On wednesday the 3rd of April after the official opening of the exhibit the evening before, we will be having a day long series of talks about contemporary daguerreotype genre. Lyle Rexer, juror for the exhibit and author of the “Photography’s Antiquarian Avant Guard” will start of the day talking about the genre, followed by Jill Offenbeck, curator from the Archive of Modern Conflict talking about collecting daguerreotypes.
The projects of three contemporary daguerreotypists will be followed by Mike Robinson shedding some light on the “Colors of the Daguerreotype”.

The talks will be 45 minutes in length with 15 minute for questions and answers at the end of each talk. There will be an hour break for lunch between the morning and afternoon speakers.
The schedule;

10am Lyle Rexer – Writer
11am Jill Offenbeck – Curator, Archive of Modern Conflict
1pm Takashi Arai – Daguerreotypist, Japan
2pm Marinus Ortelee- Daguerreotypist, Netherlands
3pm Alan Bekhuis- Daguerreotypist, New Zealand
4pm Mike Robinson- Daguerreotypist, Canada

The symposium talks will be held in the north light gallery of the Center for Alternative Photography in NYC on 36 East 30th street. The nearest subway stop is the 28th st station – 4 and 6 lines.

There will be limited seating for the symposium so be sure to RSVP to admin@imageobject.com