Cdags.org is pleased to announce the jurors for next year’s international contemporary daguerreotypes exhibition in NYC.

Lyle Rexer
A writer, lecturer, curator and member of the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York. His interest in contemporary photographers working with 19th-century photographic techniques, and his authorship of the Antiquarian Avant-Garde make him ideally suited for the evaluation of the exhibition submissions.

Jerry Spagnoli
Contemporary daguerreotypist, photographer and instructor of the process, Jerry’s success as an artist in the contemporary art world gives a vital perspective to the exhibition.

Christopher Mahoney
Senior Vice President of the Photographs Department at Sotheby’s New York, Chris is an authority on the work of contemporary daguerreotypists. His wide-ranging knowledge and skills in researching and cataloguing photographs for auction will provide for a market appreciation of submissions.

Cdags.org is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Penumbra Foundation in NYC, in the form of an annual exhibit and symposium. Entitled “Image Object” the juried exhibit will showcase the forefront of contemporary daguerreotypy with the aim of propelling the genre forward in the art world.

The inaugural exhibit (IO-1) will be held March/April 2013 around the time of the AIPAD show and in the gallery spaces of the Center for Alternative Photography on East 30th street in NYC (part of the Penumbra foundation and pictured below). Entries will initially be received by email for selection and the closing date will in December 2012. More details on the exhibit and symposium to follow, but our wish would be for contributing Daguerreotypists to be thinking ahead now about submissions. Note for the inaugural exhibit: submitted plates must have been produced within the past two years (future exhibits will accept plates made within the year prior to the exhibition).