Winter Evening Programme Prof Christina Young "Aberrations- The Development of the Photographic Lens"

Prof Christina Young "Aberrations- The Development of the Photographic Lens"

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Christina is a Professor of Conservation and Technical Art History and the Director of the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research at the University of Glasgow . She holds a BSc in Physics from Imperial College London, an MSc in Applied Optics from the University of Reading, and a PhD in Physical Sciences from Imperial College London. She works at the intersection of Art and Science: Combines a physics background with art conservation to examine the physical and optical properties of cultural heritage objects. Christina is going to take us back in time to explore the development of the photographic lens to give is a better understanding of how these objects work. Free to Wolfcraig Members £5 to non members.