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X-WR-CALNAME:The Moon Speakers Series  - “As Near an Approach as Possible
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Planetarium for a public talk titled “As Near 
 an Approach as Possible”: Encountering the Moon’s Surface in Early Pho
 tographs\, presented by Dr. Andrew Hershberger\, Professor\, BGSU School o
 f Art\n\nSeveral years ago Dr. Hershberger was fortunate to spend an entir
 e semester researching in an exceedingly rare book library. This particula
 r library held thousands of books from the 1840s to the early 1900s\, and 
 all of these books had original photographs glued into the pages of each v
 olume. \n\nDuring the decades after photography’s invention in 1839\, bu
 t before halftone reproduction technology became widespread around 1900\, 
 if an author wanted photographs in a book\, original photographic prints h
 ad to be literally “tipped in” or glued into the pages of the book. Th
 us\, photographically illustrated books from the decades between 1840 and 
 1900 are highly prized today\, not only by rare book collectors\, but also
  by photography collectors\, print collectors\, and by art museums. \n\nTh
 e presentation will focus on an absolutely unforgettable encounter and a v
 ery surprising experience with a particularly magical book found in the li
 brary. This book was written by James Nasmyth (1808-1890) and James Carpen
 ter (1840-1899)\, and Carpenter had worked at the Royal Observatory in Gre
 enwich\, England. The book\, The Moon: Considered as a Planet\, a World\, 
 and a Satellite\, was published in London in 1874. This book has 23 illust
 rations inside it of various kinds\, and about half of them are original W
 oodburytype prints created from Nasmyth and Carpenter’s original photogr
 aphic negatives.\n\nTo Hershberger\, someone who studies the art side of t
 he history of photography\, Nasmyth and Carpenter’s Woodburytype photogr
 aphs of the Moon were stunningly beautiful. In their book’s preface\, th
 e co-authors stressed that they created their photographs “in order to p
 resent these Illustrations with as near an approach as possible to the abs
 olute integrity of the original objects.” They stated how the photograph
 ic images “faithfully reproduce the lunar effects of light and shadow”
  and “the details of the lunar surface” (p. ix). \n\nThis program is o
 ne of six sessions hosted by the BGSU Planetarium on a wide range of inter
 disciplinary topics\, each with a connection to astronomy.  Programs in th
 e series will be every Thursday evening starting March 13 and running thro
 ugh April 17. “The Moon Speakers Series” events are free and open to t
 he public.  \n\nThis talk will also be available to livestream via zoom at
  https://bgsu-edu.zoom.us/j/4287586258
LOCATION:BGSU Planetarium in the Physical Sciences Laboratory Building\, 11
 2
SUMMARY:The Moon Speakers Series  - “As Near an Approach as Possible”: 
 Encountering the Moon’s Surface in Early Photographs
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.bgsu.edu/event/the-moon-speakers-series-as-nea
 r-an-approach-as-possible-encountering-the-moons-surface-in-early-photogra
 phs
CATEGORIES:Performances and Exhibits
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