This exhibition will explore object based photograpy. Included in the exhibition will be Daguerreotypes by Binh Danh.  A list of all participating artists can be found on the website.

The Physical Photograph
January 19-March 2
Art Intersection
207 N Gilbert Rd # 201, Gilbert, AZ, 85234
www.artintersection.com

On Friday, September 28th, Erasto Carranza is having a solo exhibition and lecture on the Daguerreotype process.  This will be his first presentation on the subject, which will take place in Monterrey, Mexico.  Additional information can be found on the show announcement.

CDags.org is pleased to welcome Dafna Gazit, of Israel, to the site.  With 18 years of experience working with different photographic mediums, she has recently been learning the daguerreotype process through online resources such as this site.  She currently has 32 daguerreotypes on display in a solo show at the Alfred Gallery of contemporary art in Tel Aviv, Israel. The show will be up until September 28, 2012.

Binh Danh’s solo show will be at Haines Gallery from September 6 – October 27, 2012.

Excerpt from the press release:

“SAN FRANCISCO – Known for his innovative approach to alternative photographic processes, Binh Danh presents a new series of daguerreotypes in his fourth exhibition at Haines Gallery. The works on view in Yosemite are the result of his three-year investigation into perfecting the creation of “in-camera” daguerreotypes, one-of-a-kind works that cannot be duplicated and are the earliest form of photography. While Danh experimented with variations on the daguerreotype process in earlier bodies of work, it was not until 2009 that he embarked upon the painstaking process of sensitizing, exposing and developing silver plates in the landscape, striving to achieve the quality he so admires in nineteenth century examples of this medium.

Danh’s daguerreotypes extend and reconsider the pursuit of pioneering nineteenth century landscape photographer, Carleton Watkins, best known for his series of mammoth-plate photographs made in the Yosemite Valley in the mid-to-late 1800s. He revisits many of the same sites as Watkins, including Yosemite Falls, El Capitan and Horsetail Falls, which is only viewable two to three months each year. Though investigating the same terrain as this predecessor, Danh imbues this scenery with his distinctly personal perspective – namely, an attempt to negotiate his connection as a Vietnamese American with the landscape and history of the United States. He explains, “I am interested in how we as a nation of immigrants could ‘reflect’ on these daguerreotypes and see our faces in this landscape.” The highly reflective surfaces of Danh’s daguerreotypes literally mirror their surroundings, embracing viewers within the idyllic environs of this national
landmark.”

Visit his online gallery to see the plates included in the show or purchase the available catalog on blurb.

A deadline for submissions to the Daguerreian society contemporary daguerreotypes exhibit around the time of this year’s Baltimore symposium is fast approaching – 17th September 2012. It will be held at the main gallery of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) from October 31st to November 11, 2012. The Society is calling for contemporary daguerreotypists to submit up to two plates for the exhibit. return shipping isn’t an option so to be sure to be there or getting a society friend to pick up your images at the end of the symposium and exhibit. Collectors of contemporary daguerreotypes are also encouraged to display plates they may own, so this will make for a great tour de force of contemporary daguerreotypy. The contemporaries will have the option to speak their minds as well as display their art with 3 – 5 minute presentations, and time for a Q&A with the symposium audience. Lets all get submitting!

Takashi Arai‘s latest show is on till the end of July at Japan’s MOMAT

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

Curtis Wehrfritz‘s work is in a new exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, FL, USA. The show will be up from January 27 – April 22, 2012. There is going to be a talk with the artist followed by a reception on March 30, from 6:00 –  8:00 p.m.  Details can be found on the museum’s website.

Beniamino Terraneo has an exhibit up through November 26th in the northern Italian city of Brescia. Here is the announcement with images from the show.