Our 32nd annual PSPCS Sale, Swap & Show of pre-owned, collectible and antique photographica. This is the largest one day show in the Western United States and will be held on April 14, 2012 at Kent Commons in Kent, Washington. (525 Fourth Ave N Kent, WA 98032)
For General Show Information: General admission at 10 am is $5.00, or buy an Early-in at 8:00 am for $20.00. The show hours are 8:00 am to about 4 pm.
For additional information contact: Harold Beyea (below) or click on the below link to our show registration site.
2012 Show Experience Weekend Presents: Bobbi London -"Stanhopes: Jewels of Microphotography"
Each year your Show Committee works diligently to fine a really good speaker to present our special meeting talk to kick off our Show Experience Weekend.
The tradition
of the annual Show Experience talk, which started in 2002, will continue. On Thursday, April 12th members and guests
can discover more about “Stanhopes:Jewels of Microphotography” from Bobbi
London, the 2012 Show Experience speaker.
Stanhopes, produced from the 1850s to the 1970s, often contain
outstanding photographic images which appear in some beautiful works of art and
craftsmanship. They are among the
smallest optical toys sought by collectors.
A Stanhope is
a microscopic photographic image attached to its own tiny powerful magnifying
lens, which enables us to see the image clearly. Bobbi’s presentation will describe how the
images were made, show the lenses through which they are viewed and introduce
some history of Stanhopes. She will
include examples of images starting from the very early microphotography work
of John Benjamin Dancer and the Stanhopes of René Dagron. Highlights will reveal some of the more
unusual items to contain Stanhopes and the vast variety of photographic images
that can be found in them. The items and
images shown will come from her extensive collection.
Bobbi has
collected Stanhopes for about twenty-five years, researching, speaking and
writing about them in photo-history publications in the United States and Great
Britain.
When: April 12th, from 7:00 pm to
8:30pm
Where: Conference
Room (# TBD) at Kent Commons - 525 Fourth Ave N Kent, WA.
