Tree at Bill’s Place - Michigan

Tree at Bill’s Place - MichiganAbout Artist Mike Robinson's PhD dissertation, The Techniques and Material Aesthetics of the Daguerreotype explains why daguerreotypes look the way they do. It does this by retracing the pathway of discovery and innovation described in historical accounts, and combining this historical research with artisanal, tacit, and causal knowledge gained from synthesizing new daguerreotypes in the laboratory. Admired for its astonishing clarity and holographic

many of our books and calendars are obtained from a publisher in New York

I decided to create a balanced composition

and returned every year throughout his life

and even whimsical

This photograph

Printed in 1981-82

notably Georgia O'Keeffe and David McAlpin

Artist Statement

More magenta

This was a popular venue for many local artists

my heart breaks a little each time I say goodbye to Yosemite

and steady — like reconnecting with an old friend