Today we remember David Wrightson, MCD BArch DipConservation (IoAAS York) RIBA and Freeman of the City of London (1940-2026) — an architectural photographer, historian, and architect whose quiet mastery preserved a Malta that no longer exists, and…
This new exhibition focuses on photographs and negatives in the Ashmolean, and as such features previously unseen photographs of India by Colonel Eugene Clutterbuck Impey (1830–1904). A member of the East India Company, Impey arrived in India in…
A talented amateur photographer, William Jackson (1893-1966), was captivated by the dramatic compositions and subjects he found along the rivers Hull and Humber. Taken in the years 1933-1949 these striking images are a snapshot of a maritime…
The University of St Andrews Photographic collection has been recognised as one of National Significance by Museums and Galleries Scotland. With approximately 1.6 million photographs in a wide variety of formats – including negatives on glass and…
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,100 employees and over 29,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning. As a charity with rich heritage and a long history…
Studies in Photography is publishing the latest scholarship from Sara Stevenson Hill and Adamson’s The Fisherwomen and Men of the Firth of Forth. This new volume brings together many previously unpublished photographs by the pioneering Scottish…
In this talk Caroline Bressey will be reflecting on the research she is currently undertaking which is supported by a Paul Mellon Centre Fellowship.The work is drawing on new and previous research with photographic archives, to reflect upon the…
The V&A Museum has launched a new monthly blog focused on the RPS Collection project which aims to 'offer insight into our approach, share discoveries from the project, and explore how the museum’s stewardship of the collection will foster creative…
Among the lots in Flints forthcoming auction of Photographs, Optical Toys and Science on 12 May is a group of three lots of correspondence between John Spiller and William Crookes. Elsewhere is a mix of photographs and lantern slides including a…
"If it's the same one (and the address ties in with a J Dixon-Scott as a RPS member) then it was James. He experienced bankruptcy in 1923 and the report gives some of his life story. He was in the Royal Flying Corps. He was an Associate and then…"
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Hello! Thank you for the biographical information on my great, great, great grandfather, Jacob Katzman. What do you recommend as next steps on trying to track down any of his photography?
Don't you take any criticism on board. The present set up casts no credit on this organisation or myself.
It may be that somewhere on this site you have left some helpful instructions.If so I can't see it.
My telephone number is 020 8908 5124.
Regards
Jack Gordon
I am upset by the effects of my tiny pictures on my four entries .
Should I withdraw them as a whole and start again?
If so how do cancel anything of my submissions?
Regards,
Jack Leonard Gordon
The International Directory of Photo Historians has settled in a new home with hopes of stability in location, format, and function. The change coincides with the retirement from teaching of William Allen. At http://classyarts.com/photohistorians/photohistorians.php one may search the directory, add and edit one's entry, and communicate with other historians. The new directory protects the privacy of contact information (including email addresses) for participants. I hope that you and your colleagues will share this information.
Dear Michael,
First, let me thank you for the BPH site, it has proven to be an invaluable resource for an American collector of British Photographs, and I have "met" many experienced and generous experts here.
I am however, a bit alarmed, do the "major changes" mentioned in your weekly update indicate that the site will soon be subscription based? That is certainly the impression I got. It would be such a shame after Luminous Lint changed into a monetized site, rather than an open and free exchange of ideas and knowledge.
Respectfully,
David McGreevy
Many thanks Michael - I'm delighted to have access to such a great site and resource. Is the Giles Duley talk open to the public? I'd love to come along if so. I am now Professor at the School of Journalism at Cardiff University. Until his recent retirement Daniel Meadows led our work on documentary photography - I'm looking for ways to continue to keep the School actively engaged...Best, Richard
Dear Mr. Pritchard,
I am looking for information about the beginings of Automat Photography. In particular about the first who was take a British Patent E.J. Ball 16,136. Nov. 23, 1887: Automatic coin-freed apparatus.(“Patents for Inventions vol. II, Abridgments of Specifications, class 98, Photography Great Britain Patent Office, Reprint Edition 1979 Arno Press, A New York Times Company”).
This is all the information that I have about this inventor. I have also a patent from 1900 of the United States and that I believe is attached to the same inventor US657505%5B1%5D.pdf
Do you know more information about this inventor.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for the comment on the Turner post, Michael - I've amended it accordingly.
Hi Michael,
It was lovely to catch up briefly in May. Sorry it was all so rushed.
You are doing a great job here ... and elsewhere! Well done! Keep it up
Tony Hilton
Hallo Michael, Thanks for the regular Newsletter. Is there any way of recalling earlier versions? A recent issue had a review of the Princeton University book by Roger Taylor on Lewis Carroll and I would be interested in reading it again. Thanks.
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