Michael Wong's Blog – March 2012 Archive (16)

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The Swindon Museum and Art Gallery is exhibiting a collection of Albert Beaney photographs, and is inviting local residents born during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s to see if they recognise themselves or neighbours.

His collection, consisting of more than 40,000 negatives and photographs dating from 1945…

For all you Captain Scott fans out there, Bonhams in London wil be holding a special Polar Sale next Friday (30/3) to mark the centenary of his tragic death. It will include a farewell letter found on Scott's body in November 1912, written on March 16 by the man himself, and expected to sell for £150,000 at…

In a basement at Shrewsbury's archives library a huge stack of plain brown boxes lay on shelves in rows 24 high. Between them, they contain 45,000 photos, some dating back to the 19th Century and about many of which almost nothing is…

This is an opportunity from d'Overbroeck's College in Oxford, looking for an enthusiastic and able graduate to join a flourishing department. The College is happy to receive applications from newly qualified teachers, though a PGCE is not a requirement for this post. The post is part-time and the…

Discovered in the early 1990s and dating back to the mid 1850's, this rare collection of Tom Morris-owned photographs is going on display for the first time. Known as the “golfing version of Tutankhamen’s Tomb”, this rare collection of 24 images - valued at around £350,000 - were…

The victims: Winston Churchill, King Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson, the Queen, Louis Blériot and Welsh miners, to name but a few

The culprit: Fleet Street photographer Jimmy Jarche

Not to be outdone by BBC's…

If you can't get enough of Frith, then you're in luck. Especially if you happen to live in West Sussex too!

This is because West Sussex libraries in Chichester, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Crawley are the first of ten in the county to showcase photographs taken by renowned photographer Francis Frith over the…

Don't get too excited, guys, but this is the girl you've all been waiting for ......

Published recently, this book tells the remarkable story of the Kodak Girl, one of the most durable and successful marketing campaigns in advertising history. Created by George Eastman, inventor of the inexpensive…

More than a thousand photography negatives and three hundred prints taken by Cardiff photographer Keith S. Robertson during the late 1970s and early 1980s, were found whilst Warwick Hall in Gabalfa, Cardiff was renovated in late 2010. Discovered by Cardiff-based freelance photographer, Jon…

The Barbican will be celebrating its 30th birthday this Thursday. Amongst one of the biggest celebrations planned for this year will be a photography exhibition in the autumn focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, and will include renowned photographers from across the globe, all working during two of the…

No, not on me. Dead - yes, Icon - definitely not.

Instead it's an interesting talk on Kodak's demise and why it was unable to escape its past and adapt to the new, digital world. Details of this talk at Cambridge University can be found …

A basic introduction to Winterbourn, Watkins, Morgan and others. This lecture will look at the technology available to these pioneers of photography in Hereford, who were instrumental in capturing and freezing moments in time. We will see the recent discoveries of images taken by these photographers that enable…

Much has been written about this anticipated BBC production between the pages of BPH. Well, the wait is finally over as the first two episodes will be broadcast on BBC 2 next Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th March at 6:30pm, in full HD glory.

Broadcaster John Sergeant follows in the footsteps of Victorian pioneer…

And that excludes all the female BPH readers - I hope so! Unless you know of any with a great looking beard. Short or long, young or old! - it doesn't matter.

If you have one, or know someone who does, you're in luck 'cos you could have your image captured in glass by Julia Margaret…

Professor John Plunkett from the University of Exeter will explore Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s interest in photography as collectors. This lecture also shows them as subjects of the photography industry which was fast becoming a commercial and popular media for disseminating…