Fixated: Photography Through History

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G-TARanaki International
Music Week
Slash, one of the worlds #1 most legendary guitarists, will be coming to New Plymouth
11th -15th August 2010

New Plymouth Girls' High School Jubilee
New Plymouth Girls' High School is celebrating 125 years of education for girls in Taranaki - 1885 to 2010
Sat 23 Oct 2010 - Mon 25 Oct 2010

Taranaki Rhododendron
and Garden Festival Almost 50 gardens open their gates during this popular garden festival.
29 October - 7 November 2010

Tasman Marine Taranaki Boat Show 2010
TSB Stadium, New Plymouth Sat 30 Oct

NZ Tattoo & Art Festival
TSB Stadium, New Plymouth Sat 27 Nov 2010

WOMAD 2011
WOMAD turns the stunning Brooklands Park and the Bowl of Brooklands into a cultural melting pot of rhythms, sights and sounds.
18th-20th March 2010

Rugby World Cup September, 2011
Stadium Taranaki, New Plymouth
11th Sept 2011- RWC:
Ireland v Americas 2
15th Sept 2011- RWC:
Europe 2 v Americas 2
26th Sept 2011- RWC:
Wales v Africa

Fixated: Photography Through History

Starts July 31st

Ever wondered how early photography developed into the prolific and much loved medium it is today? Here‚s your chance to find out! Fixated: Photography Through History explores the development of photography and photographic processes from 1839 to the present.

Fixated showcases fantastic examples of early photographic processes from Puke Ariki‚s collection, along with contemporary examples of Victorian photographic techniques.

The exhibition includes two remarkable original photolithographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of the positive/negative process, generously loaned to Puke Ariki by Auckland War Memorial Museum. New work by sculptor Elizabeth Thomson highlights photography‚s influence on other forms of art.

Fixated examines the unique characteristics of a range of photographic processes, including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, opaltypes, albumen prints, printing-out paper prints, colour and digital photography ˆ learn about the processes that have helped revolutionise our pictorial history.