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"Early Inventors of Photography"

Presented by Harry Ransom Center at Harry Ransom Center

November 4, 2010

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Mark Osterman and France Scully Osterman, historians, artists, and modern masters of the wet-plate collodion process, discuss the role of historical photographic processes in their work on Thursday, November 4, at 7 p.m.

They will also discuss and showcase the types of colorful prints produced by early inventors of photography, such as Hercules Florence, W. H. Fox Talbot, Sir John Herschel, and Robert Hunt, and show the types of colorful prints they produced.

This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection, on display through January 2. Drawn from the peerless collection of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, the exhibition features masterpieces from photography’s first 150 years, alongside other images that, while lesser known, are integral to the medium’s history. Highlights include the first photograph (on permanent display at the Ransom Center); works by nineteenth-century masters such as Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Henry Peach Robinson; and iconic images by modern photographers such as Man Ray, Robert Capa, Edward Weston, and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Please be aware that the Ransom Center’s Charles Nelson Prothro Theater has limited seating. Line forms upon arrival of the first person, and doors open 30 minutes in advance. This program will be webcast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast.