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Our April-May 2010 exhibition showcases a large group of salt prints by english photographer James Robertson. The photographs were found in an album apparently put together by a French Army or Navy officer who served in Turkey and later in Crimea, Indochina and China. We believe the photographs in the album are early examples of Robertson's work from 1853 or 1854 before his association with Beato. None of the signed prints have the double signature Robertson & Beato and one of the prints shows a tent near a fountain which we haven't seen in other similar photographs. The album also included 3 drawings, one of which is dated July 1854. The first page of the exhibition gives a short biography of Robertson in french, english and turkish and a bibliography is available below. Scanning salt prints proved difficult and the results vary but we tried to describe the condition and contrast as well as possible when the scans are very different from the actual prints. |
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Bibliography: - Bridget & Heinz Henisch, « James Robertson of Constantinople : a chronology » History of photography, vol 14, n°1, 1990 - Bahattin öztuncay, James Robertson, Pionnieer of Photography in the ottoman Empire, Eren, Istanbul - Images d’Empire, Aux origines de la photographie en Turquie. Collection Pierre de Gigord, textes de Gilbert Beauge et Engin Cizgen. Edition Institut d’Etudes Françaises d’Istanbul, 1993 A new exhibition is added every 2 to 3 months, depending on our inventory and new acquisitions. The subjects we plan to showcase next are anonymous snapshots, World War II Japanese propaganda photos and preWWI aviation. |
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Le Mont-Blanc: Tourisme et Photographie - January 2010 Les Freres Seeberger: Regard sur la France de l'Entre-deux-guerres - November 2009 19th Century Photographers Business Cards - September 2009 Vieilles Tiges & Aeronauts Autographs - July 2009 Droles d'Oiseaux ~ Silly Birds - April 2009 Floral and Botanical Still Life - January 2009 Vienna Aristocracy in Charity Play - Atelier Adele Jules Richard, Jean Agelou - La Magie du Relief Charles A. Lindbergh, the Lone Eagle in Belgium Early Theatre Portrait Gallery - December 2007 Dialogue de Sourds - October 2007 Flying Pioneers: Pre-WWI Aviation - July/August 2007 Early Operatic Portrait Gallery - May 2007 French Aeronaut in Pre-Soviet Russia - March 2007 Childhood on the Lower East Side - January 2007 Racing Driver Memories, 1909-1913 - November 2006 French intervention in Mexico, 1862-1867 - September 2006 |
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