Motes of light, chemicals and techniques common and obscure, glass plates and paper, robots, pigeons and kites—all have played, and continue to play, a role in capturing fleeting time and faraway places in photographic images. Join us for an evening exploring photography’s evolution from analog to digital, looking at photographic printing techniques, and hearing from photographers about their art and craft and what makes an image memorable.
SCHEDULE
PRESENTATIONS
How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb
With Peter Kuran
7:00 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
What Makes a Picture Memorable?
With Aude Oliva, PhD
8:30 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
Wet-Plate Collodion Photography
With Peter DaSilva
6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery
Special thanks to Bostick & Sullivan and Magna Chrome
Pigeon Surveillance Photography in the Digital Age
With Dino D'Ercole and Bill Milestone
6:30–9:30 p.m.
West Gallery, Explainer Station
Tintypes
With the California Historical Society and Ed Drew
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery Corridor
Kite Aerial Photography
With Cris Benton
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Photographing the Universe With Hubble
With Zolt Lavey
8:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Picturing California:
165 Years of Photography at the Oakland Museum of California
With Drew Johnson
7:30 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
Photos From the Archives
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery, Black Box
Anonymous Photographs
With Scott Tolmie
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Curiosity Camera Cabinet
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Tinkering Studio display cases
Robots Take Pictures Too
With Paul Doherty
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Cameras and the Geometry of Vision
With Paul Stepahin
9:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
From Private to Public: Photography as Inquiry
With Susan Schwartzenberg
9:00 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
ACTIVITIES
StrangeLove
With Das Bus
6:00–10:00 p.m.
The Plaza
Closed-Eye Vision
Music by Jeffrey Alexander
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Tactile Dome
Tilt Shift-O-Scope Telescope
By Nicole Catrett
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Catwalk overlooking the Tinkering Studio
Life-Size Stop-Motion Animation
With Tinkering Studio staff
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Tinkering Studio
Limited capacity. First come, first served.
Lens Talk About It
With the Field Trip Explainers
6:30–10:00 p.m.
Central Gallery, Explainer Station
Pinhole Viewers
With the Explorables
7:00–10:00 p.m.
Central Gallery
All materials provided; take what you make.
Cow Eye Dissection
With the Explainers
7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m.
East Gallery
Camera Dissection
With the Explainers
7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Photograms
With Tinkering Studio Staff
6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m.
East Gallery Mezzanine Lab
Small groups; first come, first served.
Rickshaw Camera Obscura
With the Explainers
6:00–8:00 p.m.
North Gallery
Camera Obscura
With the Explainers
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Bay Observatory Terrace
FILMS
The Horse in Motion
By Eadweard Muybridge
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Driven: True Stories of Inspiration
By Amy Snyder and Dia Felix
6:00–10:00 p.m. (looping)
West Gallery, Mind Cinema
Motes of light, chemicals and techniques common and obscure, glass plates and paper, robots, pigeons and kites—all have played, and continue to play, a role in capturing fleeting time and faraway places in photographic images. Join us for an evening exploring photography’s evolution from analog to digital, looking at photographic printing techniques, and hearing from photographers about their art and craft and what makes an image memorable.
SCHEDULE
PRESENTATIONS
How to Photograph an Atomic Bomb
With Peter Kuran
7:00 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
What Makes a Picture Memorable?
With Aude Oliva, PhD
8:30 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
Wet-Plate Collodion Photography
With Peter DaSilva
6:30, 7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
Central Gallery
Special thanks to Bostick & Sullivan and Magna Chrome
Pigeon Surveillance Photography in the Digital Age
With Dino D'Ercole and Bill Milestone
6:30–9:30 p.m.
West Gallery, Explainer Station
Tintypes
With the California Historical Society and Ed Drew
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery Corridor
Kite Aerial Photography
With Cris Benton
6:30–9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Photographing the Universe With Hubble
With Zolt Lavey
8:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Picturing California:
165 Years of Photography at the Oakland Museum of California
With Drew Johnson
7:30 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
Photos From the Archives
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery, Black Box
Anonymous Photographs
With Scott Tolmie
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Curiosity Camera Cabinet
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Tinkering Studio display cases
Robots Take Pictures Too
With Paul Doherty
7:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
Cameras and the Geometry of Vision
With Paul Stepahin
9:00 p.m.
Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio
From Private to Public: Photography as Inquiry
With Susan Schwartzenberg
9:00 p.m.
Bay Observatory Gallery
ACTIVITIES
StrangeLove
With Das Bus
6:00–10:00 p.m.
The Plaza
Closed-Eye Vision
Music by Jeffrey Alexander
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Tactile Dome
Tilt Shift-O-Scope Telescope
By Nicole Catrett
6:00–10:00 p.m.
Catwalk overlooking the Tinkering Studio
Life-Size Stop-Motion Animation
With Tinkering Studio staff
6:30–9:30 p.m.
Tinkering Studio
Limited capacity. First come, first served.
Lens Talk About It
With the Field Trip Explainers
6:30–10:00 p.m.
Central Gallery, Explainer Station
Pinhole Viewers
With the Explorables
7:00–10:00 p.m.
Central Gallery
All materials provided; take what you make.
Cow Eye Dissection
With the Explainers
7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 p.m.
East Gallery
Camera Dissection
With the Explainers
7:30, 8:30, and 9:30 p.m.
East Gallery
Photograms
With Tinkering Studio Staff
6:30, 7:30, and 8:30 p.m.
East Gallery Mezzanine Lab
Small groups; first come, first served.
Rickshaw Camera Obscura
With the Explainers
6:00–8:00 p.m.
North Gallery
Camera Obscura
With the Explainers
6:00–8:00 p.m.
Bay Observatory Terrace
FILMS
The Horse in Motion
By Eadweard Muybridge
6:00–10:00 p.m.
West Gallery
Driven: True Stories of Inspiration
By Amy Snyder and Dia Felix
6:00–10:00 p.m. (looping)
West Gallery, Mind Cinema
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