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I was fortunate enough to be able to pay a visit to this extraordinary exhibition, just before it closed its doors and moved from London.
I must admit, it was quite a mission, involving a car, a coach, a tube train and a walk (with a 2-year-old, who wandered round the Natural History Museum with his Mum, looking at dinosaurs while I popped next door to the Science Museum), but was well worth the trip.
Some truly beautiful photographs, and a chance to see many old techniques first-hand made it very memorable. I was particularly taken by some stunning three-colour carbroprints by John Hinde, and a Photogravure by Ernest Ashton
Also spellbinding was one of the autochromes by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman of "Christina" on the beach near Durdle Door in Dorset (Not the poster image for the exhibition, but one of the other two on display). I could have stared at that image for hours.
Interestingly, arguably the most famous print on display (Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico) was less inspiring to my eyes (and, I think, actually looked better in some reproductions than first-hand).
A truly fascinating exhibition that I'd urge anybody to go and see when it moves to its new home in Bradford (I think?).
Dave
I was fortunate enough to be able to pay a visit to this extraordinary exhibition, just before it closed its doors and moved from London.
I must admit, it was quite a mission, involving a car, a coach, a tube train and a walk (with a 2-year-old, who wandered round the Natural History Museum with his Mum, looking at dinosaurs while I popped next door to the Science Museum), but was well worth the trip.
Some truly beautiful photographs, and a chance to see many old techniques first-hand made it very memorable. I was particularly taken by some stunning three-colour carbroprints by John Hinde, and a Photogravure by Ernest Ashton
Also spellbinding was one of the autochromes by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman of "Christina" on the beach near Durdle Door in Dorset (Not the poster image for the exhibition, but one of the other two on display). I could have stared at that image for hours.
Interestingly, arguably the most famous print on display (Ansel Adams Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico) was less inspiring to my eyes (and, I think, actually looked better in some reproductions than first-hand).
A truly fascinating exhibition that I'd urge anybody to go and see when it moves to its new home in Bradford (I think?).
Dave
