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PhotoHistory XIV
The 14th Triennial Symposium on the History of Photography
October 16-18, 2009 Rochester, New York
Join us to meet historians, collectors, photo experts, and dealers from around the world.
Tour George Eastman House (GEH): his stately 1905 mansion and gardens and the International Museum of Photography & Film.
This symposium, held every 3 years since 1970, is organized by The
Photographic Historical Society, the oldest such organization in the
world, founded in 1966.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, October 16
Registration & Reception 7:00 PM–10:00 PM at DoubleTree Hotel
Rochester (Hotel)
Saturday, October 17
Symposium 8:00 AM–5:30 PM at George Eastman House (Dryden Theatre
entrance)
Banquet 7:00 PM at the Hotel
Sunday, October 18
Photographica Trade Show & Sale 9:00 AM–4:00 PM at the Hotel
SPEAKERS & TOPICS (Afternoon
sessions are separated into two tracks: images & hardware)
Terry Bennett (Surrey, England),
“EarlyPhotography in China, 1842-1870”Robert Bogdan
(Orwell, Vermont),“Photo Postcards: The People’s Photography,1905-1935”
Jerome “Pepper” Broad
(Pequea,Pennsylvania), “Tradesmen, Craftsmenand Laborers in Occupational Tintypes”
Andrew Davidhazy
(Honeoye Falls,
New York), “The Vanishing High-Speed
Motion Picture Cameras: A Lecture/ Demonstration”
Rolf Fricke
(Rochester, New York), “Eaton
Lothrop Remembered” (at banquet, 15
minutes)
Todd Gustavson (GEH
Technology Curator,
Rochester, New York), CAMERA: A
History of Photography from the Daguerreotype
to Digital (GEH publication,
15 minutes)
Matthew Isenburg
(Hadlyme, Connecticut),
“The Many Faces of Daguerre—
in Advertisements, Engravings, Paintings,
and Daguerreotypes”
Steven Joseph
(Brussels, Belgium),
“Early Advertising Photography: a Well-
Kept Secret”
William Kraus
(Newtown, Pennsylvania)
and Takayuki Kawai (Saline,
Michigan), “Nikon Cameras: the Early
Years”
George Layne
(Flourtown, Pennsylvania),
“The Earliest Kodak Cameras with
String-set Shutters” |
Nancy Martin (Rochester, New York),“The Kodak Historical Collection at theUniversity of Rochester—a Resource forPhotographic Historians” (15 minutes)Les Newcomer
(Farmington, Michigan),“How Folmer & Schwing’s CamerasChanged Photography”
Barret Oliver
(Glendora, California),
“The Woodburytype: Its History, Technology,
and Influence”
Linda Ries (New
Cumberland, Pennsylvania),
“J. Horace McFarland and the
Autochrome”
Steven Sasson
(Hilton, New York), “The
Dawn of Digital” (banquet speech by
coinventor of digital camera)
Robert Shanebrook
(Rochester, New
York), “The 35 mm Film Story: Factors
that Created ‘135’—the Most Popular Film
Format”
Lorne Shields (Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada),
“History of the Bicycle Through the
Lens of the Camera”
Rachel Stuhlman
(GEH Librarian,
Rochester, New York), Imagining Paradise:
The Richard & Ronay Menschel Library
at George Eastman House, Rochester
(GEH publication, 15 minutes)
Sarah J. Weatherwax
(Curator of
Prints and Photographs, The Library
Company of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania), “Catching a Shadow:
Daguerreotypes in
Philadelphia, 1839-1860” |
ACCOMMODATIONS LOCATION:
Doubletree Hotel Rochester, 1111 Jefferson Road, Rochester (Henrietta),
New York 14623 USA, http://www.doubletree.com
The Doubletree local number is 585-475-1510
The Doubletree 800 number is 800-222-tree or 800-222-8733.
Special Rate: Ask for the PhotoHistory rate of $119 per night
SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION
BY MAIL: Send
registration forms & checks ($US) to PhotoHistory XIV, POBox 10342,
Rochester NY 14610 USA, http://www.tphs.org, PhotoHistoryXIV@frontiernet.net
IN PERSON: Dryden Theatre
Lobby, George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue, Rochester, New York; 7:30
AM, Saturday, October 17
FEE: $95 (includes
reception, symposium, box lunch, & trade show admission)
BANQUET FEE: $32 (at
Hotel, Saturday eve)
PHOTOGRAPHICA TRADE SHOW &
SALE THEME: photographic equipment, images, books, ephemera,
memorabilia, & more
DATE: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM, Sunday,
October 18
LOCATION: DoubleTree Hotel
Rochester
ADMISSION: included in
the registration; $5 for the general public (free after 2:00 PM)
FOR DEALER INFORMATION:
contact Tim Fuss, (585) 482-8963, Tim@Pixel-Wave.com
ROCHESTER ATTRACTIONS
• George Eastman House, http://www.eastmanhouse.org (585) 271.3361
• Visual Studies Workshop, http://www.vsw.org
• Arts Council, http://www.artsrochester.org
• Memorial Art Gallery, http://www.mag.rochester.edu
• Rochester Museum & Sci. Center, http://www.rmsc.org
• Landmark Society, http://www.landmarksociety.org
• Strong National Museum of Play, http://www.museumofplay.org
• City of Rochester, http://www.cityofrochester.gov
OTHERS
• Photographic History Society of New England, Oct. 24-25, Wakefield,
Mass. http://www.phsne.org
• Note that the 72nd Boston Photographica Show will take place the week after the XIVth
Symposium in Rochester.
For information aboput the event visit:
http://www.phsne.org/shows.html
• Daguerreian Society Symposium, Nov. 12-15, Philadelphia, Penna.,
info@daguerre.org
PhotoHistory XIV
The 14th Triennial Symposium on the History of Photography
October 16-18, 2009 Rochester, New York
Presented by The Photographic Historical Society at George Eastman
House International Museum of Photography & Film
PhotoHistory XIV, POBox 10342. Rochester, New York 14610
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The Photographic Historical Society 