Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: January 26, 2011 to February 20, 2011
Location: Chatham-Kent Museum
Street: Cultural Centre, 75 William Street North
City/Town: Chatham Ontario
Website or Map: http://www.chatham-kent.ca/
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Chatham-Kent Museum
Latest Activity: Jan 26, 2011
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That's Chatham in Canada, and not in the UK!
In the not so distant past, the only way to obtain a permanent record of a scene or person was through drawing or painting. That changed quickly in 1839, with the announcement of two distinct photographic processes – the daguerreotype and the calotype. Photography made portraits available to the middle and lower classes who could not afford to pay an artist to produce their likeness in a painting or sketch. For the first time, it allowed a true-to-life version of one’s image to be captured and allowed friends and family to remain connected across great distances.
Overexposed: A History of Photography explores the history of the photographic process from daguerreotypes to digital. The exhibit runs till February 20, 2011 in the mezzanine level of the Chatham-Kent Museum. Admission is free, donations gratefully accepted. The Chatham-Kent Museum is open daily from 1 p.m. – 5p.m.
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
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
Frederick Scott Archer
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