Description
- Stand at the intersection of major events and the work of Civil War photographers.
- Multiple 2-D and 3-D photo presentations provides an immersive and meaningful experience.
- Seminar experts include Robert K. Krick, Eric Mink, John Cummings, Kris White, Bob Zeller, Garry Adelman, and others.
- Special access to Maye’s Heights’ Brompton and the site of US Sanitary Commission photo series.
- A wet plate demonstration with the Charleston Tintypist (and a chance to get your own tintypes made!)
- Large 3-D boards that allow attendees to see windows into the past.
- An open Mic for discoveries, theories, and more
- Plus, our renowned silent auction, cool videos, great camaraderie and more!
All attendees receive copies of the CCWP’s booklet, 99 Historic Images of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania Civil War Sites
BASIC ITINERARY
(subject to change)
Friday, October 3
9:30–noon Optional (but cool!) experiences:
– Sanitary Commission photo series open house
– Confederate cemetery with Robert Krick
– Burial sites photo series (self guided)
Lunch on your own
1:15-2pm: Registration at Stevenson’s Ridge
-tintypes available for purchase
2:00pm: Welcome, Bob Zeller
Silent auction open
2:20pm: Fredericksburg-area photo extravaganza (and more!), Garry Adelman
Break
-tintypes available for purchase
3:30pm: Reed Brockway Bontecou, and his Fredericksburg-area series, John Cummings
Break
-tintypes available for purchase
4:40pm: Tintype demonstration and group shots, Christine Eadie, the Charleston Tintypist
Break
-tintypes available for purchase
6:00pm: Banquet
Silent auction open
7:00pm: Lincoln in 3-D, Bob Zeller
Break
8:00pm: Announce silent auction winners
8:10pm: Open mic. 5 minutes preferred, 10 minute limit.
Please inform us in advance if you plan to present.
Saturday, October 5
By 8:30am Breakfast on your own.
8:45am: All day bus tour part one: Garry Adelman and Kris White
Bus meeting location TBA
-Spotsylvania, Massaponax, and possibly one more site
12:30pm: Lunch on your own, downtown Fredericksburg
2:00pm: Brompton (Marye’s Heights), Sunken Road and possibly one more site
4:55pm: Return to bus meeting site.
Dinner on your own.
Sunday, October 5
By 9:00am Breakfast on your own.
9:20am: On Wisconsin! An 1862 photo series, Eric Mink
Park and meet at Chatham
Seminar concludes
