The Daguerreotype

Sixty seconds of marble stillness, the head brace hidden, the toddler bribed. The silver plate drinks their faces slowly, immortality asking only that nobody breathe

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.