Join our panel of speakers as they discuss the pioneers of early Scottish Photography and their influence in Scotland and beyond. In association with The Royal Photographic Society’s Historical Group
The programme is:
~~Morning
from 10:00 Registration at the Auditorium, level 1
10:30 Welcome: Walter Benzie, ARPS, Vice President, The Royal Photographic Society
10.40 Welcome to National Museum of Scotland and morning session
Chair: Dr Alison Morrison-Low
Principal Curator, Historic Scientific Instruments & Photography, NMS
10.45 With an Eye to Profit: Photographic Studios in Scotland
Anne Lyden, International Photography Curator, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
11.15 Documentary Photography: The Scottish Origins
Dr Sara Stevenson, Research Associate, National Museums Scotland
11.45 George Washington Wilson, artist and commercial entrepreneur
Roger Taylor, Professor Emeritus Photographic History, De Montfort University
12:15 Audience Q&A chaired by Dr Alison Morrison-Low
12:30 Lunch in the Events Space and opportunity to view exhibition
Both lunch and exhibition included in ticket price
Afternoon
14:00 Welcome to afternoon session
Chair: Roddy Simpson, author of The Photography of Victorian Scotland
14.05 Constructing the Image of the Scottish Landscape
Helen James, photography historian and writer
14.35 Under Indian Skies - 19th-century photography in India: the Scottish connection
John Falconer, Lead Curator, Prints, Drawings and Photographs, British Library
15:05 Alexander Gardner and the Modern Memory of War
Dr Mary Panzer, Curator Emerita, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
15.35 Audience Q&A chaired by Roddy Simpson
16.00 Final commentary and conclusion
Dr Joan Schwartz, Professor and Head, Dept of Art (Art History & Art Conservation) Ontario Hall Queen's University
16:30 Close
17:00 Museum closes
All bookings are being taken by the National Museums of Scotland. The cost in includes a light buffet lunch and entry to the exhibition. To book a place click the link here.
Image: Gathering Water Lilies by Peter Harry Emerson, 1886, platinum print. © Howarth-Loomes Collection at National Museums Scotland