Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Michael Pritchard's Events (13)
October 30Friday
-
Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs
October 30, 2009 to March 7, 2010 – British Library From the first tentative ‘drawings of shadows’ produced in the mid-1830s to its universal acceptance as a leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of entrepreneurial activity througho... Organized by British Library | Type: exhibition
December 7Monday
-
‘I have captured a shadow’: Fox Talbot and the dawn of photography
December 7, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Frustrated with his inability to draw while in Italy, William Henry Fox Talbot conceived of the art of photography in 1833. He achieved his first successes at his Wiltshire home of Lacock Abbey by ... Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
December 9Wednesday
-
Photographic History without Photographs
December 9, 2009 from 2am to 4:30pm – General Register House Documents, legal documents, trade catalogues and printed ephemera can present a different history of photography. In this lecture Michael Pritchard shows examples of these and uses them to illustra... Organized by Angels Arribas / email: aarribas@photoconservation.co.uk | Type: lecture
December 11Friday
-
Paris Collections visits
December 11, 2009 to December 12, 2009 – Paris The RPS Historical Group has arranged a two day visit to Paris in December and will have privileged access to two important collections. The event is open to non-members but numbers are limited to ... Organized by RPS Historical Group / Donald Stewart | Type: visit, paris
December 13Sunday
-
Fred Holland Day
December 13, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm – National Media Museum Patricia Fanning is archivist of the F. Holland Day Collection at the Norwood Historical Society, Day’s former home in Massachusetts. Her new book The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day, 2008, ... Organized by National Media Museum | Type: lecture
January 6Wednesday
-
Points of View: The 19th Century Close Up
January 6, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Our panel select and dissect some of the remarkable images being shown in the Points of View exhibition. With Geoff Dyer, novelist and author of The Ongoing Moment, photographic historian and write... Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
January 12Tuesday
-
Charles Dickens: Man, Writer and Fanciful Photographer
January 12, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Michael Slater, world-renowned Dickens expert, whose new biography of the novelist was published in September, will explore the complex personality and dramatic history, both personal and professio... Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 1Monday
-
The Man who stopped Time: Eadweard Muybridge
February 1, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Muybridge's work is iconic: his stop-motion pictures of boxers, wrestlers and, most famously, racehorses frozen in time are some of the most famous images in the history of photography. His persona... Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 20Saturday
-
Capture King's Cross: A photography treasure hunt
February 20, 2010 from 10am to 6pm – British Library Join us for a day exploring this vibrant part of the city through photography. Teams are given clues and sent out into the local streets to find inspiration and construct photos that respond to, or... Organized by British Library | Type: event
February 26Friday
-
Study Day: Shadow Sisters: Women in the History of Photography
February 26, 2010 from 1:30pm to 6pm – Stills Gallery This study day will bring together four young art historians, based at the University of Glasgow, to discuss the risqué, acabre, surreal, and lyrical contributions that women have made to the histo... Organized by Stills Gallery / info@stills.org | Type: workshop
About
Quick Resources
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
De Montfort University. MA course Photographic History and Practice
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
www.rps.org/group/Historical Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/>
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
© 2009 Created by Michael Pritchard on Ning. Create Your Own Social Network
