Jeremy Rowe

Images from the Birth of Photography
23 Sep Fri 7-8pm
$ 5.00

A one-hour tour of photographic processes from the birth of photography, focusing on the cased photographs ­of Daguerreotype, ambrotype, and tintype. The chronological presentation will weave the evolution of the processes between 1840 and 1870, with the social, cultural, and technological impacts as they developed. Each process will be described, and the session illustrated with examples from the collection of Jeremy Rowe. Examples of each process will be available for viewing after the presentation, and in the Exploring the Roots of Photography exhibition.

Dr. Jeremy Rowe has collected, researched, and written about 19th and early 20th century photographs for over 25 years. He has written Arizona Photographers 1850 - 1920: A History and Directory, Arizona Real Photo Postcards: A History and Portfolio, and Early Maricopa County 1871-1920, as well as numerous articles on photographic history.

Jeremy serves on several boards, including the Daguerreian Society, Center for Alternative Photography in Manhattan, INFOCUS (the collaboration between the Phoenix Art Museum and center for Creative Photography) and the Arizona Photographic Historical Society. He is now emeritus faculty at ASU, refocusing his efforts on his passion for photographic history.

James Hajicek

How Were They Made?
14 Oct Fri 7-8pm
$ 5.00

Join Art Intersection Photography Consultant James Hajicek for an informal gallery talk about the exhibition: Exploring the Roots of Photography. He will discuss the various photographic processes in the exhibition with hands-on materials to show how many of the prints were actually made.

James Hajicek is a Professor Emeritus in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University where he retired in 2010 after a 34 year career devoted to developing a nationally recognized program in 19th century photographic printing processes. His fine art photography has been exhibited internationally over the last four decades and can be found in many significant public collections including the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. He has received several National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships for his own photography and his work with obscure photographic printing processes.