Keith F. Davis, Photographic Historian

The Library Company of Philadelphia, Visual Culture Program

Friday, October 2, 2009, 3:00 am EDT

Time: 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (program at 6:00 p.m.)

Place: The Library Company of Philadelphia


RSVP to 215.546.3181 or lpropst@librarycompany.org


Keith F. Davis, Curator of Photography at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City and author of numerous books, including The Origins of American Photography: From Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885, will speak about the remarkable achievement of the world’s first successful photographic process – the daguerreotype – and Philadelphia’s vital role in the history of early photography in America.


This lecture marks the opening of the Library Company's exhibition.