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Pippa Jane Wielgos's Blog – July 2011 Archive (2)

V&A Gallery News Update : new permanent Photographs Gallery to be opened 25 October 2011



A permanent new gallery to show highlights from the V&A’s internationally renowned collection of photographs will open this autumn, considerably extending the space dedicated to photographs at the Museum. The gallery will launch with a display of works by key figures of photographic history including… Continue

Added by Pippa Jane Wielgos on July 18, 2011 at 18:00 — 2 Comments

George Bernard Shaw: Man and Cameraman, Fox Talbot Museum of Photography, Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire

A rarely seen collection of photographs by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw will go on show at the Fox Talbot Museum in Lacock this summer. Although better known as a playwright, author and critic, Shaw was also a keen and respected photographer who left a collection of over 20,000 photographs, negatives, albums and other objects.

The collection is owned by the National Trust to whom Shaw left his home, Shaw’s Corner in Hertfordshire, on his death. Many are in a…

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Added by Pippa Jane Wielgos on July 5, 2011 at 12:00 — No Comments

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