I have a collection of portfolios with photographs by J.F. Langhans. Each portfolio containsa a group of photographs mounted, with both type and hand written notes, embossed with National Art Library, mostly ecclesiastical garments. I received conf
Read more…I have two un-named half-plate tailboard cameras. After looking them over very carefully I know that one, made from mahogany and well used, was built by Louis Gandolfi because it is stamped 'L Gandolfi Maker' underneath the bellows on the underside o
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My recent PhD thesis is now available electronically, entitled 'Bindings, Boundaries and Cuts: Relating Agency and Ontology in Photobook Encounters'
https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.869587
The research t
Read more…I’ve been led to believe there may be a Sussex connection? Reportedly a book illustration from unknown title. Any leads & opinions appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I am trying to find out some information about the New Zealand Studios which were based at 31 Dudley Street in Wolverhampton and 54 Clarence Street Kingston-on-Thames. The Photographic Index dates them at these locations as 1914-1918 and 1913-1921 re
Read more…Hello all, I recently acquired a lovely Ilford Advocate, with case, for a good price.
Unfortunately, it seems that the bulb setting doesn't function, and I can't verify if the other speeds are working accurately. Is there anyone on the forum here who
I am trying to identify the London company which created two very big charcoal-coloured royal portraits based on photographic enlargements of Prince George (later King George VI) and Princess Mary. As shown in the attached image, the initials are eit
Read more…I'm researching Frances Edmund Currey (1814-1896), land agent to the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ireland, amateur photographer and member of RPS and Dublin Photographic Society. I'd love to hear from anyone with inform
Read more…I found a watkins Eikronometer and am trying to find info on the watkins factorial development method. Would like to know if there is a museum or anything near where they were made that might have information...
Read more…According to a talk by Fred Turner (Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Science, Technology and Society Program at Stanford University) (posted on YouTube in February 2014), there is a colour picture in the "The Family of Man' ex
Read more…We're delighted to share an open access book that is likely to be of interest to community members: Canada in the Frame by Philip J. Hatfield. Download it free: https://bit.ly/3Pn3TgF
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I'm currently researching for a project and would love to draw from the hive mind of this community to see if anyone might have some insights on how I might get in touch with two photographers active in London in the 1960s, Tom Picton and Nige
Read more…Hello, everyone. I maintain the website www.antiquewoodcameras.com and for the past 21 years, I included a webpage dedicated to international camera show listings. I am in the process of updating the webpage for 2023 shows (the first time since 2019)
Read more…Hello, I wonder if there are any old "user manuals" for i.e. the Thornton wooden field cameras.
I am about to restore one which has been abused over the years with several wooden parts broken.
These cameras are a bit complex to set up, especially the
Read more…UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: What Photographs Do: The making and remaking of museum cultures, edited by Elizabeth Edwards and Ella Ravilious.
Download it f
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I am currently researching the photography department of the Coalbrookdale Company ironworks. The ironworks was based in Shropshire and ran from 1709-2017. I believe there was a photographer at the ironworks from at least 1855. The museum whic
Read more…Dear Sirs,
my name is Mr. Ruslan Pashayev and I am wrestling fan Delaware, Ohio of USA.
My post is about images of the champion wrestlers who held Lancashire Wrestling Championship in 1861-1867 at the Copenhagen Grounds, Newton Heath (Manchester, Engl
Read more…Photograph of a gardener holding a hose and doffing to a seated young lady. Here is a man who likes to joke.
Mr. John Arthur Roebuck Rudge - JAR to his friends was a man with a heart and a sense of humour. His first 'film' if it can be called th
Read more…I would appreciate any help you can give to inform my research into the history and production of the Corfield WA67 camera, first marketed in 1990.
The WA67 was designed by Sir Kenneth Corfield, perhaps more famous (in terms of photographic manufactu
Read more…Willoughby Wallace Hooper, who served in the Madras Cavalry, was a noted and notorious photographer of India and British Burma. His photographs of this time are in collections around the world and available online. I am looking for any photographs
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