Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Featured Events
All Events (16)
July 6Monday
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Abelardo Morell - Through the Camera's Eye
July 6, 2009 to December 13, 2009 – Fox Talbot Museum Organized by Roger Watson | Type: exhibition
September 11Friday
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First Shots: Early War Photography 1848-1860
September 11, 2009 to January 10, 2010 – White Space Gallery, National Army Museum The National Army Museum is devoting its new White Space Gallery to an exhibition of the work of four pioneering war photographers: Felice Beato, Roger Fenton, James Robertson and Josh McCosh. War ... Organized by National Army Museum | Type: exhibition
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 througho... Organized by British Library | Type: exhibition
December 7Monday
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‘I have captured a shadow’: Fox Talbot and the dawn of photography
December 7, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Frustrated with his inability to draw while in Italy, William Henry Fox Talbot conceived of the art of photography in 1833. He achieved his first successes at his Wiltshire home of Lacock Abbey by ... Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
December 8Tuesday
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Redeye Photography Talk
December 8, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – Open Eye Gallery John Darwell will be presenting an illustrated talk about his work at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool on evening of 8th Dec 09. 7 - 9ish. All welcome and it's free! Organized by Redeye | Type: lecture/talk/presentation
December 9Wednesday
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Photographic History without Photographs
December 9, 2009 from 2am to 4:30pm – General Register House Documents, legal documents, trade catalogues and printed ephemera can present a different history of photography. In this lecture Michael Pritchard shows examples of these and uses them to illustra... Organized by Angels Arribas / email: aarribas@photoconservation.co.uk | Type: lecture
December 11Friday
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Paris Collections visits
December 11, 2009 to December 12, 2009 – Paris The RPS Historical Group has arranged a two day visit to Paris in December and will have privileged access to two important collections. The event is open to non-members but numbers are limited to ... Organized by RPS Historical Group / Donald Stewart | Type: visit, paris
December 13Sunday
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Fred Holland Day
December 13, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm – National Media Museum Patricia Fanning is archivist of the F. Holland Day Collection at the Norwood Historical Society, Day’s former home in Massachusetts. Her new book The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day, 2008, ... Organized by National Media Museum | Type: lecture
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 write... 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 professio... 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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