DAGUERREOTYPES

DAGUERREOTYPES (DAGUERRÉOTYPES), 1975
France, West Germany |DCP, Color, 80' |French
Cast: Rosalie Varda

Daguerreotypes isVarda's documentary homage to Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, the pioneer of the history of photography. The film takes place in a small part of Daguerre Street—where the director also lives—filled with small shops in Paris's 14^th Arrondissement next to Montparnasse, and is a candid and fun portrayal of Varda’s friends and neighbors. The director displays the relationships these people form with their daily occupations, and as she does this, she lets them be just as they are, therefore facilitating the formation of a variety of portraits. The characters in the film each show a different reaction to the presence of the camera.