Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: October 12, 2010 to December 14, 2010
Location: V&A South Kensington
Street: Cromwell Road
City/Town: London SW7 2RL
Website or Map: http://www.vam.ac.uk/activ_ev…
Phone: +44 (0)20 7942 2211
Event Type: short, course
Organized By: V&A Museum
Latest Activity: Jul 5, 2010
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Tuesdays, 12 October–14 December. No half term.
18.30–20.30
Investigate the key innovators and ideas which have shaped the development of photography as a medium for creative expression since 1839. V&A Photography Curators with an intimate knowledge of the collection will explain various ways to appreciate photography as an art and discuss how photographs are presented and collected, from the page to the gallery wall. Explore the invention and early reception of photography and its many uses, as well as its relationship to major art movements such as the Pre-Raphaelites and Surrealism. Consider themes such as family photographs, fashion, architecture, still-life, staged photography and landscape. Explore the work of classic photographers including William Henry Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Alfred Steiglitz, Bill Brandt, Man Ray, Ansel Adams and Cartier-Bresson, as well as contemporary photography from the 1970s onwards by Bechers, William Eggleston, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth and Gregory Crewdson. You will be given an introduction to the main photographic processes and techniques and have the opportunity to study from original prints.The first evening includes exclusive entry to a private view of the Shadow Catchers exhibition at the V&A.
Led by Martin Barnes, Senior Curator, Photographs, V&A, Susanna Brown, Curator, Photographs, V&A & Marta Weiss, Curator, Photographs, V&A.
£300, £240 concessions
To book call +44 (0)20 7942 2211
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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