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I have been trying to research the attached signed photographic portrait. I thought the signature might have said Frank Mowry and the only person I could find of that name in a photographic context worked in Rutland, Vermont USA in the mid 19th c
Read more…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
Read more…Hello BPH community,
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 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…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 have a stereo of Dunfermline showing the Paton family in front of their house in Wooers Alley. DO Hill corresponded with Joseph Neil Paton and married one of the daughters, Amelia.
Could this be an image by DO Hill of his in-laws to be? Is there an
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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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…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…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…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'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…Hi everyone, This weekend is the annual UK wet plate collodion weekend. If you are in the area please feel free to pop in and say Hi and take a look at what we get up to. Saturdays probably the best day as everyone will be set up and shooting. Guys
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
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…Assuming you're bored to tears by the Tory leadership debate and are sheltering indoors from the heat, perhaps you might like to look closely (running any filters and software you have) at the following photos?
Part of my ongoing research into the hi
Read more…Hi, I'm interested in finding stories of Sue Davies (Photographers Gallery), I've got the general information, and stories from family but I would love to hear more about her from other perspectives.
I'm not writing a book as such, rather a collect
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