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[apologies for cross-posting] Saturday, November 3 10:00am to 3:30pm The New York Public Library Celeste Auditorium, Stephen A Schwarzman Building Register Here <https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2018/11/03/anna-atkins-symposium?nref=368912> Anna Atkins’s role in the narrative of early photography has been widely acknowledged only within the last 40 years. Since the publication of Larry J. Schaaf’s Sun Gardens: Victorian Photograms by Anna Atkins, scholars have built on this groundbreaking research and fortified the larger context of her work. Although now famous for being the first book produced with photographic illustrations, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions has been viewed as an artwork, a scientific document, a rare book, a historical document, and more. This multi-faceted appeal has helped to ensure Atkins's enduring legacy. On the occasion of the exhibitions Blue Prints: the Pioneering Photographs of Anna Atkins, The New York Public Library has invited distinguished scholars in the fields of photography, conservation, natural history, and rare books to discuss her photography and its resonance. During this symposium panelists and speakers will discuss this broader context in which she created her momentous production, as well as characteristics unique to Atkins's pioneering work. SCHEDULE 9:30 AM Coffee Reception 10:00 AM Welcome / Introduction Bill Kelly, Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries Joshua Chuang, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Associate Director for Art, Prints and Photographs, and The Robert B. Menschel Senior Curator of Photography 10:15 AM Anna Atkins, Her Life and Legacy Rose Teanby, historian of early women photographers, Associate of the Royal Photographic Society 10:50 AM Anna Atkins and the Making of Books Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian, Bodleian Library, Oxford 11:25 AM Back to the Roots: On Early Photography Steffen Siegel, Professor of Theory & History of Photography at Folkwang University of Arts, Essen, Germany in conversation with Jessica McDonald, The Nancy Inman and Marlene Nathan Meyerson Curator of Photography, Harry Ransom Center 12:15-1:15 PM Lunch break 1:15 PM Plant Leaves to Book Leaves: Materials and Methods Jessica Keister, Associate Conservator Photographs, NYPL; Kenneth Karol, Cullman Associate Curator, Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics, New York Botanical Garden 2:00 PM Atkins in Collections: A Panel on Stewardship Normand Trudel, Librarian for Rare Books, University of Montreal; Alice Lemaire, Conservator, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris; Nancy Barr, Curator of Photographs, Detroit Institute of Arts 3:00 PM Closing Remarks 4:00 PM Reception at Penumbra Foundation, 36 E 30th St, New York, NY 10016 -- *Emily Walz *|* The New York Public Library* *Librarian, Art & Architecture Collection <https://www.nypl.org/about/divisions/wallach-division/art-architecture-collection>* *The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs * *Stephen A. Schwarzman Building* Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018 Tel: (212) 930-0893 | [log in to unmask] *[image: www.nypl.org] <http://www.nypl.org/> * Follow @NYPLart on: Twitter <https://twitter.com/nyplart> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/nyplart/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/schwarzmanbuilding>| Tumblr <http://artprintsphotographsnypl.tumblr.com/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~