| Dec 13, 2010 | John Jabez Mayall - Royalty | | | |
The Photographic News, Volume IV, No.104, August 31, 1860, p.215.
Photography At The Palace.—Mr. Mayall has put together, in a "Royal Album," the series of royal photographic portraits made by him from time to time at Buckingham Palace. These exquisite studies from the real life are fourteen in number:— one of the Queen and Prince Consort, one of the Queen and Princess Beatrice, one of the Queen alone, one of the Prince alone, one of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alice, one of the Prince of Wales, one of Princess Alice, one of Prince Alfred, one of the Princesses Helena and Louisa, one of Princess Helena alone, one of Princess Louisa alone, one of Princes Arthur and Leopold, one of Prince Arthur alone, and one of Princess Beatrice; each study reproducing, with a homely truth, far more precious to the historian than any effort of a nattering court artist, the lineaments of the royal race. The Album reflects the highest credit on Mr. Mayall.—Athenaeum.
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| | Dec 13, 2010 | Pictorialism - American Women Photographers | | | |
Examples of works by Alice Boughton, Anne Brigman, Sarah Choate Sears, Eva Watson-Schutze and Gertrude Käsebier.
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| | Dec 12, 2010 | Richard Beard | | | |
Richard Beard (1802-1885) was the first British portrait photographer obtaining a license from Daguerre in 1841 for 150 pounds. He established his studio on the roof of the Polytechnic Institution in Regent Street, London and hired staff to take and process the portraits.
An exhibition on the work of Richard Beard and Antoine François Jean Claudet curated by Geoffrey Batchen at the Yale Center for British Art is scheduled to open in October 2011.
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| | Dec 12, 2010 | Charles Marville | | | |
A selection of photographs showing some of the Parisian series of Charles Marville.
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| | Dec 12, 2010 | Mathew B. Brady - Brady's Daguerrean Gallery | | | |
Mathew Brady's Studio
[Jenny Lind, three-quarter length portrait of a woman, three-quarters to the left, facing front, seated]
1850, Sept
Daguerreotype, whole plate, gold toned
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
(DAG no. 509X / cph 3g06777)
Published in "Jenny Lind in New York" in The Musical World, Volume 25, No: 42, Saturday, October 19, 1850, p.671
She also objects to have her likeness exhibited; but this objection is overruled by Mr. Brady, the daguerreotypist, who shared with the sun the honour of having taken it, and on his part objects to be considered a humbug. Our meaning will be understood from the following :—
Mdlle. Jenny Lind, who, in the first place, was averse to having her likeness taken, and, in the second, did not wish to have it exhibited, has permitted Mr. Brady to show it to the public, who have importuned him for the last week, many telling him it was all humbug, and that she did not sit for her likeness at all. On Monday there was a great rush to see it, and all who had seen her pronounced it to be an admirable likeness. It is a beautiful specimen of the perfection of the photogenic art. There were eight likenesses taken in all, and every one differed from the rest, so changeable is the expression of the countenance of the great cantatrice. There were three preserved, of which Mr. Brady has two, and one is in the possession of Jenny Lind herself. The two at Mr. Brady's gallery differ very much, one of them being far superior to the other. In looking at those likenesses of Jenny Lind, we saw some exquisite portraits done on ivory, which is a new invention of. Mr. Brady, and exceedingly creditable to him.
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| | Dec 11, 2010 | Bisson frères - Mt. Blanc | | | |
Louis-Auguste (1814-1876) and Auguste-Rosalie (1826-1900) better known as Bisson frères had been involved in photography since the days of the Daguerreotype and were well known for their reproductions of the works of Rembrandt and Durer before they started taking architectural views of historic monuments. It is perhaps their expeditions to the Alps and Mont Blanc in the early 1860s for which they are best remembered in photo-history as early pioneers of mountain photography.
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| | Dec 11, 2010 | Auguste Salzmann - Jerusalem | | | |
A selection of photographs by Auguste Salzmann (1824-1872) of Jerusalem. On completing his tour of Egypt and Jerusalem he returned to France with 150 calotypes and his plates were used to illustrate two volumes on Jerusalem using the Blanquart-Evrard process.
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| | Dec 5, 2010 | LUMINOUS-LINT 5th ANNIVERSARY | | | |
Five years ago I announced the Luminous-Lint website on the Yahoo PhotoHistory list (message #6471). Carl Mautz posted the first notice about the existence of Luminous-Lint on Dec 6th on the same list (message #6457) and sent me a book as an unexpected present.
This website started as a personal project so I could learn about photohistory and share what I learnt with others - it has improved in ways I never expected. There have been ups and downs along the way and the direction has flipped more than once but it is only a five-year old child and needs a few more years to mature!
From day one Luminous-Lint has been inclusive of anybody who likes to share for the benefit of the wider community and thousands of fellow enthusiasts have assisted from around the world.
Here are a few statistics to highlight what we've done together:
- 42,142 images have been added from 2,006 different institutions, galleries, dealers, photographers, estates and private collectors around the world
- 6,357 photographers are included by their 14,291 different names
- 555 online exhibitions are running with an additional 500 exhibitions being prepared
We have collected together vast amounts of previously unpublished material and all of this is part of a larger collaborative project I'm sure you are going to enjoy.... but that is something to look forward to...
In the last five years I've talked with many of you, emailed many more, shared a drink or two, been welcomed into homes to see private collections, and visited numerous institutions around the world. This has given me the immense pleasure of new friendships and Luminous-Lint has improved in so many ways from your shared knowledge.
Thank you all and let's see what we can do together in the next five years.
Best wishes,
Alan
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| | Dec 4, 2010 | Elliott Erwitt: A Survey | | | |
Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan and then emigrated to the US, via France, with his family in 1939. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom before experimenting with photography at Los Angeles City College. In 1948, he moved to New York and exchanged janitorial work for film classes at the New School for Social Research.....
Thanks to all the staff at the Stephen Bulger Gallery for their help and patience in preparing this exhibition which coincides with their exhibition "Elliott Erwitt: A Survey" in Toronto (November 13, 2010 – January 15, 2011). All photographs are shown here courtesy of Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos.
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| | Dec 3, 2010 | Nineteenth century photography in Italy | | | | To better understand this topic I've prepared a number of exhibitions on key themes and photographers who were active in Italy in the 19th century.
Thanks to all the people who assisted in providing examples.
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