Join TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities Humanities Division for an online in-conversation with Prof Geoffrey Batchen and Dr Lena Fritsch, discussing the work of pioneering British photographer and botanist Anna Atkins (1799-1871). Her innovative use of new photographic technologies linked art and science, and exemplified the potential of photography in books. Geoffrey Batchen is Professor of Art History at the University of Oxford and Dr Lena Fritsch is the Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
This talk accompanies the 2020 Photo Oxford festival, Women & Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen.
Tuesday 10 November 2020, 5:00pm - 6.00pm
Live Event
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