The Burns Archive: NYC Photo Show and Daguerreotype Book Release

3/30/12

NYC Photo Show and Daguerreotype Book Release

The Burns Archive was at the New York Photo Show this weekend
after a tour of both the London and Washington DC fairs. The public was invited to attend the event Saturday, March 31 at The Lighthouse, 111 East 59th St, and stop by The Burns Archive booth to meet Dr. Burns and view books and images for sale.

Burns Press books (including the newly released Mirror, Mirror: The Burns Collection Daguerreotypes) were sold.

The aforementioned London Photo Fair:

Collector Andrew Daneman of Northern Light Gallery

Brad Feuerhelm of Daniel Blau Gallery

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From the birth of photography through the atomic age, The Burns Archive with over one million historic photographs is best known for providing photographic evidence of forgotten, unseen and disquieting aspects of history. The cornerstone of The Burns Archive is its unparalleled collection of early medical photography, but it is also renowned for its iconic images depicting the darker side of life: Death, Disease, Disaster, Mayhem, Crime, Racism, Revolution and War. The Burns Archive has published dozens of books and curated and contributed to frequent national and international museum and gallery exhibitions. Over the past forty years, thousands of publishers, exhibitors, authors, researchers, artists and filmmakers have utilized The Archive and its unique source of visual documentation. The Archive proves that with the right photographic evidence, history has infinite stories to tell.

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3/30/12

NYC Photo Show and Daguerreotype Book Release