19 Jun 2015: I was the warm-up act this week at the University of Lincoln’s conference titled ‘Rethinking Early Photography.’ This excellent conference was an appropriate venue to try to put to rest a continuing controversy; additionally, I hope that my brief talk served to demonstrate both diverse archival research techniques and some context relevant to the Catalogue …

12 Jun 2015: I was captivated by this photogenic drawing of a piece of lace the very first time that I saw it. Greatly detailed, alive and dancing, it is hard to believe that this is one of the very first photographs ever made by Talbot. In fact, the photographic negative was cut out to this odd shape …