Perhaps someone might be able to locate a commercial portrait photographer for me. The stamp on a postcard reads “J. ??epper, Photograher (?) Artist, Manchester”. I date the photograph to 1907.
I bought this wood block photo at an estate sale in New Jersey, USA. To my untrained eye, it looks like it would be used to make prints of this photo. It is etched in some parts such as the gentleman's face and hair. Would love to hear wha
I'm hoping someone can tell me about this method of sealing UK ambrotypes and whether it was a common practice or particular to one area or ambrotypist.
As seen in the photo, the ambrotype is totally encased, front and back, in this faux
This may not be the right forum for this query, but I'm hoping that someone may be able to direct me to the right place to find the information that I want. I have a Carte de Visite photograph of my great great grandfather, taken at the studio of Ro
I have purchased a number of Brewster style viewers this year, one of the most recent was said to have be made by ICA in Dresden. I have found a few scraps of information about them from the eBay seller and others as well as information from Wikiped
I added a stereo view by Valentine Blanchard to my recent acquisitions over the weekend and checking my collection last night , having researched him, I discovered another beauty of his I believe in my holdings. Its a view of the Bank Of England. Th
Hello all. Forgive the novice in the field, but I am looking for biographical information on 19th century photographers, most of them it must be said rather obscure as neither google nor the usual big collections throw anything up...Any advise where
I'm trying to find historical company records for Ilford. A couple of years ago, a friend contacted Ilford via their website to enquire whether there were any company archives but was told,
"We no longer have any such archives within the compa
Hello, I am seeking some advice on Muybridge's Mariposa Grove, California photographs which he took in around 1854. I believe he was travelling with Carleton Watkins. I have a mammoth plate albumen photograph of the 'Grizzly Giant', a 6,000 year old
Can anyone recommend readings on the carbon printing process? Anything ranging from technical explanations to accounts of its historical and cultural significance, particularly within the pictorial movement.
My apologies if this has been discussed previously, but my searches here have not indicated such. I'm trying to find the origin of "camera worker" as used to describe an artistic photographer. Of course, Stieglitz popularized the term, but I've found
During the 1980s I subscribed to a relatively short-lived publication called The Photographic Collector, edited by Paul Fort. I still own the fourteen issues that were produced but no longer have space for them. I would be happy to pass them on if so
In kind of tandem to my previous post regarding the monogram, i am hoping that perhaps i would receive some help in identifying the docks in this Salt Print photograph i believe to be from the late 1840's.