A professional photographer who specialized in creating daguerreotype photographs; a skilled practitioner of the daguerreotype art and craft.
From 'daguerreotype' plus the professional suffix '-ist,' indicating a person who practices or specializes in daguerreotypes.
Daguerreotypists had to master chemistry, optics, and artistic composition simultaneously—they were part scientist, part artist, and they commanded high fees because the process was so technically demanding and the results were so treasured.
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