SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Hope Kingsley on Salt & Silver: Early Photography, 1840–1860” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
A foremost expert on the history of photography’s first decades, Hope Kingsley, Curator, Education and Collections, Wilson Centre for Photography, presents a fascinating in-depth overview of the newly-opened Salt & Silver: Early Photography, 1840–1860. This major traveling exhibition provides a rare and extraordinary chance to experience some of the earliest photographs ever made, by many of the most important and groundbreaking figures in the history of the photographic medium.
Organized by the Wilson Centre for Photography, London, with the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, Salt & Silver: Early Photography, 1840–1860 is on view at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art September 8 – December 8.
Free
Reserve tickets at the Museum Visitor Services Desk, or online at tickets.sbma.net.
Location:
Mary Craig Auditorium
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State Street, Santa Barbara