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Street Photography

The term Street Photography has broadened over the years to include a number of sub-genres of photograpy. However, I assume the term was originally coined to describe the work of Winogrand et al. in 1960s New York.

Does anyone actually know when the

Photographs to be located, identification of military personnel, and the Author of albumen prints

First of all I apologize for my bad English.

I get in touch with this forum because recently I found two albumen prints that have no description, no photographer’s name, and I’d like the members will help me understand what it is.

In a case I found t

National Stereoscopic Association Stereoview Checklists and back issues of StereoWorld available online

The National Stereoscopic Association empowered Paula Fleming, Rusty Norton and me to begin to generate an online resource of checklists of stereoviews titles and related material as a resource for researchers and collectors. A new update is now avai

Help with identification

Adams and Co. Camera company question

Does anyone have information on some of the products made by the Adams and Co. Camera company of 26 Charring Cross Road, London?

I collect early exposure calculators, actinometers, etc and I've found a reference to a Telemeter made by Adams and Co

Identifying context and possibly the photographer of militaria photo

Can anyone help elucidate the context of this photograph please. It shows British naval personnel outside a fort displaying star and crescent. But which campaign and country? Size of image 7 by 10 inches. Also, why the circular shading? Due to lens a

Please help a novice crack this photo mystery

Dear Photography Experts and Enthusiasts:

I am an antique photo novice and recently purchased two antique-looking "reverse glass?" photos/postcards of Antwerp - included in this posting.  They are 15.5 x 11 cm in size, colored and seem to have bits

Anyone recognize this bridge? 1860's Oval albumen

Hello, I am looking for information on this Photo. 1860's oval albumen, 15 x 10 inches. Does anyone recognize this bridge? Scotland? Wales? I have included a close up of the charming man in the distance reading riverside in his top hat!

Any informati

Isabel Agnes Cowper, (1826-1911), South Kensington Museum Official Photographer

I am currently researching the life and work of Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826-1911), the South Kensington Museum's first female Official Museum Photographer and sister of the photographer Charles Thurston Thompson. Cowper lived and worked at the Museum b

Beach Photographers

Is any member of this group researching or interested in the activities of Britain’s beach photographers? The Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal of Saturday 12 September 1891 carried an article titled “Yarmouth In August” that descri

Found image - process is it an autotype/carbon print?

I acquired many years ago, probably from a fair or garage sale, a copy of the seventh edition of 'The Dictionary Of Photography', by E. J. Wall F.R.P.S. publ: Hazell,Watson, & Viney, Ltd. 1897. I was perusing the volume last evening and realised the

RPS photographer listings - availability

Dear All,

Does anyone know whether the RPS Historical Group photographer listings for different counties, mentioned here: http://www.rps.org/blogs/2013/september/researching-historical-photographers  are available anywhere online? I wanted to check o

Which museum first added photographs to its collection?

This could be a trivia question, but I'm asking it as a serious inquiry. Does anyone know which museum first collected photographs? I'm not looking for the first that exhibited photographs (although that might be interesting as well), but rather whic

Anyone researching or interested in "sub carte de visite size portraits"

Towards the end of the 19^th Century, as competition forced down prices between professional photographers, so some looked for new products beyond the carte de visite, the cabinet and postcard formats and for new markets. Some, perhaps today we might

Help wanted - C.E. Goodman

I am doing research on British and French travel photographers in Tyrol before 1870. There is also someone called C.E. Goodman who travelled the country in 1858. However, since I found different explanations to the abbreviation of C.E. in the public

Photographs section of the British and Continental Pictures and Prints auction on 28th March at 25 Blythe Road

In the Photographs section of the forthcoming Harry Moore-Gwyn British and Continental Pictures and Prints auction on the 28^th March 2018 at 25 Blythe Road, there is a small but intriguing group of 19^th and 20^th century photographs, including ‘Man an

Quest: photographic details of artworks in artbooks

Dear all,

I am an art historian, currently writing a thesis at Ghent University on photographic details of artworks in art books (published between 1838 and 1940). It's an overall study on the use, appearance and selection of artworks as well as a q

Marion's registered mount designs and Roger Vaughan's Marion Date Code

I was saddened last month to learn of the death of Roger Vaughan (1948-2015), whose extensive collection of Victorian and Edwardian photographs enabled him to create a very helpful array of online material. I had been unaware of his career as a geolo

The Walrus and Lantern Slide Shows

I've been working on my memoir, Light Writings, which is semi-memoir and personal essays. I've always been hooked on trivia that has a "Gee, that's interesting aspect to it."

I was doing some more research on W.L.F. Wastell, FRPS, who was an accompli

PhotoLondon site

Does anyone know what happened to the excellent PhotoLondon site? The URL now points to somewhere on the Museum of London's site. Is the information that was formerly available there now on another site somewhere?

http://www.photolondon.org.uk

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