Contemporary photographers, Liudmila & Nelson, are a husband and wife duo that are collaborating on a new project consisting solely of daguerrotypes.

They currently reside in Cuba where Nelson is in charge of the Fototeca – the main center that exhibits photographic works. Cuba and the Cuban society are the subject matter in most of their projects. They use the medium of photography to question and depict Cuba within all its tenses (past, present and future) through which it transforms.

Click here more information on their project or visit the artists’ website.

‘Tis the season for Daguerreotype workshops! Our friends at the Center for Alternative Photography will be hosting two new workshops in their NYC studios. The first, led by Jason Greenberg Motamedi, will focus on the Bequerel method from August 18-19. Building off of this class will be Kenneth Nelson, whose class the following weekend of August 25-26, will provide the experience of making mercury-process daguerreotypes. Details can be found on the CAP website.

New workshops have been added to the events page. Mike Robinson and Jonathan Danforth will be at Peters Valley Craft Center this summer. Mike will be leading an advanced course for experienced Daguerreotypists this June, while Jonathan will be leading a unique workshop on case making for Daguerreotypes and photographs this September.

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Returning to Lacock Abbey for the second year in a row, Mike Robinson will be leading a workshop for artists with a serious interest in the evolution, aesthetics and process of daguerreotypy. The dates for this event are May 19-22.

The following month, June 25-29, Mark Osterman and France Scully Osterman will be conducting a unique workshop focusing on the processes of Louis Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot, Hippolyte Bayard, and Hercules Florence.  Their processes will be discussed and demonstrated in this hands-on workshop celebrating the state of photography as introduced in 1839.

Additional information can be found on the events page.

The first contemporary daguerreotypes website from China can now be seen at lijunyi.com. Li sent us 4 scans of his 18x24cm (approx 8×10″) work which has been added to his gallery.

Rob McElroy’s next workshop offering is May 19-21, 2012 in Buffalo, NY. For more info see here and images of his last years workshop can be seen here.

Also Rob is offering on ebay a rare thing – modern daguerreian supplies – his daguerreotype polishing powder.

Takashi Arai has a new solo exhibition entitled “Here and There – Ashita no Shima (Tomorrow’s Islands)” in Tokyo.

Date: March 14 – 20, 2012
Open Everyday: 10:30am – 6:30pm
Place: Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo