Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: November 19, 2010 to January 9, 2011
Location: Third Floor Gallery
Street: 102 Bute Street
City/Town: Cardiff CF10 5AD
Website or Map: http://www.thirdfloorgallery.…
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Third Floor Gallery
Latest Activity: Nov 2, 2010
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The Opening night preview: Thursday, 18 November 2010, 7pm.
Renowned photographer David Hurn has worked on almost every area of the profession. As a photojournalist he documented the Soviet invasion of Hungary, as an advertising photographer he worked on the photoshoots for films like James Bond and Barbarella, and he has forever portrayed Wales and its people in his series of books. Now, as a pensioner, he keeps himself as busy as always.
Passing Time has been born from Hurn's will to prove that he is not dead as some may assume, but is instead observing and photographing every day. However, following a career of 55 years in one single exhibition is not an easy task, so David has conceived an artificial ploy to bring the passage of time to life: matching pairs of his early and late images. These pairs of photographs enhance the commonalities and dissimilarities often overlooked in the cycles of time. This way we can follow David Hurn's interests in a world that has undergone a huge transformation since the 1950's.
A significant part of Passing Time is curated by the public who are encouraged to find pairs of photographs in Magnum archives and then employ an online platform for submitting them. This project and the dozens of pairs suggested can be found at Hardcore Street Photography group on flickr.
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
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
Frederick Scott Archer
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