Propose a talk on 19th-century photography for The Daguerreian Society Symposium, September 25-27 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.

Based on member feedback, there’s interest in a wide range of subjects, including:

• Collections management – including appraisals, insurance, conservation, archival storage, cataloguing

• Pivotal figures in daguerreotypy/19th-century photography

• Hidden gems/overlooked collections/discoveries - including those outside the US and Canada

• And, of course, topics of particular importance to Hartford or greater New England history

• All talks must be illustrated with compelling images. Members tend to be visually-oriented people – we’d rather sit through 25 minutes of images without narration than endure a talk of the same length with only a few pictures.

• Shorter talks will be given preference.

• You do not need any special credentials – our speakers, like our members, come from all walks of life.

Please keep in mind: 

To submit your idea for a Symposium presentation, email a summary, estimated running time, and 3 to 5 sample images to diane_dagsoc@comcast.net.

See you in Hartford!