2023 Daphne Mayo Public Lecture
Event Details
- Date:
- Thursday, 16 March 2023 - Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Room:
- Terrace Room
- UQ Location:
- Sir Llew Edwards Building (St Lucia)
- URL:
- https://communication-arts.uq.edu.au/event/7127/2023-daphne-mayo-public-lecture
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Event Contact
- Name:
- Miss Olivia Brown
- Phone:
- 52609
- Email:
- o.dennis@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Communication and Arts
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Visible Yet Transparent: The Lens in Nineteenth-Century Photographic Cultures
In 1890, the famous Jena Glass Works of Carl Zeiss released the Anastigmat photographic lens to great fanfare. The nearly faultless mimesis it generated seemed to conclude a chapter in optical technology that had progressed in a predetermined manner since photography’s origins. But why exactly had Zeiss developed its expensive mechanism and what drove photographers to buy it?
Directions to UQ
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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