Early Photography: New Uses for Old Techniques
Thurs., Jul. 16, 6:00–7:00 p.m. CMA Theater
Daguerreotypes, tintypes, and ambrotypes—what are they, and how did they evolve? Learn about some the earliest photographic processes and the way they’re used today in this discussion with Mark Johnson, past president of the Daguerreian Society; John Fobes, artist and ambrotype specialist; and Tom Persinger, photographer, Director of F295, and organizer of the F295 Symposium on 21st Century Photography. After the lecture, look at examples of these classic techniques in the exhibition Digital to Daguerreotype: Photographs of People. The F295 Symposium on 21st Century Photography, an international event exploring the use of historic, hand-made, and adaptive processes and techniques in contemporary photography, takes place May 28–31. Visit
www.f295.org for more details. Also see the exhibition Self Portrait: Silver Eye at 30 at Silver Eye Center for Photography July 8–September 12. Visit
www.silvereye.org for more details.
The talk is at the Carnegie Museum of Art
