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HomeContents > People > Photographers > Herbert G. Ponting

Names:
Born: Herbert George Ponting 
Other: Herbert Ponting 
Dates:  1870, 21 March (1870-71 Getty ULAN) - 1935, 7 February
Born:  England, Salisbury
Active:  Great Britain / Japan / Antarctica
Gender:  Male
 
  
British photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker. He photographed in Japan (1902-1905) and was the photographer for two of Captain R.F. Scott expeditions to Antarctica (1909, 1910-1912).

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Readings on, or by, individual photographers 
  
Hempleman-Adams, David, Stuart, Emma & Gordon, Sophie, 2009, The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography, (Bloomsbury USA) isbn-10: 1608190072 isbn-13: 978-1608190072 [Δ
  
Ponting, Herbert, 2004, With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition, 1910-1913, (Bloomsbury Publishing PLC) isbn-10: 0747569681 isbn-13: 978-0747569688 [Δ
  
Ponting, Herbert & Hurley, Frank, 1979, Antarctic Photographs, 1910-1916: Scott, Mawson and Shackleton Expeditions, (Pan Macmillan) isbn-10: 0333275454 isbn-13: 978-0333275450 [Δ
  
Wilson, David M., 2011, The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott: Unseen Images from the Legendary Antarctic Expedition, (Little, Brown and Company) isbn-10: 0316178500 isbn-13: 978-0316178501 [Δ
  
 
  
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
 
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Herbert G. Ponting
With Capt. Scott in the Antarctic - Mr Herbert G. Ponting. F.R.G.S. 
[British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 (led by Scott on the "Terra Nova")] 
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Internet biographies

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Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. Go to website
Grove Art Online (www.groveart.com) has a biography of this artist. 
[NOTE: This is a subscription service and you will need to pay an annual fee to access the content.]
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Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on Herbert G. Ponting.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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