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Michael Pritchard replied to darrin hill's discussion Greetings from Texas... Im searching for this...Michael Pritchard replied to Richard Sullivan HonFRPS's discussion The BJP"The BJP was digitising its back issues but I believe hit an issue with the more recent issues and dealing with contributors and copyright which has either delayed or stopped the whole project. I've not had a recent update. It would be a shame…"
Michael Pritchard posted a blog postExhibition: Camera, Obscured. The fine art photography of Paul Laib / from 26 July
Paul Laib moved to London from Hamburg at the end of the nineteenth century. For fifty years he worked as a fine art photographer from his studio in South Kensington, hired by artists to document their work. Using archive materials and pieces from the De Laszlo collection of Paul Laib negatives, this exhibition highlights the…See More
Bobbie Carnegie commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post Conservation: The Sutton Collection"Fascinating project that the Sutton Collection has in 'reassembling' so many wonderful old plate glass images - and with quirky stories already arising out of curious and impressive moustaches for example. As an 'amateur cleaner of…"
Michael Pritchard posted a blog postAuction: two WW1 hospital autochromes / 13 July 2017 (UPDATED)
Special Auction Services's Fine Photographica auction includes two half-plate autochrome images showing First Eastern General Hospital on The Backs in Cambridge, c1914-15. The auction takes place on 13 July 2017 at Newbury or online at the-saleroom.com. The description reads: Two half-plate Autochromes, of the First Eastern…See More
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Job: Director, Nicéphore Niépce Museum
The Nicéphore Niépce museum in Chalon-sur-Saône is looking for a new director. With a collection of 3 million photographs, prints, negatives, contact sheets, historic cameras etc., the Nicéphore Niépce museum is one of the first museums in the history of photography in France. Created in 1972, it holds the…
Posted on July 24, 2017 at 7:09
Course: Histories of Photography / TPG, from 4 September
Histories of Photography: Invention, Transformation & Affirmation is an eight-week course from The Photographers' Gallery, London. It introduces participants to the richness and diversity of photography’s histories. It takes its point of departure from photography’s early…
Posted on July 24, 2017 at 7:07
Course: History of Photography / V&A, from 3 October
The V&A was one of the first museums to collect and exhibit photographs. Today, the collection is one of the most important in the world, recognised internationally for its breadth of content, including works that span the 1820s to the present day. This is a particularly…
Posted on July 23, 2017 at 16:00
Exhibition: William Henry Fox Talbot and the Promise of Photography / from 17 November
Using his knowledge of art, botany, chemistry, and optics, William Henry Fox Talbot (British, 1800–1877) invented a means of turning an ordinary piece of paper into “photogenic drawings,” calotypes, and salted paper prints in 1839. Featuring more than 30 works, many of which have never…
Posted on July 23, 2017 at 16:00
Exhibition: Camera, Obscured. The fine art photography of Paul Laib / from 26 July
Paul Laib moved to London from Hamburg at the end of the nineteenth century. For fifty years he worked as a fine art photographer from his studio in South Kensington, hired by artists to document their work. Using archive materials and pieces from the De Laszlo collection of Paul Laib negatives, this exhibition…
Posted on July 16, 2017 at 8:42
Comment Wall (24 comments)
- At 17:46 on April 21, 2017,
jack leonard gordon said… I am upset by the effects of my tiny pictures on my four entries .
Should I withdraw them as a whole and start again?
If so how do cancel anything of my submissions?
Regards,
Jack Leonard Gordon
- At 5:52 on November 15, 2016,
Will Allen said… The International Directory of Photo Historians has settled in a new home with hopes of stability in location, format, and function. The change coincides with the retirement from teaching of William Allen. At http://classyarts.com/photohistorians/photohistorians.php one may search the directory, add and edit one's entry, and communicate with other historians. The new directory protects the privacy of contact information (including email addresses) for participants. I hope that you and your colleagues will share this information.
- At 22:41 on January 5, 2016,
David McGreevy said… Dear Michael,
First, let me thank you for the BPH site, it has proven to be an invaluable resource for an American collector of British Photographs, and I have "met" many experienced and generous experts here.
I am however, a bit alarmed, do the "major changes" mentioned in your weekly update indicate that the site will soon be subscription based? That is certainly the impression I got. It would be such a shame after Luminous Lint changed into a monetized site, rather than an open and free exchange of ideas and knowledge.
Respectfully,
David McGreevy
- At 11:52 on December 30, 2013,
Richard Sambrook said… Many thanks Michael - I'm delighted to have access to such a great site and resource. Is the Giles Duley talk open to the public? I'd love to come along if so. I am now Professor at the School of Journalism at Cardiff University. Until his recent retirement Daniel Meadows led our work on documentary photography - I'm looking for ways to continue to keep the School actively engaged...Best, Richard
- At 19:09 on May 27, 2013, Salvador Tió said…
Dear Mr. Pritchard,
I am looking for information about the beginings of Automat Photography. In particular about the first who was take a British Patent E.J. Ball 16,136. Nov. 23, 1887: Automatic coin-freed apparatus.(“Patents for Inventions vol. II, Abridgments of Specifications, class 98, Photography Great Britain Patent Office, Reprint Edition 1979 Arno Press, A New York Times Company”).
This is all the information that I have about this inventor. I have also a patent from 1900 of the United States and that I believe is attached to the same inventor US657505%5B1%5D.pdf
Do you know more information about this inventor.
Thank you very much.
- At 16:05 on September 24, 2012,
Tom Ruffles PhD, ARPS said…
Thanks for the comment on the Turner post, Michael - I've amended it accordingly.
- At 13:33 on July 6, 2012,
Tony Hilton said… Hi Michael,
It was lovely to catch up briefly in May. Sorry it was all so rushed.
You are doing a great job here ... and elsewhere! Well done! Keep it up
Tony Hilton
- At 0:59 on May 15, 2012, M C Brown said…
Hallo Michael, Thanks for the regular Newsletter. Is there any way of recalling earlier versions? A recent issue had a review of the Princeton University book by Roger Taylor on Lewis Carroll and I would be interested in reading it again. Thanks.
- At 9:19 on October 16, 2011, Richard Brooks said…
- Thanks for the suggestions. I succesfully completed the dissertation earlier in the year and I was pleased with the grade and feedback.
Would you be interested in having a copy of the work? Perhaps I could publish it online if it was felt to be of interest.
- At 9:13 on October 16, 2011, Richard Brooks said…
- Belated congratulations on succesfully you phd, sorry only just noticed.
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