Talk: Joseph Swan: A New Vision

A lot of Joseph Swan fans on here judging by the bridge naming threads so should be of interest to many. Free talk at the Museum on Friday 2pm.


A free public talk about Sunderland born chemist and inventor Joseph Swan, in relation to light and photography by photographic historian Dr Carol McKay and photographic artist Dr Liza Dracup.

Most people know Joseph Swan as the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. Few know he was also a photographic pioneer, an entrepreneur and businessman, with connections far and wide. We’re celebrating this story in Sunderland, the place where he was born and grew up and where he encountered photography for the first time.

Meet in the Pottery Gallery on the ground floor.

This event is part of the Being Human Festival, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities, taking place 14–23 November and programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Observe Experiment Archive and the ‘Canny Sunderland: Discover the History of Sunderland’ talks series organised by the University of Sunderland.

FREE / No booking required
 



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