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Description: | The Collection of photographs selectively traces the aesthetic and technical developments of photography from the early experiments by William Henry Fox Talbot and Sir John Herschel in the 1830 and 40s, to examples of contemporary practice. The Collection consists of many distinct groupings of material and one of its major strengths is its diversity. It is particularly strong in the early history of the medium, photographic processes, the documentary and fine art genres, advertising and amateur practices. To complement this both printed materials and ephemera provide an important source of information including photographically illustrated books, packaging and the commercial development of photography. The Collection therefore offers a rich understanding of the contexts in which photographs were produced and consumed. Movements that have shaped photography such as Pictorialism, Naturalism, Modernism, Documentary, and Postmodernism are also represented.As digital imaging continues to extend the possibilities for photography and lens-based media, the Collection continues to grow.
Important nineteenth century holdings include: The W H F Talbot Collection, Anna Atkins, Hill & Adamson, Roger Fenton, Henri Regnault, Oscar Rejlander, Henry Peach Robinson, Lewis Carroll, Clementina Lady Hawarden, Julia Margaret Cameron, Charles Piazzi-Smythe, Duchenne de Boulogne, Peter Henry Emerson,Thomas Annan, John Thomson, George Washington Wilson, amongst large numbers of commercial formats such as cartes-de-visite, cabinet and stereo cards; prison portraits, topographic albums and itinerant photography.
20th century work by leading photographers such as: Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, George Rodger, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Humphrey Spender, Giselle Freund, Josef Karsh, Weegee and Don McCullin. Recent examples of documentary and fine art photography have been added to the Collection since the 1980s including work by Chris Killip, Graham Smith, Jo Spence, Karen Knorr, Martin Parr, Paul Graham, Susan Derges, Richard Billingham, Nick Waplington, Cornelia Parker, Lucinda Devlin, Joan Fontcuberta, and Hannah Starkey. | Subjects: | Photographic equipment | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Pictureville
Bradford,
BD1 1NQ | FAX: | 01274 723 155 | Telephone: | 01274 202 030 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:1307 | Go to resource |
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