The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) is pleased to announce Photomechanical Prints: History, Technology, Aesthetics, and Use. The meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. the week of October 30th – November 3rd, 2023, and will consi
I'm on the hunt for pictures taken by a photographer called George Fisher who ran an agency called Associated Photo Services in Liverpool throughout the 1940s-60s. He did a lot of press and commercial photography. If anyone thinks they might have any
I am researching my local area's history- Red Lion st. Aylsham in deepest, darkest, northest Norfolk. According to Kelly's 1908 Norfolk Directory , May Bone had a studio on Red Lion street that she attended on Saturdays.. Unfortunately our forebears
I'm being driven mad by what may be a false memory.
I'm sure I can remember reading about a photographer who advocated a concave mirror based camera for portraits. I think this was in the period pre petzval or about that time. Were they produced co
I am looking for photographs taken by Richard Stanley Freeman (1834 – 1923). He was a photographer based in Kensington and later Hammersmith. Has anyone come across any in private or public collections? Please let me know.
Back in 2019 I started a Wikipedia article on the magazine Camerawork (1976–1985), a British bi-monthly photography magazine promoting humanist, socialist and activist photography.
Not much content has been added since, and I wonder would a generou
Considered one of the most important photo historians of the 20th century, Peter E. Palmquist (1936 - 2003) had a keen interest in the photography of the American West, California, and Humboldt County before 1950, and the history of wome
Hello, this handsome gentleman, photographed by Eliott & Fry, refuses to reveal himself. Does anybody have an idea of his identity? Thank you in advance for your help. Kindest regards, Christophe Blatt, lightmotif-vintage.
I've come across a few photographs that were taken inside Ilford Mobberley Factory in the 1930s. Unfortunately the photographs aren't captioned and I can't say for certain what some of the factory workers are doing. Any insight would be hugely
I'm looking for information about a photographer called Cyril M. Bernard (see attached stamp), so I can contact him, or the current rights holder of this photo, to ask for permission to reproduce it (I'm a historian currently preparing a book
I am interested in the types of photographic plate products made available from British manufacturers in Japan at around 1914. I am particularly interested in Ordinary, Photo-mechanical and Process plate availability.
I have recently resurrected a project I was doing on Alvin Langdon Coburn and have found his grave in Rhos on Sea in North Wales were he lived and died in the 19660s.
His grave is rather a mess to say the least and I would like to get it restored or
I have been working on building a database of early photographic works, been doing this for about a decade.The database is currently running off of a thumb drive and is pushing 75GB. The database is indexed and is searchable via Regex searching. Bein
For one of my current research projects, I am interested in stereoviews of paintings (not stereoviews inspired by or that attempt to recreate paintings such as those included in Pellerin and May's Poor Man's Picture Gallery). If you know of any exam
I've just picked up yet another camera, a whole-plate from late 19th or early 20th century. There are no markings and it is similar to many whole and half plate cameras of the period.
The bellows appear in remarkably good condition. I'm trying to wo