Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
Time: December 6, 2010 to January 29, 2011
Location: Ingleby Gallery
Street: 15 Calton Road
City/Town: Edinburgh EH8 8DL
Website or Map: http://www.inglebygallery.com…
Phone: + 44 (0) 131 556 4441
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: Ingleby Gallery
Latest Activity: Dec 6, 2010
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A Little Bit of Magic Realised takes its title from the words of William Henry Fox Talbot, writing in 1839, and the exhibition begins with a very rare copy of his Sun Pictures in Scotland; a volume of twenty-three calotypes published in 1845, the first book of "photographic" images published anywhere in the world.
The simple, elegant techniques and processes behind camera-less images evolved from Fox Talbot's starting point through the work of other nineteenth century figures: Hill & Adamson, John Muir Wood and Anna Atkins, and into the twentieth century with Man Ray's Surrealist rayographs, Christian Schad's Dadaist shadographs and the László Maholy Nagy's Constructivist photograms.
These processes have also formed the basis for Derges and Miller's own explorations with light over the last thirty years. A Little Bit of Magic Realised presents treasures from both artists's archives, juxtaposing them with early historical photographic works by Anna Atkins and William Henry Fox Talbot. The exhibition also looks to the future, presenting new works by the artists, and in conjunction with Shadow Catchers at the V&A, confirms Derges and Miller as two of the most progressive artists working with photography today.
Photo: Asplenium Angustifolium
Anna Atkins
1852-1854
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
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
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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