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The symposium A New Power: Photography 1800-1850 (18 March 2023) presents recent research which considers the history of photographic invention and innovation in a truly global context and addresses the mid-19th-century history of photography through current critical concerns such as ecological change, imperial power, ethnicity and gender. The symposium was held at the Bodleian’s Weston Library for Special Collections in Oxford, coinciding with two exhibitions curated by Professor Geoffrey Batchen: ‘A New Power: Photography in Britain, 1800-1850,’ and ‘Bright Sparks: Photography and the Talbot Archive.’ The project is generously supported by the John Fell Research Fund.
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| 7 | Indian Encounters with Early Photography: Camera, Cannon, and the ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ | Sean Willcox: Indian Encounters with Early Photography: Camera, Cannon, and the ‘Exhibitionary Complex’ | Sean Willcox | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 6 | Materiality and ‘Substance’: Talbot’s experiments in photomechanical printing | Francesca Strobino: Materiality and ‘Substance’: Talbot’s experiments in photomechanical printing | Francesca Strobino | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 5 | The early history of photography in relation to three notions of “fixity”: chemistry, politics, and meaning | Chitra Ramalingam: The early history of photography in relation to three notions of “fixity”: chemistry, politics, and meaning. | Chitra Ramalingam | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 4 | Early descriptions of the process of photography | Michael Pritchard: Early descriptions of the process of photography. | Michael Pritchard | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 3 | The global engagement of two British photographers, James William Newland (1810-57) and Louisa How (1821-93) | Elisa deCourcy: The global engagement of two British photographers, James William Newland (1810-57) and Louisa How (1821-93). | Elisa deCourcy | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 2 | John Herschel’s earliest photographic trials in 1839 | Olena Chervonik: John Herschel’s earliest photographic trials in 1839. | Olena Chervonik | 20 Aug 2023 | |
| 1 | Photographic images published in books and newspapers show how early British photographers represented racial and class differences in their work | Geoffrey Batchen: Photographic images published in books and newspapers show how early British photographers represented racial and class differences in their work | Geoffrey Batchen | 20 Aug 2023 |