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Exhibition Review
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 641–644
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Reviewer:
Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
Subjects
artists:
Woodman, Francesca / Cameron, Julia Margaret
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
American photography / British photography / Women artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In National Portrait Gallery, London 21st March–16th June | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Self-portrait at thirteen, by Francesca Woodman. c.1972. Gelatin silver print, 17.1 by 17 cm. (Woodman Family Foundation; DACS, London; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
25. Annie, my first success, by Julia Margaret Cameron. 1864. Albumen print, 18 by 14.3 cm. (National Science and Media Museum; Science and Society Picture Library; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
from the series Caryatid, by Francesca Woodman. 1980. Diazotype, 201.9 by 92.1 cm. (Woodman Family Foundation; DACS, London; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Book Review
Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering Life of Barbara Ker-Seymer, Photographer, and her Brilliant Bohemian Friends
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1376
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Reviewer:
Hopkinson, Amanda (Hopkinson, Amanda)
Subjects
art literature:
Feminism
artists:
Ker-Seymer, Barbara
subjects:
women photographers / British photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Thoroughly Modern: The Pioneering Life of Barbara Ker- Seymer, Photographer, and her Brilliant Bohemian Friends By Sarah Knights. 336 pp. incl. numerous b. & w. ills. (Virago, London, 2023), £22. ISBN 978–0–349–01151–6. | :
Exhibition Review
Yevonde: Life and Colour
10/2023 | 1447 | 165
Pages: 1140–1143
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Reviewer:
Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
Subjects
artists:
Yevonde (1893–1975)
museums and institutions:
National Portrait Gallery, London, Great Britain
subjects:
British photography / Colour / Portraiture / women photographers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Yevonde: Life and Colour National Portrait Gallery, London 22nd June–15th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. Lord and Lady Derwent (Comtesse Sabine Czaykowska and George Harcourt Vanden-Bampde- Johnstone, 3rd Baron Derwent), by Yevonde. (Mark Evans Picture Library; exh. National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
20. Muhammadu Kabir Usman (son of Usman Nagogo) and Ibrahim (son of Yusifu Lamba), grandsons of Muhammadu Dikko, Emir of Katsina, by Yevonde. 1933. Tri-colour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
21. Self-portrait with Vivex One- Shot Camera, by Yevonde. 1937. Tricolour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
22. Venus surrounded by mask and deep sea fish, by Yevonde. 1938. Tri-colour separation negative, modern print exhibited. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Article
One short trip to New York: Bill Jay and Tony Ray-Jones
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 513-521
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Author:
Scott, Grant (Scott, Grant)
Subjects
artists:
Ray-Jones, Tony / Jay, William / Arbus, Diane / Weegee / Friedlander, Lee
dates:
1960-1969
places:
New York
subjects:
American photography / British photography
subjects:
Magazines (periodicals)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Untitled (Street parade, New York), by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
10. Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones in a spread from Creative Camera (April 1969), pp.140–41.
Attributed works:
2. Bill Jay, photographed in c.1966. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
3. Tony Ray-Jones, by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
4. Weegee, by Bill Jay. 1968. Gelatin silver print, 27.9 by 19.1 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
5. Contact sheet of photographs taken in New York, including frames showing Weegee in his New York apartment, by Bill Jay. 1968. Vintage contact sheet, 20.3 by 25.4 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
6. Weegee in his New York apartment, by Bill Jay. 1968. Scan from a vintage negative. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
7. Robert Frank’s ‘Letter from New York’, in a spread from Creative Camera (July 1969), pp.234–35.
Attributed works:
8. Contact sheet of photographs taken in New York, showing a street parade, by Bill Jay. 1968. Vintage contact sheet, 20.3 by 25.4 cm. (Bill Jay Estate, Tempe).
Attributed works:
9. Lee Friedlander’s ‘Five portraits’ in a spread from Creative Camera (May 1969), pp.178–81.
Short Notice
Soft, feminine and forgotten: Kate Smith’s autochromes
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 530-533
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Author:
Langford, Catlin (Langford, Catlin)
Subjects
artists:
Smith, Kate (1861-1953)
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, Great Britain
subjects:
Autochrome / British photography / Women / Nudes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Still life with grapefruit and wine, by Norah E. Parish. c.1910. Autochrome, 8.2 by 10.7 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1626-2020).
Attributed works:
2. Blue and pink, by Kate Smith. c.1910–20. Autochrome, 10.5 by 8 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1058-2021).
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3. A beautiful weed, by Kate Smith. c.1910–20. Autochrome, 10.5 by 8 cm. (Royal Photographic Society Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inv. no.RPS.1057-2021).
Attributed works:
4. Profile, by Kate Smith. c.1929. (From The Photographic Journal 69 (August 1929), p.182).
Book Review
The Idea of Italy: Photography and the British Imagination, 1840–1900 In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842–1871
05/2023 | 1442 | 165
Pages: 564-565
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Reviewer:
Iuliano, Marco (Iuliano, Marco)
Subjects
media:
Daguerreotypes / Calotypes / Photographs
places:
Italy / Rome
subjects:
British photography / Photography / Architectural photography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Light of Rome: Early Photography in the Capital of the Art World, 1842–1871 By John F. McGuigan Jr and Frank H. Goodyear III. 272 pp. incl. 135 col. ills. (Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick MA, and Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2023), £60.95. ISBN 978–0–271–09488–5. | :
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The Idea of Italy: Photography and the British Imagination, 1840–1900 Edited by Maria Antonella Pelizzari and Scott Wilcox. 288 pp. incl. 180 col. ills. (Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2022), £40. ISBN 978–0–300–26383–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cloud study with Trinità dei Monti, by Carlo Baldassare Simelli. c.1860. Untrimmed albumen print from a glass negative, 23.3 by 26.1 cm. (Private collection).