50 for 50 Interactive: Tintype Studio with Landry Dunand

In a fitting tribute to Touchstone Gallery's history, Landry Dunand will install a working tintype studio inside the gallery, echoing the tintype portraits Allan Janus created for his 1976 exhibition at Touchstone, in conjunction with the Smithsonian's 1876 Centennial celebrations. Fifty years later, Dunand revives this historic process, creating a living connection between Touchstone's past and present while inviting the community to become part of its ongoing story. Studio Hours: Wednesday, July 22 from 5-8 pm (Opening Reception) Thursday, July 23 from 4-7 pm Friday, July 24 from 4-7 pm Saturday, July 25 from 1-4 pm Sunday, July 26 from 1-4 pm Tuesday, July 27 from 4-7 pm Landry Dunand is a French-born photographer, educator, and MFA candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Working primarily with the wet plate collodion process, his practice explores photography as a social and historical object, examining questions of representation and photographic authority. Before moving to the United States, Dunand spent more than a decade living and working in Southeast Asia, primarily in Bangkok and Kabul, where he worked as a graphic designer while developing long-term photographic projects using the Afghan Camera in Bangkok and Kabul. Alongside his artistic practice, he teaches art in Montgomery County Public Schools and runs a wet plate collodion tintype portrait studio in Takoma Park, Maryland.