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Bi-centenary of the birth of DO Hill - 2002 |
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Many events are to be held, beginning April 2002, to commemorate the bi-centenary of DO Hill's, who was born on 20 May 1802. The events will include a Public Lecture to be given in the Parish Church of St Andrew & St George in George Street. This was the church from which the Church of Scotland walked out in May 1842, forming a procession down the hill to Tanfield Hall at Canonmills. Please scroll down for Summary of Events and Fuller Details. Please click here to find links to the web site for the DO Hill Festival and web sites for several of the exhibitions and the conference. |
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Summary of Events |
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March 23 - May 26 |
Doctor John Adamson, Photographic Pioneer National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh |
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April 13 - May 18 |
DO Hill: The Art of Photographic Portraiture The Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh |
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April 29 - May 24 |
Mr DO Hill presents his compliments National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh |
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May 4 - October 25 |
Hill & Adamson's Photographs of Linlithgow Annet House, Linlithgow |
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May 10 - September 15 |
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh |
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May 11 |
Edinburgh College of Art |
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May 17 - September 7 |
Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow |
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May 18 - May 26 |
Masterpieces of Early Photography St Andrews Museum |
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May 18 - May 20 |
International Conference: The Artful Use of Light The Royal Society of Edinburgh |
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May 20 |
Church of St Andrew & St George, George St, Edin. |
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June 29 - October 31 |
Modernity, Apperception and Evocation The Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock |
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July 6 - October 12 |
Perth Museum & Art Gallery |
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Ongoing Display |
Castle Hill, Edinburgh |
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Ongoing Display |
The Free Church of Scotland, The Mound, Edinburgh |
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October 14 |
Hill & Adamson: Where Photography Began A lecture in Edinburgh to the Royal Scottish Society of Arts by David Bruce. |
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Various |
Atlas, Books, Education packs, Play, Radio Poem, Creative writing, Poetry: TV drama documentary |
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Please scroll down this page to see fuller details of these events. |
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EXHIBITION "Dr. John Adamson: Photographic Pioneer" |
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DATES: 23 March - 26 May 2002 ORGANISERS: National Museums of Scotland VENUE: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh NOTES: Original prints from the earliest years of photography from the albums assembled by Dr John Adamson, the elder brother of DO Hill's partner, Robert Adamson. |
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EXHIBITION "DO Hill: The Art of Photographic Portraiture" |
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DATES: 13 April - 18 May 2002 ORGANISERS: University of Edinburgh VENUE: Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh NOTES: The development of photography as a continuation of the Fine Art tradition - including portraiture, Newhaven images and Alvin Langdon Coburn. |
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EXHIBITION "Mr DO Hill presents his Compliments" |
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DATES: 29 April - 24 May 2002 ORGANISERS: National Library of Scotland VENUE: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh NOTES: A small display of Hill's correspondence including some fine examples of his illustrated letters, from the National Museum's |
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EXHIBITION "Hill & Adamson's Photographs of Linlithgow" |
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DATES: 4 May - 25 October 2002 ORGANISER: Linlithgow Heritage Trust VENUE: Linlithgow Museum, Annet House NOTES: Photographs of Linlithgow, including some measuring about 13 ins x 16 ins from Adamson's largest camera, and what are thought to be the earliest ever photographs of a railway. Also, photographs today from the same viewpoints as Hill & Adamson. |
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EXHIBITION "Facing the Light" |
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DATES: 10 May - 15 September 2002 ORGANISERS: National Galleries of Scotland VENUE: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh NOTES: An exhibition of 200 calotypes by DO Hill & Robert Adamson, demonstrating the originality and invention behind their pursuit of nature, which has influenced the course of photography ever since. |
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This was a very successful exhibition. There were 42,000 visitors. |
