Kristen Hatgi and Mark Sink , 2009 Lewis Emory Walker, 1865
Lincoln in Focus:
Original Photographs of the President and the Civil War
March 13 from 12 to 2p.m. – Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi
Historic Photography Demonstration and Talk
Historic Photography Demonstration and Talk
The majority of the prints in Lincoln in Focus are albumen prints created using the wet-plate
collodion process invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer. Contemporary Denver artists
Mark Sink and Kristen Hatgi will bring their 1860s vintage camera to the Byers-Evans House
Gallery to demonstrate how artists like Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner made their
photographs. The program will include a talk on the history of photography and a discussion
of how Sink and Hatgi use this historic technique in their own art.
Program 12 to 2 pm. Free admission.
February 5 through March 31, 2010
Byers-Evans House Gallery
Open Monday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm
1310 Bannock Street / Denver, CO / 303.620.4933
