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.

More half plate magic from Oakland, California.

Sentiments for the new year from Takashi Arai

A lecture given by Jerry Spagnoli on his daguerreotypy at the International Center of photography :

New dates have been announced for Mike Robinson‘s workshop at George Eastman House. This advanced course will take place February 21 through February 24, 2012 in Rochester, NY, USA.  For more details visit the GEH website.

Mike has also announced he will be returning to Lacock Abbey and Peters Valley for some 2012 events. Stay tuned for more information and dates to be posted on the events page.

If you love old lenses then there is no better homage to them and daguerreian history than to pair them with a camera like this. A series of images depicting traditional sliding box camera construction have been added to Ivan Rose’s technology gallery.

Images submitted by a prominent collector of contemporary daguerreotypes have been added to the Collector’s gallery

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Evidence of more artistic proliferation – thirteen new plates have been added to Casey’s gallery

A dozen plates of new work have been added to Li’s gallery as he goes from strength to strength with the process and new plates.