Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 18:37:50 -0400
At 12:00 PM 99/02/01, Cor Breukel wrote:
>Exhibitions in Amsterdam
>
>For those who happen to visit Amsterdam soon I can recommend a fine
>exhibition in the "Rijksmuseum" , a must anyway on your agenda, let alone
>for the Nachtwacht by Rembrandt van Rijn. Until the 14th of March there is
>a quite large set of saltprints and a few Dagguereotypes on display. They
>were taken by one of the fist Dutch photographers: Isaac Asser. He was a
>wealthy person who bought a complete Dagguere set in Paris around 1842. He
>first made a few Daggeureotypes, and switched quickly to colloid glass
you mean "collodion" glass plates, I presume.
Asser's name is in the history book for his work on
>plate negatives and gold-toned salt prints. This is an unique opportunity
>to see this fine work. His photographs were fixed in Albums, and is only
>now that these albums are taken apart for restoration and conservation.
>After this worthwhile exhibition the images will be assembled again in
>albums. This exhibition is on display until 14th of March, Rijksmuseum,
>Amsterdam.
>
>Should you happen to be visiting Amsterdam this week; do not miss the
>small exhibition of mostly photogravures from "Camera works" the famous
>journal run by Stieglitz in the 20 ties (?) with work of Stieglitz,
>Steigen, Strand, Kasebier, Keuhn and others. Only until the 7th of
>February. In the Stedelijk Museum also in Amsterdam.
>
>Cor Breukel
>
>http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/cor.html
>"The Infrared Gallery"
>http://ruly70.medfac.leidenuniv.nl/~cor/ir-gallery.html
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