RE: Introduction and Oxford Conference 10th and 11th September

Hi Peter,

I'm been working with the polymer plates for about ten years now. I was
introduced to them by Dan Weldan who lives near me. Although I did lots of
etching and printmaking ages ago in college, much later in the 90s I got
into solar plate. Dan and I had a number of mutual artist friends and that's
how I found out about his work. Initially I didn't use a screen and got
abstract results, which I still really like. For polymer plate photogravure
I have been using a 40-micro dot screen I got from Dan. I'm no expert by any
means but I do have some quality experience and love printing. It all
started for me when I took printing in high school where I worked on a
platen press, made halftones and line shots and eventually moved on to
offset lithography and silkscreen.

Anyway, there are a few of us out here on the list.

Gerry Giliberti
(The conference in England sounds great. I'd love to go but my rocket belt
is in for repairs.)

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From: peteralan.photography@btinternet.com
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Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:31 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Introduction and Oxford Conference 10th and 11th September

Greetings,
After listening to the group's discussions for a
while, I should like to introduce myself. I am based
in London and, while I have dabbled with platinum and
gum printing, my first love is photogravure - mainly
using polymer plates. I would very much like to make
contact with other ink addicts.

I hope you will excuse this plug, but it may be that
the upcoming conference in Oxford this september will
be of interest to list members. Information is
provided below.
best wishes to you all,
Peter Alan Moseley

'THE OBJECT GLASS OF SCIENCE'

At OXFORD on 10th and 11th SEPTEMBER 2005
(See:
http://www.hands-on-pictures.com/html/HG_RPS_05.html)

How science provides the foundation for the art of
photography. An international conference to be held in
conjunction with the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum
of the History of Science at Oxford, England

Saturday 10th September at St Edmund's Hall, Oxford
Sunday 11th September at the Museum of the History of
Science, Oxford

Cost, including en-suite (single student)
accommodation and a Saturday evening meal, at St
Edmunds Hall, £120. Without the meal £100. Without the
accommodation or the meal£80. Accommodation is
available on Friday 9th September for an additional
£35.

For registration and further information contact Peter
Moseley on: moseley@btinternet.com

Conferences Aims:
Since its beginnings two hundred years ago,
photography could not have existed and developed
without the scientists who dedicated themselves to the
art. The art, the science and the history of
photography are not only inter-dependent but they have
played a significant role in the development of other
arts and technologies. This conference is part of the
movement to clarify once again, to go back to the
fundamentals, to establish the foundations of the art
and craft of photography.

Speakers at the conference (in alphabetical order)
include:
* Bill Alschuler will examine the 'Source and Nature
of Inherent Color in Early Photographic Processes':
Niepce's Heliochromes to Burder's Color
Daguerreotypes, and their Relationto Lippmann Process
Images. A comparative analysis of the optical
phenomena that might explain the color.
* Dr Francois Brunet on the US contribution to
photographic technology in the days before Eastman.
The paper will discuss the issues of invention,
science, and institutional framework or lack thereof
in the US in the period 1840-1880. Examples such as
the Hillotype controversy and the Cutting patents will
be reviewed, as well as the European response to
American technical improvements in historiography and
international exhibitions.
* David Burder on the manufacture of natural colour
daguerreotypes
* Dr R M Callender will speak about the photographic
experiments of Hurter and Driffield and concentrate on
the crucial years of their investigations, which
have never previously been reported. Hurter and
Driffield laid the foundation for an understanding of
the photographic process, including the relationship
between exposure and development, in 1890; many of
their terms and conclusions apply to today's
electronic imaging.
* Graham Haddleton on the origins and significance of
high speed photography from the days of Maré and
Muybridge, and how the medium has affected other
disciplines.
* Terry King on his programme of retro-invention which
not only has led to deeper insights into photographic
processes from Wedgwood and Niepce onwards but has
also led to new and beautiful ways of making pictures.
using gold, iron and platinum salts.
* Michael Maunder on Herschel. A scientific assessment
of the Herschel's iron processes from which the
platinotype, the kallitype, the argentotype, the
argyrotype, the chrysotype, the cyanotype all, in one
way or another derive.
* Alison Morrison-Low will look at the role of the
scientific instrument maker in early British
photography.
* Dr Dusan Stulik: Scientific Investigation of
Photographs: an Integral Part of the Modern Art
History of Photography

There will be practical demonstrations.

The conference is organised by the Historical Group of
the Royal Photographic Society in conjunction with the
Museum of the History of Science and the Pitt Rivers
Museum at Oxford.

Enquiries and reservations to Peter Moseley on
moseley@btinternet.com
Received on Tue Aug 9 08:10:47 2005