Antiquity and Photography - 10/09/2015, London (England)

The fantasy of capturing the ancient world on film has fired the popular imagination ever since the early 19th century. Whether allowing armchair tourists the opportunity to view ancient sites without the need for travel, or reanimating ancient history and myth in flesh and blood, rather than pen and paint, the camera has, for more than two centuries, channelled a unique vision of the distant past. But while cinema’s relationship with antiquity has been endlessly studied in recent years, the same cannot be said of still photography, in all its forms. From the earliest days of the daguerreotype, which quickly became a valuable means of depicting archaeological sites, to the artistic photography of the present day, which can variously recreate and redestroy antiquity using both analogue and digital processes, the photographic medium is a powerful vehicle for exploring and commenting on our relationship to the past, which deserves to be examined in much more detail.

This one-day colloquium aims to provide a forum for colleagues interested in this area of research, in which any question or topic related to the theme of Antiquity and Photography can be discussed. In particular, it is hoped that the colloquium will explore some of the more creative and/or subjective ways in which photography has addressed the ancient past, in addition to its use as a tool for documenting archaeological finds.

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 10/09/2015

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: The Open University (London, England)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Joanna Paul (The Open University)

INFO: web - Joanna.Paul@open.ac.uk

INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis /free / gratuito

Registration for this event is free of charge, and on a first come, first served basis. Please email the organiser (Joanna.Paul@open.ac.uk) by Wednesday 2 September if you wish to attend.gr

PROGRAMA/PROGRAM/PROGRAMMA:

10.30-11 Registration

11-1 Panel 1 Joanna Paul (Open University), ‘Time’s Relentless Melt: capturing Pompeii in contemporary art photography’ Shelley Hales (University of Bristol), ‘Commemorating the Dead: Pompeian corpses and post-mortem photography’ Clemence Schultze (University of Durham), ‘Borrowed authority: photography in reconstructing the Parthenon’ Ian Walker (University of South Wales), ‘Photographing the Parthenon frieze at one remove’

1-2 Lunch 2-3.30 Panel 2 Jill Mitchell (University of Wales Trinity Saintantiquity’ Alison Rosenblitt (University of Oxford), ‘Cummings’ Paganism and the Photography of Marion Morehouse’ Zena Kamash (Royal Holloway, University of London), ‘Site Seeing: visitor photography at Pompeii from the late 19th century to the present day’ 3.30-4 Break

4-6 Panel 3 Katy Soar (University of Sheffield), ‘Framing the Minoans: Representing Knossos in early twentieth century postcards’ Amanda Couch (University for the Creative Arts Farnham, and Creative Arts Education), ‘Dust, (photographic) grain, livers and me’ A Q&A session with Grace Vane Percy, photographer (Venus, Quartet Books, 2014) Closing discussion