond

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-discover-new-style-aboriginal-rock-art-1913333?mc_cid=9401475c99&mc_eid=bd66bca61c

He Fought with George Washington: Amazing Daguerreotype of a Revolutionary Soldier born in the 1740s

https://www.19thshop.com/book/daguerreotype-portrait-of-baltus-stone/