For the next ImageObject event we are having to raise extra funds for the staffing in preparation for and for the running of the event.  This set us assessing what needed to be done each year and we have come to the conclusion that to give the best possible show on a regular basis, the event should be held every two years.

So IO-2 will now happen in March/April of 2015 and Io-3 in 2017, etc.  Both the IO team (Alan Bekhuis, Jillian Pichocki and Tyler Scaife) and Penumbra/The Center for Alternative Photography in NYC are enthusiastic and committed to the event which got off to such a great start.  Two years will be a good span to cover the latest in contemporary daguerreotypy as well, making 2015 packed with new material and quite a few newcomers it seems as well.

For the Image Object exhibit next April we have decided to change some of the parameters that we had set for IO-1 – some fine tuning based on the experience of having delivered one event but also the desire to mix it up and keep it fresh.

Plates submitted to IO-2 by artists can be any ones they have made during their career rather than just the more recent. Also each artist can submit as many plates as they like (submission fee per plate as with IO-1) The submission period will be open for longer- the closing date for submissions is the 10th of January 2014.

More details to follow including a new submission form as well as announcements of Symposium speakers, Jurors and details on the trade fair, not to mention the crowding funding campaign.

Time for daguerreotypists to start casting their minds towards next years event – IO-2. To be held again at the Center for Alternative Photography on East 30th st in NYC and in the opening week of the AIPAD show. To make sure everyone has enough time we are extending the submission period to 5pm, 10th January, 2014.

With the success of IO-1 we are looking forward to bringing a new attraction to the event to further make it unmissable. In addition to the juried exhibition, the symposium and the opening night gala, IO-2 will also host the ImageObject Trade Fair.

As well as the selected artworks on display in the exhibition, artists are invited to offer an unlimited amount of artworks for sale in the ImageObject Trade Fair. The trade fair will run a similar format to the Daguerreian Society trade fairs except that it will be all about the contemporary daguerreotype. As well as artist tables their will be makers of contemporary equipment – Mercury pots, fuming boxes, plate supplies ad much more. Chamonix cameras have expressed an interest in having a table at the trade fair, if you know of a equipment manufacturer you think should be a vendor, let us know.