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Research on British Seaside ambrotypes
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Photographs of British Physicians with Bodies, Skulls etc.
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Survey and Help wantedI am writing a new book, my forty-fourth, continuing my studies of medical photography and popular culture. (working title) Stiffs Skulls and Skeletons: Medical Photography and…Continue

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Daguerreotypes of British Photographers posing with their camera's??
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I am writing books a book on daguerreotypes and one on ambrotypes and need some information.I believe there are less than a handful of English daguerreian photographers posing with their camera's.…Continue

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Marcel Safier replied to Stanley B. Burns,MD's discussion Research on British Seaside ambrotypes

"Hi Stanley, I am in touch with collectors and researchers interested in the subject of seaside photography, some of whom are members of this forum. I have looked at British seaside and street photography and its connections and parallels with the…"

Mar 25, 2020

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Research on British Seaside ambrotypes

For a new photographic history book on British photography (my 49th photo history text) I am trying to find information on the cameras that took the ambrotype and tintype British seaside and street photographs of the 1870-1910 time period. Supposedly the cameras had apparatuses or came with a portable apparatus that quickly developed the plate. thanksStanley B Burns, MDburns@inch.comBurns ArchiveSee More

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