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Making It Up: Photographic Fictions at Room 38A, The Victoria and Albert Museum

May 13, 2013 to January 12, 2014
Photography is widely associated with truthfulness yet it has also been employed throughout its history as a means of telling stories and evoking the imaginary. This display includes photographs by some of the most influential contemporary artists working in this vein, such as Gregory Crewdson, Duane Michals and Cindy Sherman, alongside examples by 19th-century practitioners including Julia Margaret Cameron, Clementina Lady Hawarden and Oscar Gustav Rejlander.See More
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IOM Photographic Society: Happy 75th!

The Isle of Man Photographic Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary with an exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel from Saturday 18 May 2013 to Sunday 4 August 2013. Jointly curated by Manx National Heritage and the Isle of Man Photographic Society, the exhibition will feature works by the society’s members together with vintage cameras and photographic equipment. There will also be a mock darkroom and a studio set out as a Victorian…See More
May 11
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J M Nicholson: ‘Recording his World with a Camera’ at Manx National Heritage

May 11, 2013 to June 22, 2013
In an illustrated talk by Yvonne Cresswell MNH Curator of Social History, discover more about John Miller Nicholson’s photography and camera technique as part of his artistic works and vision. In association with the centenary exhibition of works by the Manx artist and the 75th Anniversary of the Isle of Man Photographic Society.See More
May 11
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Job: Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College seeks applications for the inaugural Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography. The Gruber Fellowship is a new and dynamic opportunity for emerging curators focused on the realm of photography, and offers an outstanding 2-year curatorial appoint to a recent…See More
May 10
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1968-Japanese Photography at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

May 11, 2013 to June 15, 2013
The latter half of the 1960s was a tumultuous time in every region of the world, a period in which the existing frameworks of society were questioned and opposed. In the world of photography, that questioning addressed the independence of the photograph, which Modern Photography had established, and the history that justified that independence. In Japan, 1968 saw a cluster of significant events in photographic circles: The Japan Professional Photographers Society held the A Century of…See More
May 8
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Auction: 19th-century Beijing photographs

London auction house Sotheby's is to put on sale a collection of photos on Beijing taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato in 1860, which includes the first photographic panorama of Peking showing the interior of the city, under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Sotheby's believe that the photos could…See More
May 5
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Michael Wong commented on Michael Wong's blog post Tunbridge Wells: H P Robinson print internationally recognised
"Thanks. Glad you liked the image as Robinson is certainly ahead of his time. Enjoy too, the blogs submitted by fellow members, and look forward to reading yours too in the not too distant future!"
May 4
Faris Ahmed commented on Michael Wong's blog post Tunbridge Wells: H P Robinson print internationally recognised
"you never fail to amaze me with the stuff you are able to blod michael .  this is such an amazing and unique picture . im getting my work to print this for me in a 2m x 1m banner which ima hang in my room .  so much value it carries that…"
May 4
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Book & Exhibition: Between Princely India and the British Raj: The Photography of Raja Deen Dayal

Raja Deen Dayal (1844 – 1905) was the first Indian photographer to earn international renown. Noted for remarkable beauty, aesthetic nuance and technical skill, Deen Dayal's photographs capture the architectural heritage of India, its landscape and people, and provide a lens through which we can explore a…See More
Apr 26
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Job: International Photography Curator (National Galleries of Scotland)

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic curator to enrich Scotland's outstanding national collection of photography and shape a national and international programme to exhibit and promote it. Based at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, which has a Gallery dedicated to the display of photography, the new curator…See More
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IOM Photographic Society: Happy 75th!

The Isle of Man Photographic Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary with an exhibition at the House of Manannan in Peel from Saturday 18 May 2013 to Sunday 4 August 2013. 

Jointly curated by Manx National Heritage and the Isle of Man Photographic Society, the exhibition will feature works by the society’s members together with vintage cameras and photographic equipment. There will also be a mock…

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Posted on May 11, 2013 at 14:18

Job: Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College seeks applications for the inaugural Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography. The Gruber Fellowship is a new and dynamic opportunity for emerging curators focused on the realm of photography, and offers an outstanding 2-year curatorial…

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Posted on May 9, 2013 at 23:52

Auction: 19th-century Beijing photographs

London auction house Sotheby's is to put on sale a collection of photos on Beijing taken by Italian-British photographer Felice Beato in 1860, which includes the first photographic panorama of Peking showing the interior of the city, under the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).…

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Posted on May 4, 2013 at 21:03

Book & Exhibition: Between Princely India and the British Raj: The Photography of Raja Deen Dayal

Raja Deen Dayal (1844 – 1905) was the first Indian photographer to earn international renown. Noted for remarkable beauty, aesthetic nuance and technical skill, Deen Dayal's photographs capture the architectural heritage of India, its landscape and people, and provide a lens through which we can…

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At 1:27 on May 23, 2011, Irene Caesar said…
Nice to meet you, Michael! I really like your multi-dimensional vision!
At 2:51 on January 26, 2011, Alan M. Preston said…

Hello Michael (Wong), I missed your Brian Duffy blog, and was belatedly pleased to read it on the BPH site - I have been an Archivist with one or two biographies, and was arranging with Chris (Brian's son) to get his biography written before he sadly died, via an biographer friend who was an Arts Editor for the 'Daily Mail' in the 1970's.

It was marvellous to see the documentary about his life on TV (Chris very kindly sent me a gratis DVD). I also very proudly own two of Brian's original 'Olympus' cameras: a KTL (which was only made for 7 months prior to the launch of the OM1) and an OM2 (which is modified with a Flash synch. lock) and takes amazing photographs - which I aquired through Brian's neighbour, Ross.

Please keep me informed if you may hear of any other tributes to Brian Duffy - his biography HAS to be written!

 

At 17:21 on March 4, 2010, Michael Wong said…
Hi Quinn,

Good to hear from you !

Firstly, my sincere apologies for the error in the post ! I only based it on the limited information that was available from the Kensal Green Cementary Site. I should have research it more thoroughly before posting it. The last thing I want is to 'hijack' such an important event from your group and all the efforts you all have put in the past year. I was only aware of it when I went in to the Kensal Green website looking for some other information unrelated to this.

I will correct them immediately or would you prefer me to delete both the blog and event info, so that it can come officially from yourselves i.e., Collodion Collective and The Archer Project ? I'll be happy to do that so as not to cause any problems - really sorry if I have. Just let me know.

Also, apologies for the typo - I blame that on the fingers going too fast ahead of the brain !

Let me know how you want this announcement done and I will gladly sort it you either way. Welcome to the forum, by the way !

Best wishes,

Michael
At 14:41 on March 4, 2010, Quinn Jacobson said…
Hello Michael,
My name is Quinn Jacobson. I'm with the "Collodion Collective" and "The Archer Project".

Thank you for posting information about the Archer event at Kensal Green. However, there are a couple of things that I would appreciate corrected.

The first is that the Collodion Collective, is responsible for the event. The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery have been wonderful to work with , but this is our project. We've been working on this for over a year.

There were 51 Collodion artists that made plates last year for this project. The images were assembled and published (World Wet Plate Collodion Day 2009) to raise money to make this happen. We've raised private donations as well. The exhibition consists of 21 Collodion Artists that have donated plates to raise money as well. It's been a lot of work, but well worth it.

And lastly, Collodion is spelled with an "o" at the end, not an "a". Again, thanks for promoting the event, we appreciate. To be honest with you, I haven't even made an official announcement for it yet - we have our final meeting Saturday.

My best,
Quinn
 
 
 

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