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A 3,000 camera collection in Fife

Some of you might have seen this on the BBC News site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53821146; if you want to know more, there's information on the trust and St Monan's photographic roots here https://www.cameratrust.org/ and…See More

Sep 18

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Anne Strathie commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Roger Watson to retire from Lacock's Fox Talbot Museum

"Sorry to hear this news - I've visited the museum on several occasions, enjoyed and learned from Capturing the Light and enjoyed a conversation with Roger about photographer Herbert Ponting who came from and photographed in Wiltshire. He…"

Sep 14

Anne Strathie replied to Bob R_S's discussion Kodak postcard 1935

"Dear Rob I think your main question has been answered, but related to your comment about the people in the photograph, I think the car may be the subject as much as the people. From the way they're dressed (the man at the back is rather…"

Jun 29

Anne Strathie commented on David Robert Jones's blog post Mistakes in the titles of Crimean War photographs held by collections

"Thanks, David ... and no, I didn't know about Fanny Duberly, so thank you for that. As you may know, one of Herbert Ponting's Antarctic subjects, Edward Wilson, is also buried there, so a nice closing of the circle! Thanks also for the…"

Apr 21

Micah Messenheimer left a comment for Anne Strathie

"You're welcome, Annie. I'll be sure to share your comment with my colleagues so that whomever helped you with your Ponting research will get their due thanks."

Apr 20

Anne Strathie commented on David Robert Jones's blog post Mistakes in the titles of Crimean War photographs held by collections

"For what it's worth, I've found variations in titles of photographs held by LOC and others of photographs by Herbert Ponting and discovered that in many cases, both are correct in their own way. I don't know enough about Fenton's…"

Apr 20

Anne Strathie commented on Richard Sullivan HonFRPS's blog post The Arts & Crafts Movement and photography

"P.S. excuse typos in last post, just dashing out! Anne"

Apr 14

Anne Strathie commented on Richard Sullivan HonFRPS's blog post The Arts & Crafts Movement and photography

"Hi, Dick It sounds as if you're embarking on a wide-ranging project, so hope it goes well ... coming from an art-historical background, I tend to regard movements as fairly fluid entities which sometimes seem more full-formed with hindsight…"

Apr 14

Anne Strathie commented on Richard Sullivan HonFRPS's blog post The Arts & Crafts Movement and photography

"To add a bit more background to the comment below, a chapter on photography by Martin Barnes in the catalogue of the V&A’s 2005 exhibition on ‘International Arts and Crafts’ also mentions: Photography was featured in magazines…"

Apr 14

Anne Strathie commented on Richard Sullivan HonFRPS's blog post The Arts & Crafts Movement and photography

"I found a photograph of William Morris by Frederick Hollyer, who, according to his Wikipedia entry at least, appears to be associated with the Linked Ring Society; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Hollyer I don't have time to do it…"

Apr 14

Debi Heath left a comment for Anne Strathie

"Hi Carolina please do not comment to Anna Mats, I believe this is a spam or fraudulent email created with the intent to extract personal information. I have received the same email and this isn’t the first time, only the last one was from…"

Nov 15, 2019

Anne Strathie commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Identification: Walter Benington and friends photographer group

"E. O. Hoppe was involved around that time - there's a 1907 photograph of him, distinctively un-mustached as one or two in the photograph…"

Aug 26, 2019

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