as a journalist, photographer and writer based in Germany I'm currently working on a book project and looking for more informations about my grandma's best friend from childhood times.
I just joined BPH and was curious to find out about a photo I've had for years of a group of gentlemen by J D Kiek. could anyone provide any further information on this photographer? Are there collectors of his work?
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
As the TV Times magazine turns 70 this year, I wanted to try and identify all the photographers (and artists in some cases) who were responsible for the iconic Christmas covers since it began in 1955. I helped to write a similar script for the Radio
I am writing as the Dynamic Collections Officer at Preston Park Museum. We are currently undergoing a rationalisation project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, to transform our collection into one which is more reflective of the goals of
I am looking for any information about The London School of Photography and William Smorthwaite, Proprietor from 1870-1876. Also looking for information about his son William Joseph Smorthwaite, photographer in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Also Em
I first began researching the life and work of Frederick Scott Archer in 2005, whilst writing my ‘magnum opus’ on the history of astronomical photography, ‘Catchers of the Light’- a work which took 7 years to comple
I am looking for six photographs (collodions) exhibited by Joseph Hogarth(1801-1879) at the Ninth Photographic Society (London): Exhibition of Photographs and Dagurerreotypes at the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall
Buildings to the south of The Six Bells were demolished in the 1960s. The semi detached villa just south of The Six Bells and clearly visible in this photo was 'De Burgh Villas' 109 & 107 Station Road when dem
Hoping someone out there might have some basic biographical info on photographer W.F. Davidson, active during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly doing landscape photography.
He was the photographer for the "Country Life" picture book series th
When I checked one of the stereo cards in my collection with Google Lens, I learned that it was the oldest picture in the Phototheque, the image library of the Luxemburg city. The photograph most probably had been made from the railway viaduct Pulver
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
I'm doing research into the 1930's photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer and her collaboration with the poet Brian Howard and am reaching out in hope someone, on here, may be able to assist further.
Ker-Seymer has mentioned that during their collaborat
I am currently doing a study of this publication. It first appeared in 1895 and continued until the 1982. It charts the advancement of the reproduction of photography in print, often known as photomechanical work. My interest is in the evolution of p
I refer to the book Views of British North Borneo, with a Brief history of the Colony published in 1899. Some of the photographs were taken by G W Johnstone, who was also a medical officer in the employment of the Chartered Company. However, many of