Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
October 30, 2009 to March 7, 2010 – British Library From the first tentative ‘drawings of shadows’ produced in the mid-1830s to its universal acceptance as a leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of entrepreneurial activity throughout… Organized by British Library | Type: exhibition
October 31, 2009 from 2:30pm to 4pm – British Library Images of departed spirits, ghosts and ectoplasm captured on photographs became a huge sensation between the 1860s and 1930s. As spiritualist mediums and their many clients, and even establishment fi… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
November 7, 2009 from 11am to 4:30pm – British Library An event for all the family packed full of workshops, talks, demonstrations of the Camera Obscura, Magic Lantern and Pinhole cameras and advice clinics on your own photography collections. Organized by British Library | Type: event
November 11, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Photography collector and world renowned musician Brian May and photo historian Elena Vidal introduce the stunning 3D world of 19th century stereographs through the world of Victorian photographer T.… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
November 20, 2009 from 6pm to 7pm – British Library A photography themed, and burlesque flavoured night of performances, sideshows, music and slightly twisted Victoriana. Organized by British Library | Type: event
November 29, 2009 all day – British Library A brilliant introduction to an entertainment massively popular before the advent of recorded sound and moving image. Organized by British Library | Type: event
November 29, 2009 from 2:30pm to 4pm – British Library A brilliant introduction to an entertainment - the magic lantern - massively popular before the advent of recorded sound and moving image. Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
December 7, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Frustrated with his inability to draw while in Italy, William Henry Fox Talbot conceived of the art of photography in 1833. He achieved his first successes at his Wiltshire home of Lacock Abbey by th… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
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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