ICOM-CC Photographic Materials Working Group / Call for Papers

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The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Photographic Materials Working Group of ICOM-CC are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for the 2016 Photographic Materials Working Group Interim Meeting, scheduled for 21 – 24 September 2016 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Meeting theme: Uniques & Multiples. This meeting is an important gathering of photograph conservators and historians from all over the world. Past meetings have been held in Wellington, Athens, Rochester, and Paris, among other locations. The 2016 meeting will be comprised of two days of workshops and tours (21-22 September, optional) followed by two days of lectures and a poster display (23-24 September).

The Call for Paper is available here and the deadline is 15 January 2016.

Photo, anonymous, 1884 - 1892

Photo, anonymous, 1884 – 1892

 

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