Free one-day f295 photography seminar, San Francisco, US

August 29, 2009 brings F295’s first west coast event. F295 has partnered with San Francisco State University to bring you a free seminar on 21st Century Photography. This will follow the same format as other F295 events- a day long event which exclusively features photographers talking about their work and the inspiration, ideas, and rationale behind it…

The seminar is on 29 August 2009, 10:00am – 4:30pm, at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA, US, and features talks by Jo Babcock, Martha Casanave, Susannah Hays, Kerik Kouklis, Chris McCaw, Tom Persinger, Brian Taylor, and Claudia Wornum.

Full details here on the f295 site.

Lecture lineup for f295 2007 lensless imaging symposium roundtable

f295 press release:

f295 is pleased to announce, as part of the 2007 Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes the list of speakers and topics for the lecture and round-table session to take place 27 April 2007. This event is being held in conjunction with The Center for the Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon University as part of The Perspectives on the Arts in Society Series.

Date: 27 April 2007
Time: 9am – 5pm (1.5 hour break for lunch)
Place: McConomy Auditorium in the University Center at Carnegie Mellon University

SPEAKERS & TOPICS:
Tom Persinger – Introduction: ‘Simple’ Methods in a Complex World
Jo Babcock – Contemporary Pinhole Photography and it’s Place in Photographic History
Craig Barber – Photography and Memory
Barbara Ess – Reality, Representation and Lo-Fi Image-Making
Alan Greene – Steps Leading to ‘Primitive Photography’
Patricia Katchur – Back to Basics: The Renaissance in Alternative and Historic Photographic Processes
Terry King, FRPS – Retro-Invention: A Revolution in Gold and Blue
Mike Robinson – The Daguerreotype: Past, Present & Perfect

More information may be found on the symposium website:
http://www.f295.org/wordpress/?page_id=26

All inquires may be directed to:
Tom Persinger
tp@f295.org