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180 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AT WESTLICHT

Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein and Peter Coeln

WestLicht celebrated the 180th birthday of photography with an open door day on the 19th of August 2019: In addition to Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein, Federal Minister Alexander Schallenberg, Josef Ostermayer, Erika Pluhar and many other guests of honour were among the approximately 2,000 visitors.

Programme highlights were the newly designed camera museum, the daguerreotype exhibition and a panel discussion on the early history of photography in Austria with Monika Faber and Simon Weber-Unger.

Thank you for coming in such large numbers!

Photos: © Patricia Riener / Rachele Moriggi

Audience

Inner courtyard

Peter Coeln in conversation with Monika Faber, photo historian and director of the Photoinstitut Bonartes, and Simon Weber-Unger, art dealer and expert on historical scientific instruments.