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
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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
Read more…Does any member of this forum have any knowledge of an Ernest Estcourt 1842-1911. In 1892 he patented “Improvements in Means for Changing Films and Plates in Photographic Cameras.” Was this patent taken up by any manufacturer?
His later motoring re
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I'm currently looking at the prospect of initiating a digital humanities initiative on the subject of accessing digital photograph collections. Can anyone point me towards similar such work which is innovative and already taking place? I'm
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Hemera, the London based curatorial collective comprised of 5 photography historians (www.hemera-collective.co.uk) has just launched their latest major initiative, the New York Photography Diary. Following the success of the London Photography Diary
Read more…Does anyone know of a photograph by William Peach Robinson of Leslie's painting of "Juliet and the Poison Bottle" (a scene from Shakespeare). I believe the photo was exhibited in London in 1856 or 1857.
Read more…I have a Hunter Penrose process/repro? camera, with an 18" Taylor Hobson lens.
I would like to know if there is anyone on this blog that knows anything about these cameras as I am considering selling it. that is if i can lift the thing out of my stud
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Now I'm not sure about the rules are on letting the members know when they are selling something of interest so please to delete this if needed.
The reason I thought I'd let everyone know is because the item is reasonably rare. I'm tryin
Read more…Does anyone know if anyone other than Niepce created photographic Heliographs? How many are there out there other than the 1826 'first photograph' ? I have only seen examples of etching reproductions.
thanks,
WIT
Read more…Dr Walker, an Australian, arrived in England in the late 1920s. He was a keen photographer earning a medal from the RPS for a series of images of 'The Life History of the Kangaroo'. He gave lectures in England illustrated with his own lantern slides
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I'm creating a Lomography photo book based on British camera and film, I'm not asking for backers but I thought it might be interesting for anyone into this field of study.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/56081633/made-in-britain-a-lom
Read more…Can anyone tell me more about Edward Sheriff Curtis's use of cyanotype in his American Native series.
I know he used gravure as well but need to rationalise why he used cyanotype.
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I'm trying to find a brief history on camera and film manufacturing in the UK, when the company's ceased and most popular types for a project i'm working on. I have a keen interest but I am struggling where to start!
Regards,
Anthony
Read more…Further to my recent blog post - can anyone confirm the actual circumstances of the discovery of the Pattinson daguerreotypes?
Read more…I would like to ask for the following textbook with regard to a research project: Robert Hunt, A Manual of photography, first edition, 1841. As far as I know, it is not available in any library. Does anyone know where a copy is? Is it in an engl
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Ive just joined, and Im not sure if `commercial questions` are permitted here. I suppose Im about to find out!
I am looking for two cabinet albums. Ideally but not necessarily a matching pair. Space for forty photos of exclusively cabinet size in ea
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Rolf S. Schultze was the honorary librarian for the Royal Photographic Society in London and in the '60s he published a few short articles and an exhibition catalogue on photographically illustrated books. At the time he estimated (based o
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