Conference: Niepce in England--addendum

Niepce in England
National Media Museum
Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK
October 13-14-2010

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The National Media Museum (NMeM) and the Getty Conservation
Institute (GCI) are pleased to invite you to the Niepce in England
conference, to be held at the National Media Museum, Bradford,
United Kingdom on Wednesday and Thursday, October 13-14, 2010.

This two-day conference will present the results of new, unpublished
research and scientific investigations, which have been undertaken
during the NMeM and GCI Collaborative Research Project. In the Royal
Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum are
three plates by Niepce. The conference will address the research and
conservation of these photographic treasures, and will discuss
future conservation measures that would provide for their long-term
protection and preservation. The reason why Niepce brought these
plates to England, and their subsequent history, will also be
outlined more fully than previously published.

Conference speakers:

    Philippa Wright
    Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum

    Larry Schaaf
    Independent Photo historian

    Pamela Roberts
    Independent Photo Historian

    Grant Romer
    Independent Photo Historian

    Art Kaplan
    Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute

    Dr
    Dusan Stulik, Senior Scientist, Getty Conservation Institute

    Colin Harding
    Curator of Photographic Technology, National Media Museum

    Philip Gilhooley
    Independent Fingerprint Consultant and Lecturer in Forensic
    Science, Liverpool John Moores University

    Peter Bower
    Forensic Paper Historian

    Roy Flukinger
    Senior Research Curator of Photography, Harry Ransom Centre,
    University of Texas

    Barbara Brown
    Head of Photograph Conservation, Harry Ransom Center, University
    of Texas

    Isabella Kocum
    Frame Conservator, National Gallery

    Susie Clark
    Independent Photographic and Paper Conservator

Conference themes:

    Joseph Nicephore Niepce and his work

    The first six photographs brought to England by Niepce in
    context

    Scientific investigation into the three Niepce photographs in
    The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the NMeM

    Dating and conservation of the original frames

    Conservation and preservation issues related to the Niepce
    plates

The full schedule and speaker biographies can be viewed at the
museum website at

    <URL:http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/
        Photography/niepceinengland.asp>

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    Conference participants will have a very unique and
    unprecedented opportunity (that may not be repeated in our
    lifetime) to view all three Niepce plates out of their frames,
    enabling participants to closely examine the surfaces and
    reverse of these unique photographic treasures. The plates, and
    their conserved frames, will be on display throughout the
    conference in the Kraszna-Krausz Print Viewing Room, in the NMeM
    Research Centre.

    A Conference dinner will take place on Wednesday, October 13,
    7-10pm, 2010 at the National Media Museum. Tickets for the
    dinner need to be purchased with your conference ticket at a
    cost of UKP22.

Registration: Formal registration for the Niepce in England
conference is now open. Please note that attendance to the
conference is limited. All registrations will be handled on a
first-come, first-served basis. If you have already registered
initial interest in the conference you are not guaranteed a place
and will still need to ring and book your place.

For further enquiries regarding the conference please email
rsvp.nmem<-at->nationalmediamuseum<.>org<.>uk and we will respond to your
enquiry accordingly

To book your conference ticket please call the museum box office on
+44 870 70 10 200. Please note that tickets can not be purchased
online.

Ticket costs:

    Full price conference ticket UKP90
    Concession price conference ticket UKP70
    Wednesday evening dinner UKP22

Hotel accommodation: Overnight accommodation is available locally at
the Bradford Jurys Inn Hotel.

The hotel is a two minute walk from the museum and rooms can be
booked either online at <URL:http://bradfordhotels.jurysinns.com> or
by calling +44 870 4100 800.

Rates range from UKP55 to UKP80 for a double room. Early booking is
advisable.

National Media Museum in Bradford
<URL:http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/> opened as The National
Museum of Photography, Film and Television in 1983 and has since
become one of the most visited UK museums outside London. The Museum
is devoted to photography, film, television, radio and the web and
looks after the National Photography, Photographic Technology and
Cinematography Collections. The Museum is home to two temporary
exhibition spaces and, a Research Centre that hosts regular displays
from its extensive Collections. The Museum's vibrant programme
reflects all aspects of historical and contemporary media practice
and issues.

The Getty Conservation Institute
<URL:http://www.getty.edu/conservation> works internationally to
advance conservation practice in the visual arts--broadly
interpreted to include objects, collections, architecture, and
sites. The Institute serves the conservation community through
scientific research, education and training, model field projects,
and the dissemination of the results of both its own work and the
work of others in the field. In all its endeavors, the GCI focuses
on the creation and delivery of knowledge that will benefit the
professionals and organizations responsible for the conservation of
the world's cultural heritage.

This conference is kindly supported by a number of organisations and
private individuals, including:

    The Royal Photographic Society,
    Wilson Centre for Photography,
    The University of Bolton
    The National Gallery, London


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