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[Commlist] Conference: Darkrooms and Representations: Histories of Photography, Film and Exploration

Fri Feb 14 18:48:54 GMT 2020




*Darkrooms and Representations: Histories of Photography, Film and Exploration Conference, 2nd-3rd April 2020. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.*

The*Conference Programme* <https://www.academia.edu/41974810/Programme._Darkrooms_and_Representations_Histories_of_Photography_Film_and_Exploration_Conference>**and***Registration details* <https://www.rmg.co.uk/see-do/exhibitions-events/conference-darkrooms-and-representations>are now available.

Registration: Full Fee £80. Concessions £60.

*Conference outline:* The role of photography and film has often been relegated to that of illustration, yet its uses - as a visual record, in scientific research, education and travelogues – have been varied and at times ingenious. From experimentation with technologies in extreme environments (telephoto lenses, glass plate negatives, flashlight photography, chrono-photography, photomicrography, cinematography) to the practices that have emerged through ethnographic studies, meteorology, astronomy, oceanography, cartography and the documentation of wildlife, the mediation of photography and film has made otherwise inaccessible geographies visible. Yet, this ‘window’ on to the world is constructed, it is made using materials and techniques which tell a story: from a physical trace of the environment to a record of scientific and cultural practices. This interdisciplinary conference examines the history of explorationthrough film, photography and photographers, scientific techniques, artistic practices and in the mediation and display of museum collections for exhibition: from photographic materials and technologies to the darkroom practices that shape visual representations and underpin or counter voyage narratives.

There is a history of the materials, technologies and practices that lie beneath the surface of each image and its making. For an account of how cameras and photographic materials should work, we can consult technical handbooks. However, in extreme environments - characterised by excessive temperatures, humidity, light and darkness - such technologies sometimes stop working and require the practical and innovative adaptations of explorers, researchers and artists. This conference brings together presentations from scholars, curators and collection managers alongside scientific researchers and artists who have worked on Antarctic and Arctic Residences, wildlife, documentary photographers and archivists who engage with the questions of controlled storage environments, researcher access, the exhibition of materials and the making of their digital simulacra. *Read more <https://www.academia.edu/41974810/Programme._Darkrooms_and_Representations_Histories_of_Photography_Film_and_Exploration_Conference>*

For further information please contact: Dr Liz Watkins, University of Leeds. (e.i.watkins /at/ leeds.ac.uk) <mailto:(e.i.watkins /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>


Dr Elizabeth Watkins, University of Leeds. *Contact:* (e.i.watkins /at/ leeds.ac.uk) <mailto:(e.i.watkins /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>

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