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June 2010 Blog Posts (26)
London Lives: An online archive into 18th century Britain
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Added by Michael Wong on June 30, 2010 at 22:00 — No Comments
A rare find of an original 1839 daguerreotype
Museum: Curator, back room, dark corner, faded shoebox.
Inside shoebox: paper-wrapped, gold-framed daguerreotype depicting Paris's Pont Neuf spanning the River Seine.
Back of frame: Handwritten with the date '1839' - the dawn of photography.… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 30, 2010 at 19:00 — No Comments
Call For Papers. (De)constructing the Archive in a Digital Age.
Call For Papers.
(De)constructing the Archive in a Digital Age.
September 10th 2010, School of the Arts Loughborough University, UK.…
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Added by Mort Marsh on June 29, 2010 at 9:30 — No Comments
Top price for Lincoln carte de visite
The… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 26, 2010 at 19:17 — No Comments
Job: Academic Assistant - Photographic Collection
Academic Assistant - Photographic Collection (1 year). The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London University of London http://jobs.ac.uk/job/ABH740/
Added by Michael Pritchard on June 26, 2010 at 18:42 — No Comments
Photographers of Great Britain 1840-1940 database
A new website was launched last year but it is still being refined that contains probably the largest database in existence of British and Irish photographers http://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/.
Although specific content requires payment to help cover the costs of setting up and maintaining the site (and collection used to produce it) there is an increasing amount of free content such as the biographies of British… Continue
Added by Marcel Safier on June 26, 2010 at 4:16 — 1 Comment
Victorian artwork takes pride of place at Kingston’s new riverfront development
Kingston upon Thames, the developers have used a facade screen which shows work by Eadweard Muybridge.Let's hope this will set… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 25, 2010 at 22:01 — No Comments
Authenticity of early Muybridge's photos questioned
photographs, Weston Naef, noted some startling observations to lead him to conclude that some early Muybridge photos may not be taken by him.Instead, Naef suggested they were done by others, whilst Muybridge merely published them.… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 24, 2010 at 9:30 — 2 Comments
Poster collection goes on Flickr
Added by Belinda May on June 23, 2010 at 14:30 — 2 Comments
Niepce in England conference - Now Booking
The National Media Museum has released booking details of the Niépce in England conference which takes place at the museum on 14-15 October 2010. Details are given below...
NIÉPCE IN ENGLAND…
ContinueAdded by Michael Pritchard on June 22, 2010 at 19:38 — No Comments
NMeM Job: Duty Manager
| Job Description: Duty Manager, Bradford: Full-time position £19,000 per annum, increasing to £20,000 on successful completion of probationary period The National Media Museum’s eight galleries and three cinemas attract over 700,000 visitors every  year. You’ll lead the… |
Added by Michael Wong on June 21, 2010 at 22:09 — No Comments
Rejlander
I have recently acquired a cdv size albumen print, circa 1860,of a genre scene.
The man in the photo looks very much like Rejlander.
Any comments appreciated.
Regards,
Meir
Michael Faraday's notes at auction
corresponded with scientists on the subject. He was photographed an extraordinary number of times. The photographs of Faraday held in the Institute of Engineering and Technology Archives include a very early example of a calotype (an early photographic process where the image is produced on paper… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 21, 2010 at 14:30 — No Comments
Frantic bidding for Fenton's photographs at local auction
Auctioneers in the Cotswold were stunned when photography specialists from the USA and Europe bid against each other via telephone pushing the price of five rare Fenton photographs up to £100,000, over five times their combined estimated value.Dominic Winter auctioneer, Chris Albury, said "I had no idea that these photographs were so rare when I first saw them but it seems likely that there are no more than a handful of each. It was only… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 21, 2010 at 13:30 — 2 Comments
NMeM: London Presence update
A Freedom of Information request to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that the National Media Museum still sees the Science Museum as the base for its London Presence. The DCMS also confirmed:
- That it had held no meetings the National Media Museum over its plans for a London Presence between 1 September 2009 and 3 June 2010
- The Project is expected to cost less than £5 million and therefore does not require any approval from the DCMS
- The…
Added by Michael Pritchard on June 19, 2010 at 9:46 — No Comments
Photographs from 19th Century Japan and China: Masterpieces from the Photographic Collection
exhibition does feature images by British pioneers like Felice Beato (half-Italian?) and John Thomson. So, please bear with me.Following the presentation of outstanding works from the history of 20th century photography, Museum Ludwig is now highlighting a new section of its extensive photographic holdings. Beginning 11 June, a… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 18, 2010 at 9:52 — No Comments
Sunderland’s Antiquarians Society unearths historic Tyneside photos
Whilst sorting through archive material to use for a website, Bill Hawkins, history enthusiast and member of the Sunderland’s Antiquarians Society, discovered boxes of glass plate negatives that were dust covered and laid undisturbed for six decades. Mr Hawkins, 55, of Sunderland, found around 30 photographs dating back more than 100 years, including images taken of Tynemouth pier and of the High Level Bridge spanning the River Tyne. This treasure trove of… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 15, 2010 at 16:00 — No Comments
Lewis Carroll's favourite model sold for £24,000
Carroll's favourite models, were auctioned off at Bonhams collectible books sale last week (8th June) for £24,000. They were each on a cabinet card with Carroll's negative number, grading letter as well as a caption in the photographer's hand. Carroll, a keen photographer, considered these to be among his best work, and showed Alexandra in Danish and Oriental costumes. Kitchin's father was the Dean of… Continue
Added by Michael Wong on June 15, 2010 at 9:54 — No Comments
Muybridge online resource launched
A new digital resource for Muybridge scholars has been launched. The website, the result of an ongoing collaboration between Kingston University and Kingston Museum in the United Kingdom, aims to provide a definitive research resource surrounding the work of nineteenth century photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Thesite provides an introduction to Muybridge’s works in historical and social context; and information on the international collections that house them. It is fully searchable.… Continue
Added by Michael Pritchard on June 14, 2010 at 11:15 — No Comments
Camille Silvy, Photographer of Modern Life, 1834-1910
Camille Silvy was a pioneer of early photography and one of the greatest French photographers of the nineteenth century. This exhibition includes many remarkable images which have not been exhibited since the 1860s.
Over 100 works, including a large number of carte de visites, focus on a ten-year creative burst from 1857-67 working in Algiers, rural France, Paris and London and illustrate how Silvy pioneered many now…
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