2026 Photo Fair in Washington, dC

The Daguerreian Society will hold its annual Photo Fair—part of the 2026 Daguerreian Society Symposium—on Saturday, October 17, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Location: 
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Congressional A Ballroom, lobby level

Admission:
Symposium attendees: 9am, free
General public: 10am–4pm, $10
$1 off with postcard

Dealer tables:
$200 center table
$250 wall table

Questions? Contact Business Director Diane Filippi at info@DaguerreianSociety.org.

Our 2025 show in Hartford, Connecticut brought together an exceptional group of dealers—longtime Society members, emerging specialists, and some of the field’s most respected names. Each contributed to the vibrant energy on the show floor, offering rare daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, early paper photography, books, and ephemera.

Below are the 39 dealers who participated last year. The vast majority are members of The Daguerreian Society.

Terry Alphonse | Ira, MI
Rick Brown | Leesburg, VA
Dr. Stanley Burns | New York, NY
Nicholas Cotoulas | Hull, MA
Matt Cranford | Lincoln, NE
Keith de Lellis | New York, NY
Richard Donnelly | Barrington, RI
Greg French | Jamaica Plain, MA
Victor Germack | New York, NY
Kaylan Gunn | Cincinnati, OH
Richard Heller | Glendale, CA
Ivan Jurin | Perkasie, PA
Mark Koenigsberg | Weehawken, NJ
Hans P. Kraus Jr. | New York, NY
Jeffrey Kraus | New Paltz, NY
Kevin Kunz | Morgantown, WV
Michael Lehr | New York, NY
Carl Mautz | Nevada City, CA
Rob McElroy | Buffalo, NY
Mike Medhurst | Oak Brook, IL
Cindy Motzenbecker | Royal Oak, MI
Alex Novak | Chalfont, PA
Anton Orlov | San Diego, CA
Michael Peterson | Willow Creek, CA
Allen Phillips | Hartford, CT
Dr. Mike Robinson | Toronto, Canada
Jeremy Rowe | New York, NY
Willie Schaeffer | Chester, CT
Doug Scougale | Moraga, CA
J. Daniel Silverman | Wakefield, MA
David Thompson | South Dennis, MA
Chet Urban | Worcester, MA
Carlos Vertanessian | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Christopher Wahren | New Haven, CT
Len Walle | Novi, MI
Carol Waters | Exeter, NH
Casey Waters | Exeter, NH
Erin Waters | Exeter, NH
George Whiteley | Atlanta, GA

Diane Waggoner, Curator of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, peruses the offerings at Alex Novak’s table. Photo by Dave Fondiller