I've wondered over the years why my biography of Picture Post lead-photographer Bert Hardy has never been published in Britain or America by paying book publishers. I've had illustrated articles about Mr. Hardy published in both countries, but not my
I'm researching William van Sommer, an amateur photographer working in autochrome process, from Weybridge in Surrey. I'd be grateful for any information about him or other autochrome practitioners in Surrey.
Howdy chaps. I am new to the forum so hello to one and all. I am after some infomation on a company called J Lancaster & Son who made photographic equipment from the mid 19th to the mid 20th Century. i am especially after info on their enlargers in t
I'm trying to track down the exact wording of a notice by Fox Talbot, posted to the Times on 13 August 1852. It was a notice waiving the need for a license for amateur photographers in the UK. I've tried contacting the Times, but they d
I am at the moment putting together a selling exhibition of botanical photography - Vintage 19th and 20th century. The exhibition will be in June accompanied by a catalogue. If anyone has any beautiful material that might fit, please g
I am compiling an index, with photos, to the CDVs published by Rock & Co and J Simmons & Co, both of London. These designs were all comic or satirical, poking fun at the CDV craze of the period.
Here's a bronze relief, 10 x 24 cm, signed with a copyright symbol and the name EMANUEL (only one "M" in the name.)
In case it's not legible, here's the title:
THE TENTH EXHIBITION of the PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON promoted by the LINKED RING 1902.
A few que
I am researching the photographer R. J. Arnold, born in England in 1856, died in Monterey, California, in 1929. I see him advertising in the BJP on April 20, 1883, p. 230, as follows: “Wanted, outdoor backgrounds and accessories, in exchange for oth
I recently acquired this oddity on an auction site. It is made of metal and has Made in England on the base of the card holder but nothing else to identify it's orgins. Anyone have any information for me? Seller thought it was early 1900's. Have had
I am curating an exhibition scheduled for 2018/19 and I'm looking for a second UK venue (after opening here at our university galleries in Aberystwyth) before the exhibition moves onto Germany.
The exhibition is centred on the work of Erich Retzlaff
I am researching colour photography and would appreciate feedback
John Szarkowski's curation of William Eggleston's Guide at MOMA in 1976, was a pivotal moment in the history of colour photography in America. What might be considered an equivalent mo
Last Saturday I bought in a local auction a stereoscope along with 120 images. I've been trying to find out what make this is but without success. I can't find any images online that look like this one. It looks too good to have been homemade. It has
We have a number of Bromides from negs by FOS in Reece Winstone Archive. He was a freelance, who may have been a Mr Stead or a Mr O'Stead. Does anyone have any knowledge of him please? I can't find him in the Dublin museum libraries. This is a shot
I am beginning research for my MLitt dissertation on the history of photographic collections in the UK and would appreciate any recommendations of texts on this topic. Thanks in advance