PhotoHistory XIV

The 14th Triennial Symposium on the History of Photography
October 16-18, 2009 Rochester, New York

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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), “Early
Photography in China, 1842-1870”

Robert Bogdan (Orwell, Vermont),
“Photo Postcards: The People’s Photography,
1905-1935”

Jerome “Pepper” Broad (Pequea,
Pennsylvania), “Tradesmen, Craftsmen
and 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 the
University of Rochester—a Resource for
Photographic Historians” (15 minutes)

Les Newcomer (Farmington, Michigan),
“How Folmer & Schwing’s Cameras
Changed 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, (585) 475-1510 or (800) 465-4329 www.doubletree.com
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, 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) 482-8936, Tim@Pixel-Wave.com

ROCHESTER ATTRACTIONS
• George Eastman House, www.eastmanhouse.org (585) 271.3361
• Visual Studies Workshop, www.vsw.org
• Arts Council, www.artsrochester.org
• Memorial Art Gallery, www.mag.rochester.edu
• Rochester Museum & Sci. Center, www.rmsc.org
• Landmark Society, www.landmarksociety.org
• Strong National Museum of Play, www.museumofplay.org
• City of Rochester, www.cityofrochester.gov

OTHERS
• Photographic History Society of New England, Oct. 24-25, Wakefield, Mass. www.phsne.org
• 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