Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
All Events in British Library (8)
October 30Friday
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Points of View: Capturing the 19th Century in Photographs
October 30, 2009 to March 7, 2010 – British Library From the first tentative ‘drawings of shadows’ produced in the mid-1830s to its universal acceptance as a leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of entrepreneurial activity throughout… Organized by British Library | Type: exhibition
January 6Wednesday
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Points of View: The 19th Century Close Up
January 6, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Our panel select and dissect some of the remarkable images being shown in the Points of View exhibition. With Geoff Dyer, novelist and author of The Ongoing Moment, photographic historian and writer… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
January 12Tuesday
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Charles Dickens: Man, Writer and Fanciful Photographer
January 12, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Michael Slater, world-renowned Dickens expert, whose new biography of the novelist was published in September, will explore the complex personality and dramatic history, both personal and professiona… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 1Monday
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The Man who stopped Time: Eadweard Muybridge
February 1, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Muybridge's work is iconic: his stop-motion pictures of boxers, wrestlers and, most famously, racehorses frozen in time are some of the most famous images in the history of photography. His personal… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 20Saturday
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Capture King's Cross: A photography treasure hunt
February 20, 2010 from 10am to 6pm – British Library Join us for a day exploring this vibrant part of the city through photography. Teams are given clues and sent out into the local streets to find inspiration and construct photos that respond to, or r… Organized by British Library | Type: event
February 27Saturday
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Capture Kings Cross
February 27, 2010 all day – British Library A mass participation event, creatively photographing the area around the British Library and the Kings Cross development. Organized by British Library | Type: workshop
March 1Monday
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Photography and the Changing City
March 1, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library From the earliest days of photography, when William Fox Talbot captured the construction of Nelson’s Column, the city of London has been a dramatic subject for images of all kinds. Some of our finest… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
March 6Saturday
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Lewis Carroll and Photography: Exposing the Truth
March 6, 2010 from 2:30pm to 4pm – British Library Globally celebrated under his pen-name of Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), was also a mathematician and a truly important pioneer p… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
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Quick Resources
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
De Montfort University. MA course Photographic History and Practice
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
www.rps.org/group/Historical Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/>
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
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