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"It is worth noting that Alexander McGlashon was in Australia specifically to take photographs and this included stereoviews. It is highly likely that he took the stereoview technique with him to Australia and that he had already been producing them…"
"I have been looking at some of the evidence discussed here and I think it is probably impossible to say exactly who made the stereographs attributed to both Thomas V. Begbie and Alexander McGlashon. The 1858 list of 172 stereographs said to be by…"
"It is worth adding to Alex Sinclair's comment, that there is documentary evidence from members of Begbie's family that the images in the albums in the Edinburgh Public Library, were made by him. Most of these are from the stereo pairs in…"
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It was lovely to see that Marion Fergie has been included in one of your blogs Michael Wong. Miss Fergie is my grandmother. I am putting together a some information about our family for my 11 year old daughter and will show her this…"
"Hello Mr Wong -- I'm lecturing on GWW and exhibiting some of his work here at the Atwater Library in Montreal, Canada on June 22, "The Artistic Mr Wilson."
Thanks to this post of yours, I learned of this book. It might come today.…"
"I have recently been looking at Begbie in some detail since noticing several photos attributed to him of which I own Victorian originals, all bearing the name of Alexander McGlashon. It is easily demonstrated, that many of the photographs, mostly…"
"Hi Tom, I can't remember the context of my original post as I know full well that is a process camera, in fact, I know the camera being operated by your father well as it is the one now owned by Sandy that unfortunately did get submerged in the…"
"Marcel Safier asked "Is this a Hunter Penrose process camera" (November 30, 2010 at 8:45). Yes, this is a Hunter Penrose camera being operated by "Jack" Worthington (my father, identified by an uncle) at the…"
The First Hundred Years by British Pathe
Newsreel archive British Pathé has uploaded its entire collection of 85,000 historic films, in high resolution, to its YouTube channel. This unprecedented release of vintage news reports and cinemagazines is part of a drive to make the archive more accessible to viewers all over the world.And here's the one they did…See More
Auction: 19th century China Magazine sells for six times estimate
46 photographs, which form part of the 19th century China Magazine, depicting life in the Far East during the 1860s, have sold for more than six times their estimated value when they recently went under the hammer at Dominic WInters.Dropped off by a couple from Cumbria who happened to be in the area, the auction house originally priced the photos at £2,000 but a huge amount of interest…See More
"On 4 March information about C A Mathew was updated on Spitalfields Life. He died in 1924, a photographer to the end. It is unlikely he began taking photographs in 1911 but his professional life as a self employed photographer had certainly started…"
Exhibition: Photographs of Spitalfields a Century Ago
Residents of the streets of East London are captured with startling clarity by the enigmatic C A Mathew. The purpose of the photographs remains unknown, but on the morning of Saturday 20th April, 1912, our photographer walked the short distance from Liverpool Street Station into the heart of Spitalfields, taking his camera with him.In contrast to the more formal, posed photographs of the…See More
Exhibition: Photographing the Arab city in the 19th century
In the 19th century the East represented the realm of exoticism, fantasy and mystery. Literature and painting in particular used the lands beyond Europe as canvases for fertile explorations of the unknown and unlimited boundaries for imagination. By the latter half of the century, however, several pioneer photographers travelled to the Middle East and North Africa, bringing back to Europe…See More
Exhibition: Charles Marville: Photographer of Paris
Widely acknowledged as one of the most talented photographers of the nineteenth century, Charles Marville (French, 1813–1879) was commissioned by the city of Paris to document both the picturesque, medieval streets of old Paris and the broad boulevards and grand public structures that Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann built in their place for Emperor Napoleon III. This exhibition presents a…See More
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The First Hundred Years by British Pathe
Newsreel archive British Pathé has uploaded its entire collection of 85,000 historic films, in high resolution, to its YouTube channel. This unprecedented release of vintage news reports and cinemagazines is part of a drive to make the archive more accessible to…
Posted on May 1, 2014 at 22:03
Auction: 19th century China Magazine sells for six times estimate
46 photographs, which form part of the 19th century China Magazine, depicting life in the Far East during the 1860s, have sold for more than six times their estimated value when they recently went under the hammer at Dominic WInters.
Dropped off by a couple from Cumbria who happened to be…
ContinuePosted on April 27, 2014 at 21:43
Exhibition: Photographs of Spitalfields a Century Ago
Residents of the streets of East London are captured with startling clarity by the enigmatic C A Mathew. The purpose of the photographs remains unknown, but on the morning of Saturday 20th April, 1912, our photographer walked the short distance from Liverpool Street Station into the heart of Spitalfields, taking his camera with him.
In contrast to the more formal,…
ContinuePosted on March 2, 2014 at 23:34 — 1 Comment
Exhibition: Photographing the Arab city in the 19th century
In the 19th century the East represented the realm of exoticism, fantasy and mystery. Literature and painting in particular used the lands beyond Europe as canvases for fertile explorations of the unknown and unlimited boundaries for imagination. By the latter half of the century, however, several pioneer photographers travelled to the Middle East and North Africa,…
Posted on February 4, 2014 at 23:36
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 1:27 on May 23, 2011,
Irene Caesar said…
- Nice to meet you, Michael! I really like your multi-dimensional vision!
- At 2:51 on January 26, 2011,
Alan M. Preston said…
Hello Michael (Wong), I missed your Brian Duffy blog, and was belatedly pleased to read it on the BPH site - I have been an Archivist with one or two biographies, and was arranging with Chris (Brian's son) to get his biography written before he sadly died, via an biographer friend who was an Arts Editor for the 'Daily Mail' in the 1970's.
It was marvellous to see the documentary about his life on TV (Chris very kindly sent me a gratis DVD). I also very proudly own two of Brian's original 'Olympus' cameras: a KTL (which was only made for 7 months prior to the launch of the OM1) and an OM2 (which is modified with a Flash synch. lock) and takes amazing photographs - which I aquired through Brian's neighbour, Ross.
Please keep me informed if you may hear of any other tributes to Brian Duffy - his biography HAS to be written!
- At 17:21 on March 4, 2010,
Michael Wong said…
- Hi Quinn,
Good to hear from you !
Firstly, my sincere apologies for the error in the post ! I only based it on the limited information that was available from the Kensal Green Cementary Site. I should have research it more thoroughly before posting it. The last thing I want is to 'hijack' such an important event from your group and all the efforts you all have put in the past year. I was only aware of it when I went in to the Kensal Green website looking for some other information unrelated to this.
I will correct them immediately or would you prefer me to delete both the blog and event info, so that it can come officially from yourselves i.e., Collodion Collective and The Archer Project ? I'll be happy to do that so as not to cause any problems - really sorry if I have. Just let me know.
Also, apologies for the typo - I blame that on the fingers going too fast ahead of the brain !
Let me know how you want this announcement done and I will gladly sort it you either way. Welcome to the forum, by the way !
Best wishes,
Michael
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