The museum highlights the artistic and technological evolution of photography in the U.S., in a show full of surprising ...

It is believed that the first post-mortem photograph was captured in ... lasted around 15 to 20 minutes when using the common daguerreotype method of the time. However, it was new technology ...

The invention of the daguerreotype - the earliest photographic ... cherished keepsake of their dead family members. Known as post-mortem photography, some of the dearly departed were ...