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SZATHMARI, PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER
14-16 May, 2012
Romanian Academy
Bucharest
An international conference focused on the recent findings on Carol Szathmari’s work as photographer at the dawn of war reportage, ethno-photography and art photography.
F i r s t A n n o u n c e m e n t
Dear Colleagues,
On the occasion of Szathmari’s birth bicentennial (1812-2012), the G. Oprescu Institute of Art History takes great pleasure in inviting you to the SZATHMARI, PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER conference to be held from 14-16 May, 2012, at the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania.
Conference Objective and Goals The three-day conference will present the results of new, unpublished research on Szathmari’s work. The proceedings of the conference will be published in a book. Conference Themes - Carol Popp de Szathmari (1812-1887), his life and his work - Szathmari and his contemporaries (statesmen, painters, writers, journalists, photographers) - Szathmari’s albums and pictures in state and private collections outside Romania - Scientific investigation into Szathmari’s photographs - Conservation and preservation issues related to Szathmari’s plates and prints
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Conference participants will enjoy the unique and unprecedented opportunity to view a selection of the most important pictures by Szathmari in the collections of the Library of the Romanian Academy.
A guided tour of Bucharest, pointing out the monuments pictured by Szathmari, will complete the conference offering the participants a bit of 19th century Romania.
The event will close with a gala projection of the documentary movie The Eyewitness (2002, directed by Gabriel Cobasnian, screenplay and starring A-S. Ionescu).
Registration fee
Regular registration 50 €
Student registration at reduced rate 20 €
The participants will pay the registration fee at the registration desk in the first day of the conference.
Proposals submission
Please send the title and an outline of your proposal (max. 300 words), as well as a curriculum vitae, to the following e-mail addresses: istartro@yahoo.com and adriansilvan@hotmail.com.
Deadline: 1st December 2011
Note: Proposals can be written in English, French, German, Italian or Romanian, but the languages used during the conference will be English and Romanian only.
Proposals will be evaluated by the members of the conference organization board, and all authors will be informed on the results of the selection process by 30 December 2011.
We would highly appreciate if you would be prepared to submit your paper of max. 10,000 words (notes and bibliography included) before 15 April 2012.
The organization team is looking forward to your applications!
For further information please contact Dr. Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, at adriansilvan@hotmail.com
Conference organization board:
Adrian-Silvan Ionescu
Alan Griffiths
Ruxanda Beldiman
Cornelia König
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