Old photography

I occasionally take on requests to restore damaged family photos in Photoshop. Some of these photos have suffered heavy damage, and I enjoy that particular challenge. Most are precious in one way or another to the client, and many times it’s the only photo someone has of a beloved or lost relative.

Vintage

Gambier Curtis Reeks (1864-1917) was the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather, Alfred Augustus Reeks. Their family owned a photography business in England. He married Rachel Woodnutt in 1895 and had three children: Frederick (1891), Elsie (1894), and Ida (1896).

Jean Dieuzaide: Albarracín, Spain, 1955

Minnie Ashley (1878-1946) - American Actress, Singer and Dancer. Circa 1892-1900.

Moving the museum’s remarkable photography collection to London won’t reverse the slump in numbers. There’s a far simpler solution

Exhibition dates: 7th February 2009 – 31st May 2009 George Davison (English, 1854-1930) The Onion Field 1889 George Davison (19 September 1854 – 26 December …

A list of the first photos of various things. These may be the earliest photos ever captured or the oldest surviving image known.

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.