"The first published article on photography "An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon Glass, and of making Profiles, by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. Wedgwood, ESQ. With Observations by H. Davy" was published in
Read more…Thanks to BPH I have discovered more about the role of Kodak's Education Service to add to my personal experiences of being mentored by Dennis Kemp 1923-1990 Kodak Education Officer mountaineering and caving photographer. Please make contact if you
Read more…Does anyone have infornation on Joe Davis and Walden Hammond, both of whom took commercial photographs of British dancers in the 1920s?
I am trying to establish copyright for a publication on a New Zealand dancer.
Read more…Recently a photograph by the British photographer H.F. Davis titled "The Flood" came into my possession. I have been unable to find any biographical information about him. I have only found the following information:
"This is an offbeat period piece,
Read more…I have been working on building a database of early photographic works, been doing this for about a decade.The database is currently running off of a thumb drive and is pushing 75GB. The database is indexed and is searchable via Regex searching. Bein
Read more…I visited the Photography Centre at the V&A on Tuesday, assuming that it would be like most other collections in the V&A, absolutely top class and outstanding, but have to say I was very disappointed. The history, and the technology, of photography
Read more…Hello everyone, I came by this camera. Sydney Rankin Heap's camera, the complete set that was custom-made specially for him by Billcliff Camera Maker company in Manchester, in 1890s (Royalty) the original tripod, 3 film magazines and the camera itsel
Read more…The period after the war was arguably the first time that ordinary citizens had the means to own a good quality, affordable camera and take an interest in photography. The more committed would have used slide film for better quality ( Kodachrome slid
Read more…I am copying/digitising some old family photographs taken by my late father-in-law. Some of these are glass plate negatives shot in the 1950s and feature sailing on the Thames? My father-in-law was not a photographer as such in that he took photograp
Read more…Hello everyone, I am trying to locate anyone with knowledge of the work of Ivan Osbourne. He was a photographic tutor at what was North Staffordshire Polytechnic from the mid to late 1970s. He worked with Course Director Cal Swann on the Multi-Discip
Read more…While on a short holiday on Exmoor, I came across a book by photographer S.W. Colyer called Lorna Doone Country. Published in 1947.
I have done an online search about Mr. Colyer and I found a list of other books such as; Cotswold Country, Unspoilt Dor
Read more…I have a Derbyshire-based topographical collection but have been approached by an older lady wanting to pass on about 60-odd portrait shots - carte de visites, cabinet cards and postcards - which she wants to pass on to a suitable collection. They ar
Read more…I have a small - but growing! - collection of vintage photographs which are all kept in individual, 'proper', transparent archive grade sleeves.
Whilst these are great for helping preserve the photographs, I would like to keep them in an album for eas
Read more…I am trying to find out more about this splendid set of London scenes & views from photographs taken by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company (LS & P Co) and retailed by W. W. Rouch.
They are prints of some sort - not photographs - but what
Read more…In the 1970's I acquired a fully working Beardmore Backdrop complete with 5 painted backgrounds .
It came from a Birmingham studio
I am hoping to find a suitable home as storage is on ongoing issue. I am hoping to find a home for the item that may a
Read more…Anyone want a load of magazines free to a good home.
There's between 600-800 in total.
I'm not.going to be searching through them all looking for certain publication dates for you.so please don't ask.
I'm in Leigh near Wigan.
Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund for Historical Photographic Research
From the lens and shutter data on this image can the camera be dated? There is also the number 92587i on the lens back
Thanks; Geoff Rimmer
Hello everyone. I am interested in purchasing Day Books of London photographers particularly of the years 1886 and 1900, If anyone has any please contact me. Thank you.
Read more…Lenses were essential in the early days of photography and optical understanding had to evolve in order to produce lenses more suited to the requirements of photography. Today we assume that our modern lenses are immesely superior to those produced i
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