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The nineteenth-century way of looking at the photograph was as a mirror for the memory, and at that time the photographs almost looked like mirrors, with their polished metallic surfaces.

Peter C Bunnell
Memories, Mirrors, Way
Peter C. Bunnell (2006). “Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-century Photography”, Aperture
The nineteenth-century way of looking at the photograph was as a mirror for the memory, and at that time the photographs almost looked like mirrors, with their polished metallic surfaces.