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The carte-de-visite illustrated shows a woman, apparently from the Indian subcontinent, in a sari and with metal arm bands. It came from an album of British c-de-v which suggests that it might have been taken in Britain. Does anyone recognise the subject or have any comments about the origin of the sitter? There is nothing on the…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 27, 2018 at 19:00 — 3 Comments
Seaside: Photographed (25 May - 8 September 2019) is Turner Contemporary’s first photography exhibition, curated by Val Williams and Karen Shepherdson. This major exhibition will examine the relationship between photographers, photography and the British seaside from the 1850s to the present. As well as featuring the work of eminent photographers…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 26, 2018 at 20:58 — No Comments
Chiswick auctions upcoming auction of photographs and cameras includes plenty of British-related material with Bill Brandt, George Hurrell, nineteenth-century topographical material and others represented. Included is rare ‘Box of Pinups’ dating from 1965, featuring some of the biggest names of the 60s - Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, The Beatles, Jean Shrimpton,…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 25, 2018 at 16:19 — No Comments
The database on scientific illustrators (DSI) was launched in 2011 and is a project by the Section for History of Science & Technology [Abteilung für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik, GNT] at the History Dept. at the University of…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 24, 2018 at 14:00 — No Comments
The University of St Andrews has an annual visiting scholar programme and the five 2018 recipients have a series of blogs reporting on their work.Of particular interest to BPH is José Luís Neves from…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 24, 2018 at 9:00 — No Comments
The University of West London is a leading modern university specialising in the education and development of exceptional creative, business and service professionals. This programme would include history of photography.
In addition to its regular programme of fee-paying doctorates, the University of West London is offering PhD…
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I have become interested in finding images of folk with stereo viewers . I had such an image in my collection for decades and have come across more recently on online sites. Attached is a cdv of a young lady standing along side a column with an album and a Brewster viewer. I sat down in an antique store last week and went through hundreds of cdv cards from…
Added by Stephen Michael Barnett on November 24, 2018 at 4:00 — 5 Comments
I like to inform you about the new online gallery: Bazar Nadar.
As a teacher of photographic history at the KdG University College I've collected for several years vintage photographs.
Now I've started my own gallery, Bazar Nadar. The gallery specializes in early vintage photographs. And of course there are also rare UK prints for sale. Julia Margaret Cameron, over Fenton, Maull & Polyblank and early salt prints can be found in the gallery.
Besides these…
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I'm pleased to announce the publication by Penn State Press of Study in Black and White: Photography, Race, Humor. This book examines how photographic humor was used in the US and across the British empire to express evolving ideas about…
Added by Tanya Sheehan on November 19, 2018 at 13:00 — No Comments
Luma is pleased to announce the exhibition, Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018, a major project exploring the rich history of mechanically-reproduced imagery from the nineteenth century to the present, organized by visual artist and theorist Walead Beshty. The exhibition features over three…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 19, 2018 at 8:04 — No Comments
The National Portrait Gallery began acquiring photographs shortly after its foundation in 1856, although the first photograph did not officially enter the Collection until 1932. Since then, the Gallery’s Photographs Collection has expanded to include approximately 250,000 examples of the medium. Dating from photography’s earliest days following its discovery…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 18, 2018 at 17:50 — No Comments
From the early innovations of Anna Atkins and Queen Alexandra, through to Dorothy Bohm’s depiction of 1960s London and the self-portraiture of Sarah Lucas in the 2000s, the exhibition will, for the first time, present an in depth historical survey showcasing the achievements of female photographers working in Britain. In collaboration with Fast Forward Women…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 18, 2018 at 16:43 — No Comments
The David Collection’s new special exhibition provides a hitherto unknown first-hand impression of 19th-century India, primarily — but not exclusively — seen with the eyes of western photographers. Through original vintage photographs, the viewer is taken back to photography’s birth and earliest childhood and up to around 1900.
Photography had made a…
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The legendary Marilyn Monroe is captured in full splendor by society- and appointed court photographer of the British Royal Family Baron (Stirling Henry Nahum) - whose career started in photographing ballets at Sadlers Wells Theatre in London and whose real breakthrough came in 1947 photographing the wedding of Prince Philip and Princess…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 18, 2018 at 16:11 — No Comments
Arclight is a data mining and visualization tool for film and media history that allow users to analyze millions of pages of digitally scanned magazines and newspapers for trends related to a chosen subject.
Also, available is The Arclight Guidebook to Media History and the Digital Humanities free…
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The New York Times carries a review of the New York Public Library's exhibition about Anna Atkins and her seminal work of cyanotypes British Algae. The exhibition is open until 17 February 2019.
See:…
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The National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, has appointed Dr Geoff Belknap as its Head Curator, effective from 1 November. Belknapp joined the museum in June 2017 as Curator of…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 11, 2018 at 17:56 — No Comments
The History and Theory of Photography Research Centre at Birkbeck has announced two seminars. Admission is free and open to all.
Wednesday 21 November 2018, 6-7:30pm
Room TBC
Anna Dahlgren, Department of Culture and Aesthetics, Stockholm University
i-D and…
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The Face of Suffrage is a new large scale art installation created to celebrate 100 years of Votes for Women by Helen Marshall The ‘Face of Suffrage’ artwork is a floor-based, 200 metre square photo mosaic consisting of more than 3,500 images of females from across the West Midlands.
It will be located on the concourse of Birmingham New…
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The Martin Parr Foundation (MPF) which runs a gallery and archive in Bristol, based on Parr's own work but extending to British documentary photography, has launched its new membership scheme. The aim of the scheme is to open up access to the Foundation’s library and huge archive collection, as well as giving members discounts on talks, screenings, workshops…
Added by Michael Pritchard on November 11, 2018 at 17:00 — No Comments
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Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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