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My apologies if this has been discussed previously, but my searches here have not indicated such. I'm trying to find the origin of "camera worker" as used to describe an artistic photographer. Of course, Stieglitz popularized the term, but I've found examples of its use as early as 1895 (as in a "hand-camera worker". Photography, vol 7, 774). As always, your insights will be greatly appreciated.
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Hello! The use of the term seems to date from c1882. Google's n-gram is a good start:
You can drill in to this to see the publication(s) using the term. See the link here
Fascinating. Thanks for providing this insight, Michael.
Michael Pritchard said:
Hello! The use of the term seems to date from c1882. Google's n-gram is a good start:
You can drill in to this to see the publication(s) using the term. See the link here
Dear Timothy, Entering the term "worker" into the search box of the online RPS journal between the years 1853-1882 throws up some interesting usages from as early as the 1850's. No "camera worker" as such, but may be of interest. Geoffrey.
Thanks - I appreciate the tip. It may be interesting to trace the evolving context of the word "worker" as part of this effort.
G.W. Tucker. said:
Dear Timothy, Entering the term "worker" into the search box of the online RPS journal between the years 1853-1882 throws up some interesting usages from as early as the 1850's. No "camera worker" as such, but may be of interest. Geoffrey.
I've also noticed the term 'pictorial worker' used a lot from the late 1890s onwards
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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