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DEMONSTRATION "The Calotype Process" |
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DATES: 11 May at 2pm. ORGANISERS: Napier University Tel: (0)131 455 5210 VENUE: Edinburgh College of Art NOTES:
A demonstration of the Calotype Process
by Richard Morris. |
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EXHIBITION "The Alchemy of Light" |
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DATES: 17 May - 7 September 2002 ORGANISERS: University of Glasgow VENUE: The Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow NOTES: Original calotype negatives and positives, vintage and modern, salt and digital prints, including the four large 'panorama' images from Edinburgh Castle in 1846; photogravures by Annan. |
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EXHIBITION "Masterpieces of Early Photography" |
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DATES: 18 May - 26 May 2002 ORGANISERS: University of St Andrews? VENUE: St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, St Andrew's NOTES: Views of St Andrews by Hill & Adamson. (Several early photographers were based at St Andrews, including Sir David Brewster, Principal of the United Colleges of St Leonard and St Salvator. He was a friend of Talbot.) |
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CONFERENCE "The Artful Use of Light" |
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DATES: 18 May - 20 May 2002 DO Hill was born on 20 May 1802. ORGANISERS:
Scottish
Society for the History of Photography and VENUE:
The
Royal Society of Edinburgh, George Street Edinburgh NOTES: An International Conference with speakers from Britain, Europe and America. There will be sessions devoted to the technology of early photography, the cultural and social circumstances in which the calotypes were produced and many other topics. FURTHER DETAILS: See The Royal Society of Edinburgh web site for further details , including booking forms for the conference. |
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PUBLIC LECTURE "For the Love of Photography" (Colin Ford) |
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DATES: 20 May 2002 at 5.30pm. ORGANISERS:
Scottish
Society for the History of Photography and VENUE:
Parish
Church of St Andrew & St George, |
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EXHIBITION "Modernity, Apperception and Evocation" |
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DATES: 29 June - 31 October 2002 ORGANISERS: Fox Talbot Museum VENUE: Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire NOTES: An exhibition of rare and atypical works by six early masters of photography, including DO Hill, J & R Adamson, Talbot and others. |
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EXHIBITION "The Remarkable Mr Hill - The early development of DO Hill RSA" |
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DATES: 6 July - 12 October 2002 ORGANISERS: Perth Museum & Art Gallery VENUE: Perth Museum & Art Gallery, George Street, Perth NOTES: An exhibition of the artistic environment in Perth, where DO Hill was born and brought up, at the time of Hill's youth. The achievements of DO Hill and activities of his brother, Alexander. |
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EXHIBITION An exhibition of Hill & Adamson Calotypes |
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DATES: A continuing exhibition. Start date not yet known ORGANISERS: Camera Obscura VENUE: Camera Obscura, Castle Hill, Edinburgh NOTES: A new room is to be devoted to the work of Hill & Adamson. |
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VIEWING The Disruption Painting |
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DATES: Fridays, 2.00pm to 4.00pm (by appointment) ORGANISERS: The Free Church of Scotland VENUE: The Free Church of Scotland, Castle Hill, Edinburgh NOTES: Please phone (0)131 226 5286 to arrange an appointment |
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LECTURE Lecture - "Hill & Adamson: Where Photography Began" |
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DATES: Monday 14 October 2002, 7pm ORGANISERS: The Royal Scottish Society of Arts VENUE: Wolfson Suite, Ground floor, Edinburgh University Library, George Square, Edinburgh NOTE: The lecture will be given by David Bruce, Director of the DO Hill Bicentenary Festival |
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Other Events |
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Atlas: To show places associated with DO Hill |
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Book: The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill Sara Stevenson |
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Book: Facing the Light - The Photography of Hill & Adamson Sara Stevenson |
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Education packs for schools: Hill & Adamson in social context |
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Play: Memory Hill at Netherbow Theatre, Edinburgh Splinters Theatre Company |
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Poem: Camera Obscura - to be transmitted on Radio 4 |
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Poetry and Calotypes: Creative writing with Hill & Adamson calotypes. Scottish Poetry Library |
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TV drama documentary: The Sun Worshipers - May 2002 |
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A new bottle of beer: Edinburgh Ale - from Caledonian Breweries - 2002 |