Dear All,
Has anyone done any further research into the licences granted by Beard to daguerreotypists since the publication of Bernard and Pauline Heathcote's excellent book "A Faithful Likeness". I'm keen to find any information which might help me
Read more…The 2015 Daguerreian Society Symposium will be held November 5 – 9 in Los Angeles, California at the Pasadena Hilton is on the horizon. Thursday is a tour of the Getty and the “In Focus: Daguerreotypes” exhibition. The Getty will be hosting us for a
Read more…The Daguerreian Society is seeking authors and articles for the next Daguerreian Society Annual. The mission of the Society includes all early photographic processes up to ca 1870, as well as contemporary Daguerreians. We are particularly interested
Read more…I have a query regarding the studio Johnston and Hoffman, recognized as an important studio in India (Calcutta specifically) at the turn of last century. This is an English postcard I have credited to Johnston & Hoffmann. Did the studio open a branch
Read more…Over 200 photographic portraits in a wider variety of historical, modern and digital formats are now on view in Head Shots, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Free and open at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza through December 30.
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Read more…I am writing to you from Norway because I came across your site. My name is Inger Lyngstad.
I am searching the origin of a photo ? image related to the Illustrated London News.
I have in my possession an old wooden door with an image of the first
Read more…Hi group,
Looking for an article published on page 7 of BJPhotography, Vol 149 (2002) for personal/non-commercial research project.
Thank you!
Jaime
Read more…I have been shown several plates of old Great Yarmouth buildings by a local collector and they are in the same (nearly square) format measuring four inches by three and three eighths inches 10cm x 8.5cm, not quite quarter plate. One thought that I ha
Read more…Does anyone know anything about a photographer called Leopold Hirsch, who lived at 32, Belsize Park, NW3 some time during the 1950's ?
Thank you very much.
Read more…Dear friends,
The London Photography Diary, www.london-photography-diary.com, which launched in August of last year, and the New York Photography Diary, www.ny-photography-diary.com, which launched in February, has expanded our reading section and
Read more…Dear friends,
One would not expect to come upon this volume in the antipodes but I was fortunate to have been able to acquire a copy for a very modest price from an antique/second hand book dealer who had no idea what he was selling.
I was drawn immediately to the
Read more…Is there a convention for naming photographic processes? I seem to recall that if the process is named after a person, the name starts with a capital - Talbotype, Daguerreotype, but if it is just the substance, it is lower case - albumen, wet plate,
Read more…Hello, could anyone point me in the right direction please? I have acquired a pair of glass colour plates taken from a theatre production that the Kodak Players staged. I also have a photo album that features many pictures from their various stage
Read more…Hi, Does anybody know if there are still records for elliott and fry photograph?.
I have a photo with reference number on the reverse,I would like to know who the sitter was?,
228137 B is written also the date 1911 and the sitters age 84
Read more…I would be grateful if anyone can assist me with details about Walter Dockree - Camera Maker. I understand he was involved with the 'Britisher Reflex Camera'. Any details about his connections with 'Houghtons' and 'Staley, Shew & Co.' Also as a joint
Read more…I have been researching the HELSBY family of photographers along with Ron Cosens in Yorkshire, Alejandro de la Fuente in Santiago and Peter Helsby in Arizona.
James Gooden HELSBY, Thomas Columbus HELSBY, William George HELSBY and John Stephens HELSB
Read more…Hello everyone,
This is my first post here! I’m Sophie, history teacher and PhD candidate in France. I’m doing research on family photographs made by professional photographers or amateurs: my work focuses on the representation of children, the makin
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Members of the Historical Group of the RPS will have noted that the committee until recently included Roy as responsible for 'queries'. T
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