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In 1888 in Leeds, Louis Le Prince shot what many now consider to be the world’s first films. Film-maker and researcher Irfan Shah will be talking to writer Paul Fischer about his ground-breaking new biography of Le Prince and trying to discover the truth about the many myths surrounding the man behind the camera.
Complimentary drink on arrival
The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures
Paul Fischer
Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 1900
Leeds Central Library, Local and Family History, Second Floor, Leeds, LS1 3AB
Book here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/leedslibraryevents/the-man-who-inven...
Details of Paul Fischer's book are here: https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571348640-the-man-who-invented-...
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RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
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William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
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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
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www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
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National Portrait Gallery, London
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