I found very interesting for the topic of my thesis the work of the English painter Robert Barker. The conferences at 16th international panorama conference, 1 - 3 september 2007 Plymouth complement some ideas expressed in my thesis and serve also as good introduction of technologies of vision. They can be seen at:
http://www.river-valley.tv/conferences/ipc2007/
I particularly recommend to take a look at the presentations of David Robinson, Martin Woolner and Aldo Hoeben.