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The 2014 Daguerreian Society Annual Symposium will be held in Austin, Texas at the Texas State Library and Archives. The conference Hotel is the Sheraton Austin At the Capital. Our tours and program start on Friday, September 26, 2014, with the opening reception and an exhibition of early Texas photography from 6 to 8 pm, at the Texas State Library and Archives.
The program continues Saturday with lectures, a banquet and auction. Speakers include: Sandra Petrillo from the European Daguerreobase project; Mike Robinson on The Colours of the Daguerreotype; Jeremy Rowe on evolution of early photographic businesses in New York City; Jane Turano-Thompson on Early Images of the Captivity and Contact Experience in Native American and Non-Native Cultures; Larry Schaaf on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot; and Ralph Wiegandt on the nature of gilding daguerreotypes.
The trade show is on Sunday and is open to the public from 11:00 to 4:00. Additional one-hour tours are being explored for Friday, September 26th and Monday, September 29th from 9 to 11 am. Details will be posted here as schedules progress.
Hosting institution: the Texas State Library and Archives (website).
Registration information is available at:
http://daguerre.org/symposia/symposium2014.php
An online catalog of auction items (updated regularly) is available at: http://daguerre.org/symposia/auction2014.php
Symposium Schedule:
Date |
Start Time |
End Time |
Function |
Friday September 26, 2014 |
9:00 AM
3:00 PM |
12:00 PM
5:00 PM |
Tours - Location and Times TBD
Sessions on Conservation and care of Daguerreotypes |
Friday September 26, 2014 |
6:00PM |
9:00 PM |
Reception Texas State Library final time TBD |
Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
9:00 AM |
12:00 PM |
Lecture Meeting |
Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
1:30 PM |
4:00 PM |
Lecture Meeting |
Saturday, September 27, 2014 |
4:00 PM |
5:00 PM |
Business Meeting |
Saturday, September 27,2014 |
6:00 PM |
7:00 PM |
Cocktail Reception |
Saturday, September 27,2014 |
7:00 PM |
10:00 PM |
Dinner Buffet & Silent Auction |
Sunday, September 28,2014 |
9:00 AM |
10:00 AM |
Members Only Hour |
Sunday, September 28,2014 |
11:00 AM |
4:00 PM |
Trade Fair Open to Public
|
Monday, September 29, 2014 |
9:00 AM |
5:00 PM |
Tours - Location and Times TBD |
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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