I have recently acquired a glass plate negative by W E Debenham (Regent St London & Massingham House, Haverstock Hill).to add to my collection of Debenham photos The plate show the photographer and address details at the bottom.
I've just published a blog post about this collection of motor sports images that I bought at auction of and by Bill de Selincourt ( 1921-1994). They are from the early 1960s ( a few from 1959) and include pictures that Bill must have taken at Grand
I am looking for any information that you may have on Edmund Wormald. A well regarded and influential photographer who had his own studio in central Leeds.
I am especially interested in the period between 1867 - 1888. This is where the trail
As a part of a wider photo history project I am interested in the characteristics of these type of glass plates, sometimes also produced as flexible films. They were introduced from 1895 but were in production in various forms for decades.
Does anyone know the location of a print of Marcus Sparling's image of the Crimean Banquet held in Dublin in October 1856? I have found reproductions of it but am interested in seeing an actual photograph. Thank you!
Ive been carrying out some family research and Ive found a photograph and I'm really struggling in finding out when the photographer worked. I've looked at so much info on the internet but so far Ive only found one small article about him.Th
I'm trying to get hold of a copy of an article from the BJP's August 1982 issue. If anyone happens to have a copy of that magazine I'd be incredibly grateful if you would scan me a few pages from it.
I’m working on a topic about an austrian engineer Alexander Wienerberger, who made photos of the Great Famine In Ukraine (Holodomor) in Kharkiv in 1933. According to an estimate, up to 4 million Ukrainians died as a result of the famine. Wienerberger
I was unaware of your discussion forum and having only joined and approved last night, having a skim around the topics, blog and articles I can see me winding away more time here over the coming days and months, so thank you to the site manager f
Hello, I have come across a hand coloured CDV in our museum collection (Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand) which has a handwritten credit on the verso. I think it reads: 'Mrs Browning / Photographist / & Colourist / 14 Pollock Street / Glasgow'.
On my computer I have a quote, supposedly from Nadar, that I copied from somewhere nearly 20 years ago. I want to use it in something I'm writing but I can't find a source for it. Googling it only brings up a handful of matches, all of whi
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I'm looking for any information about the photographer Amanda M. Genung who, with her son Charles, spent a couple of years in Hong Kong taking portraits. She may have left California to avoid an abusive husband who had followed her from the east coas
I’m researching studio photographers Arthur Louis Jacub of Liverpool and Solihull and his brother David Walter Jacub who had a studio in Wrexham, both from 1880s until around the 1930s. Any snippets of information would be great, photos taken in thei
I’m researching studio photographers Arthur Louis Jacub of Liverpool and Solihull and his brother David Walter Jacub who had a studio in Wrexham, both from 1880s until around the 1930s. Any snippets of information would be great, photos taken in thei
Actually I am working on a book on Oscar Gustave Rejlander. I am a professor at the University of Konstanz (Germany) & I have already published quite a lot of books on the theory & history of photography (among others a book on Conan Doyle and photog
Of the many thousands (I believe that is no exaggeration?) of photographic studios that were established in the UK in the Victorian era, how many have survived to this day in a recognisable form?
As the owner of one such studio, I have been researchi