Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: October 8, 2015 to October 9, 2015
Location: Hôtel Malestroit
Street: Grande Rue Charles de Gaulle, 2
City/Town: Bry-sur-Marne
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Event Type: daguerreotype, symposium
Organized By: Daguerreobase & European Daguerreotype Association
Latest Activity: Aug 17, 2015
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On the 8th and the 9th of October 2015 the city of Bry-sur-Marne, France, will host the international conference "The Daguerreotype Symposium 2015", with a series of meetings and events lasting for two days. The symposium is organised by Daguerreobase in collaboration with the European Daguerreotype Association.
The symposium will be focusing on historical and artisitc aspects of European style daguerreotypes and on best practice in preserving the daguerreotype heritage.
On the 8th of October the discussed topic will be Outside the Studio. Landscape and Cityscape Daguerreotypes, and confirmed speakers are Margaret Calvarin, Ken Jacobson, Christophe Mauron, Jeremy Rowe, Steffen Siegel and Beniamino Terraneo.
On the 9th of October we will talk about Preserving Europe’s Earliest Photographs Challenges and Successes Conserving Daguerreotypes throughout Europe.
Confirmed speakers are: Caroline Barcella, Jens Gold, Martin Juergens, Stéphanie Ledamoisel, Jérôme Monnier, Sandra M. Petrillo, Klaus Pollmeier and Clara M. Prieto.
During the two days of the symposium it will be possible to view the exhibition “Les dags sortent de leur reserve” presenting exceptional daguerreotypes from the collections of the Musée Adrienne Mentienne in Bry-sur-Marne and the Musée Gatien-Bonnet in Lagny-sur-Marne and to see the only existant Diorama created by Daguerre in the church of Saint-Gervais-Saint Protais in Bry-sur-Marne.
For the symposium event we will have a special printed issue of the online Daguerreotype Journal dedicated to 19th century landscape and cityscape daguerreotypes.
Read the detailed Symposium Programme and subscribe to this international conference
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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