The reaction to the digital revolution might be to find our roots. Our roots in photography date back to 1839 with the daguerreotype while the roots of a civilization can be seen in the layers of architectural history throughout the land of the Incas in Cusco, Peru. With the original Incan stone-work and street ways as a backdrop, we will explore the rejuvenated silver-plate process that master Daguerreotypist Jerry Spagnoli has resurrected. While learning this process we explore our vision and interpret the beauty and grace of a culture practically indestructible since the time of the Conquistadores.
“A daguerreotype is a photographic image formed on the surface of a piece of silver plated copper. The light falling on the subject and gathered through the lens impresses the image into the sensitized silver surface. But this direct transcription only serves to under line the fallacy of the documentary notion of the photograph. The image produced is not the scene, it is a spatial and temporal abstraction based on the raw material of the world.” Jerry Spagnoli - www.jerryspagnoli.com |
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In a follow-up to the enormously successful first-run in 2006, Jerry is back in Cusco eager to illustrate his technique, help students practice what they have learned from a previous class or start from the beginning with his hands-on approach to learning. Learn the daguerreotype process from a modern master, interpreting one of the wonders of the world with this old-world process: Machu Picchu and Daguerreotypes!
