On 15th August I will give a talk at the preserved darkroom of Henry Pakenham Mahon at Strokestown House, County Roscommon, Ireland, which he used between the late 1880s and the early 1920s.
Learn about early photography with a talk from photography expert, William Fagan of The Photo Museum Ireland during the first hour. This talk will be followed by a tour of the rare and intact Victorian Darkroom of Henry Pakenham Mahon at Strokestown Park House. Please allow for a total of two hours for this event.
A new exhibit in this Darkroom was installed in 2022 with Heritage Council funding. Spaces on the Darkroom Tour will be limited to 25 persons. Prior booking is essential.
Not only is the darkroom preserved with period equipment, cameras and lenses with chemicals up to 135 years old, we also have the photographer's notebooks where he noted details of processing/printing of specific images which have already been catalogued and scanned. This provides a fascinating insight into darkroom techniques of up to 130 years ago.
Link to bookings for the event is here.
https://strokestownpark.ie/event/william-fagan-talk-and-tour/
I suspect that I will be doing more posts about this project as it progresses.
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