Further distinguishing our modern articles resource is the seminal 1971 study of iodized plates by Irving Pobboravsky. When initially asked if we could add it to this site, Irv pointed out, with Herschel-like humility, that it was not a how-to-do-it manual but a scientific study, and it “would bore the hell out of most daguerreotypists”. He said also that “it would need to include a disclaimer saying that the author was not responsible if the reader fell asleep and somehow hit his head when falling to the floor.”

Far from causing such a response, it joins the other fine modern articles in the resources section that widen our angle of view on the genre.