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fotografía histórica & colección

First Edition • 2026

The Buenavista Photo Club is honored to invite you to discover,
share, and celebrate the beauty and memory of old photography

DATE: Saturday 5 September, 2026
HOURS 10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Open all day

Manuel H. First advertisement for Juan Valdez Coffee Company, Bogota, 1967

LOCATION:

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Hotel Grand Park

Carrera 5 n.° 23-34 · Centro · Bogotá

Colombia

This hotel with a pool, which organizes various cultural events, is located just 100 meters from the National Library of Colombia and the famous, traditional, Sunday flea market.

A number of rooms are reserved for travelers coming specifically for the vintage photography event.

Battista Venturillo. Set-up situation, Unfortunate reporter surrounded by smiling indigenas, Colombia, 1920s

C O N F E R E N C E

12:00 p.m. “¿Cuándo la fotografía decía la verdad?”

Free admission

Following the brief lecture, there will be a roundtable discussion during which the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions of historians, curators, and photography collectors—both Colombian and international.

Studio Daguerre. Memories of My First Communion

Memories of My First Communion (unidentified variant)

Information:

Adriana · +57 320 311 8397 ( WHATSAPP )

Please feel free to contact Adriana, who is coordinating this first edition of what we hope will become a regular event focused on vintage photography in Colombia – via WhatsApp message or call- on her Colombian cell phone.

Visitors are invited to bring old photographs that they would like the various experts, who will be present, to identify or comment on.

Unidentified location, footsteps, ca 21 July 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on water-marked Kodak paper, 205×205 mm. Famous Life Magazine cover image, with official title: “Tranquility Base and flag from LM window.” Most discussed image, “the flag seems rippled because it had been folded during storage, and the ripples could be mistaken for movement in a still photo”.

Unidentified photographer. Local inhabitants, Boleos, Baja California Sur, circa 1893

We also hope to present a small exhibition of Colombian daguerreotypes from a collector in Bogotá, which will provide an opportunity to ask questions about this early photographic technique.

It is worth noting that Colombia was among the first countries where photography—in the form of daguerreotypes—was practiced during the 1840s, and that Baron Gros reinvented a personal technique there that earned him praise from European practitioners.

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros, Rue de l’Observatoire, Bogota, 1842. Daguerréotype. Collection Roger Thérond

For a small fee, you can also have your portrait taken in the traditional style by Foto Agüita, a group of street photographers from Carrera Séptima who will be participating in Saturday’s fair.

Manuel H, Foto Agüita de la Séptima in action, Bogota, 2007

Happy return from Summer holidays! To a working year filled with the subtle enchantment of photography!

Félix Tisnés (1940-1994), “Gamines de Bogotá”, 1978

La Fotografia antica è la più bella delle collezioni …

Senigallia, città della fotografia, prepara la V Biennale di Storia della Fotografia di Senigallia, estate 2027, conferenza, fiera: 18-20 giugno 2027.

Senigallia diventerà la Città delle collezioni.

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