Farm Hand and Shire
Probably a salt print. I picked it up around 1985 at boot sale in Berkshire. Its followed me around ever since!It has its faults, but its a nice old print.25x33cm Original frame.I guess its probably 1880-1900 from the clothes.
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Publication: 'On a Hill Road' is now published
The book is a 'Now and Then' book which explores the 3D stereo archive of keen Scottish amateur photographer Andrew Milne who travelled Scotland with his Stereo Victo camera between 1902 and 1905. Although an amateur, Andrew's image stand up well against many of the commercial images of Scotland made by more famous…See More
Publication: 'On a Hill Road' is now published
The book is a 'Now and Then' book which explores the 3D stereo archive of keen Scottish amateur photographer Andrew Milne who travelled Scotland with his Stereo Victo camera between 1902 and 1905. Although an amateur, Andrew's image stand up well against many of the commercial images of Scotland made by more famous…See More
On a Hill Road. Scotland in Stereo circa 1902 at The Byre Theatre St Andrews
October 13, 2018 from 5pm to 6pm
The story of the Perth based Amateur photographer Andrew Milne who between 1902 and 1905 travelled Scotland with a stereo Victo camera and left behind an archive of some 150 3D images. Who was he? What did he photograph, what did Ian Wallace discover when retracing his steps?Ticket booking essential athttps://byretheatre.com/events/stereo-photography-festival-on-a-hill-road/See More
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Publication: 'On a Hill Road' is now published
The book is a 'Now and Then' book which explores the 3D stereo archive of keen Scottish amateur photographer Andrew Milne who travelled Scotland with his Stereo Victo camera between 1902 and 1905. Although an amateur, Andrew's image stand up well against many of the commercial images of Scotland made by more…
Posted on October 1, 2018 at 22:00
RPS Historical Group Recreating the Past
I thought it might cause some amusement to post this picture from an the event held last weekend in Bath by the RPS Historical Group.
My picture touches four periods of photography: The sitter is David Burder, Daguerreotype aficionado, being photographed by Dr Guy Brown using a freshly made collodion wet plate in…
ContinuePosted on July 13, 2013 at 21:00 — 4 Comments
Worktown Photographs of Humphrey Spender
I heard about this interesting photographic archive on the radio today. Perhaps the images are not quite as old as many of the photographs discussed here but nevertheless this collection of photographs of life in Bolton just before the Second World War is fascinating.
All of these pictures were taken by…
ContinuePosted on February 25, 2013 at 20:00
Fantastic morning with John Falconer at the British Library as a part the London Festival of Photography
Along with a group of other keenly interested visitors we were treated to a feast of wonderful Fox Talbot and Calotype treasures (Including access to the fantastic Hill and Adamson Album).
On the train in to London in the morning I typed Fox Talbot into my Kindle store search engine and was delighted to find the text of the Pencil of Nature can be downloaded as a free edition. Having just read Talbots narrative in which he looks forward in places far sightedly to the possibilities…
ContinuePosted on June 21, 2012 at 19:59 — 1 Comment
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Greetings again from Montreal, Ian -- thought I'd correct my mistake -- Helen's Island should , of course, read Ellen's Island. In fact were I'm sending this from The Atwater Library { I'm volunteer curator here of historical collections } and the volunteer in our computer room is a woman from Scotland named Ellen.
Regards, Ed
Thanks for your follow-up,Ian. Mr Wilson, I agree, is underrated.
Landscapes never much interested me -- Alex Henderson of Montreal was an exception -- until I saw a stereo of Helen's Island by GWW -- the composition made yours truly a believer in poetic landscapes. Best, Ed