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RPS Historical Group Conference: Amateurs and Artists: Photography in the South West
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W H F Talbot, Plymouth from Mount Edgcumbe, September 1845
Date: 13th May 11 - 15th May 11
Time: 10:30AM - 5:00PM
Location: University of Plymouth
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Contact: Jenny Ford
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Phone: 01234 881459
Cost: TBC
Relevant Material: RPSHGMayConfInformation2.doc- Plymouth Conference information, booking form and menu
Type: Other
Group: Historical
Amateurs and Artists: 19th and 21st Century Photography in the South West. A conference to be held by Royal Photographic Society, Historical Group
Friday, 13 May-Sunday 15 May 2011
10.30 am – 5.30 pm each day
at the Lecture Theatre 2, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA
Early photography in Plymouth is an untold story. Robert Hunt, independent inventor of photographic processes, Richard Beard, the first daguerreotype licensee, Charles Eastlake RA, first RPS president, and Linnaeus Tripe, an early calotypist, were all from Plymouth. W.H.F. Talbot, inventor of the positive/negative (calotype negative) process, photographed Plymouth in 1845 and Roger Fenton photographed the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, in 1858. Local interest in photography was such that the Devon and Cornwall Photographic Circle was established in January 1854.
The conference is linked closely to three exhibitions. Amateurs and Artists: Early Photography and Plymouth at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, on display 9th April to 30th July 2011. Out of the Ordinary, a group exhibition of work by members of the Royal Photographic Society, South West Contemporary Group is on display at Sherwell Centre, University of Plymouth, 9th to 27th May 2011. The third exhibition, Chemical Traces, is a response to Amateurs and Artists: Early Photography and Plymouth, and will be on display in Scott Building, University of Plymouth. Tours of these exhibitions form part of the conference on Friday and there will be a special viewing of Amateurs and Artists on Friday, 5.30 – 7.00 pm.
The speakers, who represent a wide range of photographic expertise: curators, university staff, photohistorians and contemporary photographers, include Carolyn Bloore, Jon Blyth, Colin Ford, Rod Fry, Michael Gray, John Hannavy, Jenny Leathes, Richard Morris, Nigel Overton, Matthew Pontin and Jem Southam. (Speakers correct at time of publication).
Saturday 14th May 2011 7.30 pm (Optional)
Conference Dinner, Jurys Inn, 50 Exeter Street, Plymouth. Menu options are to be pre-booked, see menu choice sheet and booking form. The cost is an additional £19.95. Jurys Inn is conveniently located for the Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth and Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery in Drakes Circus, Plymouth. Preferential rates have been agreed for overnight accommodation with Jurys Inn. See rates at bottom of menu choice sheet and booking information.
*Sunday 15th May 2011 Events 11.30 am – 4.00 pm (Optional)
A calotype demonstration. Revisiting the site of William Henry Fox Talbot’s photograph, The Victualling Office, Plymouth, 1845, a view from the Battery at Mount Edgcumbe across Plymouth Sound. Meet at the Orangery, (café) Mount Edgcumbe, 11.30 am. The Cremyll ferry leaves Admirals Hard, Stonehouse, Plymouth at 11.15 am (ferry time 8 minutes). Departure times, 09.15 quarter to and quarter past the hour until 21.15. Return journey depart Mount Edgcumbe 09.00 on the half hour and hour until until 21.00. Single fares only £1.20.
2.30 – 4.00 pm Reconstruction of the position of the early 19th century Camera Obscura on The Promenade, Plymouth Hoe. An opportunity to view the optics and the panorama within the Fotonow VW Camper Obscura. The Fotonow VW Camper Obscura will be on this site, Friday – Sunday, 13th – 15th, May, 9 am until 6.30 pm.
Download all the information and booking form.
For further information please contact: Jenny Ford, Secretary, RPS Historical Group Jennyford2000@yahoo.co.uk or tel. 01234 881459