Dates:
Sat, Sep 5, 2026, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
On the occasion of the Bicentenary of Photography, the opening weekend of this series of thematic events throughout the year offers special activities to all those who wish to discover the heritage of ancient photographic processes. At the conference on the history of photography by Imre Zalka, participants will be able to familiarize themselves with the techniques of ambrotype, a process involving wet collodion on glass plates. If you’ve never seen the inside of a camera in operation, it’s time to fix it! The traveling photographer’s method is to "develop the film" inside the reversed camera, from which an image on paper is produced through a 19th-century sun-drawing process. The complete realization of a portrait takes about 30 to 40 minutes, during which participants will also take part, under the direction of Péter Laczkó, in an original chemistry workshop related to the photographic process.
Image credit: ©Katalin Nagy Iliás
Source: Event information supplied by Bicentenaire de la Photographie - 2026-2027 (official OpenAgenda) — OpenAgenda open-licence event data.
