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Vintage camera auctioned for world-record 898,000 dollars
rare signature of its French inventor, sold at auction in Vienna today for a record 732,000 euros (898,000 dollars). It broke the previous record of 576,000 euros, fetched during a Westlicht auction in 2007 for a similar daguerreotype camera made by the Paris company Susse Freres.… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 29, 2010 at 23:11 — No Comments
Rhyl historian's photographs of charabancs under the hammer in Colwyn Bay
garnered by the late Rhyl collector and historian, John Nickels, was auctioned off by Colwyn Bay auctioneers, Rogers Jones Co, yesterday (Tuesday, May 25).Added by Michael Wong on May 27, 2010 at 16:54 — No Comments
Llandudno's Camera Obscura re-opens
Perfectly positioned on the heights above the Happy Valley on the Great Orme, the obscura is blessed with a panoramic view extending from Liverpool Bay over Llandudno Pier across to the Little Orme, taking in Penmaenmawr across to… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 27, 2010 at 16:50 — No Comments
Benjamin Brecknell Turner & Amsterdam
one of the greatest, British photographers. His images were highly praised during his lifetime for their rustic beauty and grandeur.Added by Michael Wong on May 23, 2010 at 18:04 — No Comments
Old Chinese photography
Added by Michael Pritchard on May 23, 2010 at 13:43 — No Comments
Haworth-Booth a finale
Mark Haworth-Booth describes on his blog..."An early copy of my book on Camille Silvy arrived from the National Portrait Gallery. We sat on the sofa and looked through every page. It is wonderful! I won't get my other copies until June. This is my finale as a photo-historian and I'm thrilled with it."
The Silvy exhibition will take place at the National Portrait Gallery later this year - it promises to be the exhibition of the year for me and many…
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Last photograph of adventurer Captain Scott to be sold off at auction
wife before his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole will be auctioned off soon. The black and white picture was taken by Steffano Webb, a New Zealand photographer based in Christchurch, just before the 1910 trip to Antarctica is expected to fetch £4,500. In total nine of Webb's photographs of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, taken at Lyttelton in… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 21, 2010 at 10:24 — No Comments
Research Officer post available...
Elizabeth Edwards is directing a HERA Funded Project 'Photographs, Colonial Legacy And Museums In Contemporary European Culture' PhotoCLEC, University Of The Arts London
A leading collaborative research project with University of Bergen and VU University Amsterdam, HERA's "Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity" strand will examine the ways in which museums reflect and respond to varieties of colonial experiences and their specific visual legacies. It will focus especially…
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Images of a rich heritage goes online ...
Added by Michael Wong on May 20, 2010 at 17:37 — No Comments
The Lockey Photographs - Too Good to Miss .....
Added by Michael Wong on May 20, 2010 at 10:58 — No Comments
Museum of London's New Galleries Open ...
On 28 May 2010 the Museum of London unveils its spectacular £20 million Galleries of Modern
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Added by Michael Wong on May 18, 2010 at 20:30 — No Comments
Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron - Early British Photographs from the Royal Collection
Added by Sophie Gordon on May 16, 2010 at 12:22 — No Comments
Vintage Photographs to Spearhead Sotheby's Photographs Sale
from the beginnings through to the present with offerings of Contemporary works. Among the sale highlights are two superb examples of the work of Eugène Atget, which have come from a private French collection: La Villette, Rue Asselin, Fille publique faisant le quart devant sa porte is a signature image from an artist who has been called the first Modernist photographer (lot 7, est.… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 15, 2010 at 14:39 — No Comments
V&A Photography Gallery opens ......
includes many recent acquisitions, the Museum held a special viewing on Friday (14th May). One of the highlights was the new display "The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society". This pioneering weekly publication was founded in 1962 and continued as an independent magazine until 1988.Added by Michael Wong on May 15, 2010 at 14:00 — No Comments
NMeM secure government support for London base - for now
Amateur Photographer magazine reports that the National Media Museum has received government approval to open a London base. A spokesperson for the Bradford-based museum said this afternoon: 'We have received approval from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) for this project.'
Last night, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC's Newsnight that 'none' of the DCMS's budgets are protected in light of the cutbacks expected to be outlined by the new…
Added by Michael Pritchard on May 13, 2010 at 22:30 — No Comments
De Montfort university reveal images
Added by Michael Pritchard on May 13, 2010 at 22:30 — No Comments
150-Year-Old Photos Find New Home
Just as when you thought it was safe, out comes yet another announcement of a photo archive going online. This time it's from BT. Yes, British Telecoms.Added by Michael Wong on May 13, 2010 at 15:00 — 1 Comment
Tate Modern is 10 : More active in Photography
Tate Modern has used the occasion of its 10th birthday not only to show how it is expanding its collection beyond Europe and North America, but more importantly becoming more active in photography, recently appointing a photography curator. It has also announced the formation of a Photography Acquisitions Committee, to be launched on 19 May, to demonstrate Tate’s ongoing… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 12, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments
MoMA presents history of photography through the lens of female photographers
by women artists, charting the medium’s history from the dawn of the modern period to the present. The show is organized chronologically, beginning with a gallery of 19th and… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on May 12, 2010 at 10:04 — No Comments
Frederick Evans at the National Media Museum
Added by Michael Wong on May 10, 2010 at 10:05 — No Comments
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National Media Museum, Bradford
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
De Montfort University. MA course Photographic History and Practice
The Press Photo History Project This project is currently mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
National Monuments Record at English Heritage
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
www.rps.org/group/Historical Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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