Thus, he brought the latest technology: the camera lucida, a device that uses a prism to reflect the landscape onto ... except a few stone artifacts that had been delayed in shipping from Uxmal.

(Girault de Prangey’s camera, for example ... Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey runs through May 12 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

A Giroux Daguerreotype camera (1839), the world's first commercially available camera, and other rare items are on display in the permanent exhibition. The special exhibition runs until Oct.

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Each day we pick up our smart phones and perhaps snatch a photo or video of a ...