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Francis Hodgson in the Financial Times provides an insightful review of the British Library's Points of View exhibition: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/304a037c-c89e-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html
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William Henry Fox Talbot is usually remembered as a photographic inventor and influential early voice on photographic aesthetics, but like many of his contemporaries Talbot’s interests covered a wide range of intellectual endeavours. This two-day ...
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The British Library formally opened it's landmark photography exhibition Points of View last night at a well-attended private view. The exhibiton marks the librarys first ever photographic exhibition. It opens to the public from 9.30am this mornin...
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Brian and Elena appeared on Radio 4's Open Country this morning talking about TRW and the village where the photograps are taken. It is available via the BBC iPlayer here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nhn1n
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This is a wonderful book, and the included stereoscope is ingenious. BBC interviewed May and it is worth a listen.
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Job: National Media Museum Development Manager

The National Media Museum in Bradford is committed to raising the national profile and enhancing public perceptions of West Yorkshire as a cultural destination and is seeking a Development Manager to support this,

The National Media Museum, part of the NMSI Museums Group, exists to promote an understanding and appreciation of photography, film, television, radio and the web. The Museum is looking for a skilled Development Manager to lead its fundraising function. The successful candidate will b… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 6:52am —

Michael Pritchard

Job: National Media Museum Development Manager

The National Media Museum in Bradford is committed to raising the national profile and enhancing public perceptions of West Yorkshire as a cultural destination and is seeking a Development Manager to support this.

The National Media Museum, part of the NMSI Museums Group, exists to promote an understanding and appreciation of photography, film, television, radio and the web. The Museum is looking for a skilled Development Manager to lead its fundraising function. The successful candidate will b… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2009 at 6:30am —

Michael Pritchard

Unique local photographic archive preserved

Campden & District Historical and Archæological Society has been award an Awards for All grant to bring to life the photographs of Jesse Taylor, the photographer in Chipping Campden from 1896 to 1938. Working in partnership with Gloucestershire Archives, CADHAS is conserving and scanning 1500, mainly half-plate, glass plates depicting of all aspects of life in the town and surrounding villages.

Jesse Taylor was a typical high street photographer taking photographs of everything, from… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:40pm —

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RPS Historical Group brochure

A resurgent RPS Historical Group has launched a new brochure outlining the remit of the Group and highlighting its activities and aims, as well as emphasising its close links with the RPS Collection now located at the National Media Museum in Bradford. A pdf version of the brochure can be downloaded by… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:00pm —

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New Book: J W G Gutch

Ian Sumner has authored a book on the early British photographer J. W. G. Gutch based on five albums produced between 1856 and 1859. In search of the Picturesque. The English photographs of J. W. G. Gutch 1856/59 is published in December 2009. A contemporary of Talbot, Gutch was experimenting with photography as early as 1841. Partially paralysed and using the wet-collodion process he travelled many miles of rural tracks taking photographs. His work, which influenced the poets and painter… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

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At 8:36pm on April 30, 2009, Mike Allen said…
Michael: Forgive me if this is old news off radar but I stumbled across this exhibition in London and wondered if it might interest anyone:-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/5220054/New-Audrey-Hepburn-pictures-of-her-as-she.html

http://www.proud.co.uk/exhibitions.aspx
At 2:16pm on April 20, 2009, Bob, Editor – Photographic Canadiana said…
Michael: you've got a typo in the Bamford slide item:
" a serachable DVD"
At 5:13am on February 4, 2009, Anne Lacoste said…
Hi Michael,

It is indeed very nice to meet you again after all these years. After my experience at South Kensington I decided to start a career in the field of Photography (and I should thank you for your support!). I went back to university and just get my Ph.D. in Art History (my dissertation was about photography and archaeology in the Orient in the second half of the 19th Century). I have been working as assistant curator in the department of photographs of the J. Paul Getty museum for more than three years now. Your website is a really good idea and my congratulations for such an achievement! I hope you are doing well too and looking forward to hearing from you,
Best,
Anne.
 
 

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