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The photogravure process was perfected in the 1850s but is often overlooked in favor of its contemporary, the daguerreotype. The process involved washing a light-sensitive bitumen plate in an acid bath, creating an etching that could then be printed. Photogravure is still used today, and was one of the innovations that helped elevate photography to an accepted fine art.
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