Archive for the ‘ History ’ Category
A blog with an interesting concept, using vintage photographs and superimposing them on the physical sites they were once taken. A photo within a photo…. but there is more to this than just an fun twist on creating an image. The site takes its name from creating a direct address to the original photograph- Dear [ READ MORE ]
Clicking up the pieces. I’ve been meaning to post a link to this Times of India article, written last summer. The article discusses the current situation of the Bourne and Shepherd studio, the oldest photography studio in the world, and still in operation. A fire tore through the inventory of negatives in 1991, and the [ READ MORE ]
Interesting research project involving the use of emerging digital technologies to reanimate ethnographic items in museum collections. http://projects.beyondtext.ac.uk/reanimatingculturalheritage/index.php[ READ MORE ]
On now at the Art Gallery of Ontario, is an excellent show about the work of a recently discovered photographer, Abel Boulineau, whose images conjure up romantic scenes of the French countryside around the turn of the twentieth century. While highlighting these poetic glimpses into French rural life, the exhibition also discusses the behind the [ READ MORE ]
Well as I always feel about postings with my blog, its better late than never! So here is a link to a presentation I gave back in November 2010 at the Photographic Historical Society of Canada on my research involving the Samuel Bourne albums at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and the National Media [ READ MORE ]
I have finally uploaded an article that I wrote for the Royal Photographic Society Journal in England (published in February 2010), discussing a group of seven albums assembled by British photographer Samuel Bourne, which provide significant insight into 19th century colonial photography in India. Colonial Legacy PDF (RPS Journal Article, February 2010)[ READ MORE ]
I highly recommend this exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (June – September 2010), Playing with Pictures: The Art of the Victorian Photocollage. Originally organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, Playing with Pictures, examines the pre-modern use of photocollage by Victorian aristocratic women, who combined their sharp wit and artistic talents to employ [ READ MORE ]
A tragic but critical story on the use of images to portray the victims of the Gulf Oil Leak: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/assignment-[ READ MORE ]
The Egypt skyline showing The Sphinx and The Pyramids are seen after the lights are switched off for Earth Hour on March 27, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt © Jason Larkin Originally uploaded by Earth Hour Global[ READ MORE ]
An interesting article from the Smithsonian on what might be one of the earliest examples of colour photography: A 160-Year-Old Photographic Mystery[ READ MORE ]
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