Jerry Spagnoli has upsized his work with the addition of 11 x 14 inch format (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 to be exact) to his repertoire. He sent us these two scans of the accomplishment, including a portrait of fellow daguerreotypist Adam Fuss.

For those interested in the origins of the Daguerreotype, the Paris photography school Speos and the museum Maison Nicéphore Niépce in Saint-Loup-de-Varennes have launched an online publication of Niépce – Letters and Documents, a collation of the correspondance of Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833).
The revised online edition of Niépce, Letters and Documents is a compilation of over 700 documents from more than 50 international archives. Some brushing up on your French required.

An opportunity for masterful mercurial instruction comes with Mike Robinson’s workshop at the Peter’s Valley Craft Center in New Jersey. The three day delve into the process will cover plate fabrication and preparation, safe management of the chemistry, particularly bromine and mercury, gold toning and equipment design and fabrication and is restricted to already knowledgeable Daguerreotypists. A rare insight into Mike’s workshop can be seen in a graduate student’s video for a MFA in Documentary Media program which is available on youtube.