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Looking For: Photo Agencies and Copyright

By Will CarletonUncategorized

A PhotoArchiveNews reader is looking for the owners of the following: “Rose” (Paris) postcard – Aeronautics – Ashworth, Meredith & Waddington Ltd – Farringdon Photo Compapany – G. R Ltd…

December 10, 2009

Looking For Fleet Street – A History Of Press Photography

By Will CarletonUncategorized

As part of an ongoing project at my news site PhotoArchiveNews.com we have been mapping the photo agencies and photographers who worked in and around Fleet Street. We aim to…

December 10, 2009

Why is it important?

At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

Looking For: Photo Agencies and Copyright

Looking For Fleet Street – A History Of Press Photography

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