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01/08/08 |
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DID GEORGE EASTMAN RE-APPEAR IN THE EASTMAN HOUSE STUDY CENTER? WAS CAPTAIN KODAK (SIC) ARRESTED FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT? DID HUGH SAPP REVEAL THE DETAILS OF THE HERETOFORE UNSEEN SUPER INSTAMATIC PROTOTYPE? WE WENT TO PHOTOHISTORY XII TO FIND OUT ! ! ! FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS ORGANIZED THE WORLD'S MOST INTERESTING COLLECTION OF PRESENTATIONS ON THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RECENT SYMPOSIUM INCLUDED: FRANK MEHLENBACHER TELLING THE SECRETS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIS GRANDFATHER - FRANK BROWNELL - AND GEORGE EASTMAN. EASTMAN SOLD " THE KODAK CAMERA" - BROWNELL BUILT IT. MIKE KESSLER SKATING ROUND THE TOPIC OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS DAVID PUPO ON COLLECTING PHOTO BOTTLES - HE'S THE WORLD'S EXPERT ! ROGER WATSON FROM THE TALBOT MUSEUM IN ENGLAND - TALBOT, LANGENHEIM ETC. JEAN SCOTT ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF MICROPHOTOGRAPHS AND STANHOPES. ALONG WITH SCULLY AND OSTERMAN, THE WILGUS', CAROLE GLAUBER AND MANY OTHERS THERE WAS ALSO A TRADE FAIR AND EASTMAN HOUSE SOLD SOME EXTRA BOOKS ! ( EXTRA BOOKS? YES ! INCLUDED WERE SOME CLASSIC OLD ISSUES OF "IMAGE" FOR $2 EACH.) COMING SOON - MORE DETAILS AND PICTURES ! WELL, A FEW YEARS HAVE PASSED, I NEVER UPLOADED THOSE PICTURES, AND NOW PHOTOHISTORY XIII HAS COME AND GONE ! SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WILL PUT UP SOME NICE PICTURES OF EASTMAN HOUSE AT THE SYMPOSIUMS.
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