IO-2: Contemporary Daguerreotypes International Symposium “Photography for Resilience: History, Technology, and Art of Daguerreotype” will be held on October 31 (Japan).

Contemporary Daguerreotypists Japan Committee hosts an international online symposium “Photography for Resilience: History, Technology, and Art of Daguerreotype” in conjunction with the exhibition “Care – Daguerreotype Today: In an Age of Uncertainty” to be held at PGI, Tokyo.

The symposium aims to explore socio-historical aspects of the 19c daguerreotypy and contemporary iterations of the process. The committee invites speakers to reflect upon how we can inform and produce alternative understandings of our today’s relationship to historical imagery.

Date & Time: 8:00am -12:00pm (Japan) Oct 31 7:00pm-11pm (The eastern U.S.) Oct 30
Venue: Online
Fee: FREE