Boulevard du Temple, Paris - Daguerreotype taken by Louis Daguerre

Daguerreotypes are interesting to me because they resemble a sort of raw sketch of the world. It seems like they come from a draw when in fact they are an actual photo. There is a rawness about them that is not present in today's photography except through digital imaging processes. The contrast between light and dark in this photo is obvious which makes the shapes of the city jump out. It is just interesting because of the rawness it possesses without being a sketch.