Camera Collection (#2)

Paul Nash, 1940
Paul Nash, Air Ministry war artist, examining a photograph. 1940

Cecil Beaton, caricature by Glan Williams
CECIL WALTER HARDY BEATON (1904-1980) British photographer of fashion and celebrities. Also stage and costume designer for theatrical productions

Chapel St. Carndonagh - a street scene looking up with people on the road looking at the camera and thatched buildings on the left. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Carndonagh)

Advert for Stereoscopic Company, hand-held cameras 1894
Advert for the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, two latest hand-helded cameras: The New Binocular camera, hand camera takes moving objects instantaneously, no need for focussing

The Beatles at PR launch of Yellow Submarine
The Beatles at the PR launch of Yellow Submarine (the name of both an LP album and an animated film). Date: late 1960s

Photographer preparing a portrait of a mummy. Nineteenth-century colored engraving

Kingston Mkt / Vegetables
KINGSTON MARKET A vegetable stallholder is caught by the camera as she pares her vegetables. Date: 1940s

Advert for Kodak movies
A woman enjoying the Cine-Kodak. Date: 1926

Jolly Grape Pickers
A grinning group of grape pickers pose for the camera in a vineyard in Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

EASTMAN AND EDISON, 1928. American inventors George Eastman and Thomas Edison operating a motion picture camera at Eastmans house in Rochester, New York

PHOTOGRAPHER, 1923. Photographer suspended from the hook of a crane over Washington D.C. c1920

Mrs Roy ( Marjorie ) Eccles being filmed by her husband before racing on the track. The first woman racing driver to compete on the new course

Postcard of a Woman Photographing the Ocean. ca. 1921, 147 A Snapshot on the Beach, Atlantic City, N. J
Postcard of a Woman Photographing the Ocean. ca. 1921, 147 A Snapshot on the Beach, Atlantic City, N.J. Published by Saltzburgs Merchandise Co. Atlantic City, N.J

Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist C018 / 7037
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890). 1869 engraving of the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann is best known as the discoverer of the ruins of the legendary city of Troy

Radcliffe Camera, Oxford
The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford, a part of the Bodleian Library. Date: circa 1830

Medium format film camera. The film back (upper right) holds the roll of film and can be removed with the film still inside. This allows another back containing a different type of film to be used

FILMING THE GOLD RUSH. Charlie Chaplin being filmed, probably in a scene for The Gold Rush, which he also directed, 1925

Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex

Using Camera Obscura
a girl explains to her younger brother and sisters how the camera works

Woman on Beach / 1950S
A woman sits on the beach in front of a brightly coloured stripy parasol, and smiles for the camera

Mirror Photographer George Greenwell on his journey to Harrar Camp, Ethiopia 1935

Interviewer Anne Mountfield with youngsters destined to appear on TV. A BBC film crew spent two days at Moor End High School, Crosland Moor

Ponting Cinematographs The Bow of the Terra Nova, c1910–1913, (1913)
Ponting Cinematographs The Bow of the Terra Nova Breaking Through the Ice-Floes, c1910– 1913, (1913). Camera artist Herbert G Ponting (1870-1935) lies on planks to film the ship

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Girl, teenager, serious

The Beatles pop group rehearse for ATV programme with comedian Ernie Wise (right). 2 December 1963. Beatles members Left to right: George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon

Pigeon as Military observer 1914
Miniature double camera with two lenses pointing in opposite directions was attached to the pigeon by harness to take automatic photographs at regular intervals over enermies ground. 1914

Outdoor broadcast
Swedish Television cover a football game, Landskrona, 1959 Date: 1959

Herbert Ponting (1870 - 1935), photographer best known for capturing the ill-fated Scott expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1913, pictured in his Antarctic kit in January 1912

Manufacture of circuit boards
A complicated multi-component electronic device for manufacturing circuit boards. It consists of a number of miniature soldering irons to attach the electrical components and a magnifying camera

Margate Jetty 1912
Margate Jetty - crowds enjoy their outing to the seaside

Photo Equipment Rust
The Daily Mail photographer Frank Rust with an array of photographic equipment

Diver photographs black coral, Anthipataria sp. St. Peter and St. Pauls rocks, Brazil, Atlantic
Andre Seale / SpecialistStock

Ponting in Antarctic
Herbert Ponting (1871-1935) with his camera in the Antarctic : he accompanies Scotts expedition as official photographer and produces a spectacular photo record

Sanderson Camera / 1905
An example of a Sanderson camera

Photographers Advert
Advert for William Parker, Pharmaceutical Chemist and dealer in all kinds of Photographic Materials

Paddlers Photographed
Papa snaps Mama and the baby as they paddle

Bo Derek and husband John Derek Film Director September 1981 Dbase MSI

Johnnie Stewart, Producer of "Top of the Pops"
Johnnie Stewart, Producer of " Top of the Pops" meets the three girls after tonights show and there are happy smiles all round again, in the studios. January 1964 P005955

RF Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) aerial view. Baja California, Mexico

Lion (Panthera leo) Adult male lying down, Kenya, Masai Mara National Reserve

Suffragette The Woman Question Africa. A group of bare-breasted African women pose for the camera. Onto this photograph has been placed, the caption, The Woman Question. We Want the Vote! Bizarre

A view of the Aleppo Citadel Syria

Rajasthani lady looking at camera ; Rajasthan ; India MR#769C

young teen boy sitting in park 12-14 years old

Little girl call somebody holding hands near face studio shot Close up portrait little brown-haired girl call somebody hold hands near face isolated on grey beige studio background

Portrait of a young Middle Eastern male by the sea Beirut Lebanon Middle East Asia

Portrait of five girls standing in a lawn

Teenage boy in a retro outfit looking at the camera isolated on white background

twenty fourth acharya shree vivek das saheb, kabir math, varanasi, uttar pradesh, Asia, India

twenty fourth acharya shree vivek das saheb, kabir math, varanasi, uttar pradesh, Asia, India

Gadgets and devices round illustration. Vector linear symbol in circular shape made with icons of modern electronic devices

HMS White Bear is one the Hydrographic survey vessels serving with the East Indies Fleet. She acts as headquarters for smaller vessels which penetrate small creeks

John Travolta and his co star Olivia Newton John in England during the week of release of the film Grease. Grease was released in the UK on 14th September 1978

Princess Diana meets and greets the people of Warwick, in Warwickshire, England on one of her many walkabouts. Picture taken 8th July 1986

23 year old Gordon Faulkner in his garden, holding the camera with which he photographed The Thing UFO flying over Warminster. 9th September 1965

Filming of the television quiz show Blockbusters, hosted by Bob Holness. July 1987

French film actress Brigitte Bardot in England to make a new film " Babette Goes to War". She is staying at The Mount Royal Hotel in London during her stay

Annie Leibovitz American portrait photographer at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 3rd March 1994

Old man with beard, Stoke
An old man with a white bushy beard, looks directly at the camera and poses for a photograph in the street. He wears a black beret and has smiling eyes. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Date: 1987

Trevose, St Merryn, Cornwall. Dated 1906
A view of Merope Rocks at Trevose. There is a man on the beach carrying his photographic equipment. Photographer: T. Mitchell

Group of Cornish photographers, probably at St Marys, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. 16th May-23rd May 1896
Frontispiece from " In the Isles of Scilly, 1896", probably photographed in St Mary s. From left to right: John Charles Burrow (1852-1914), William Thomas, Herbert Hughes (1862-1937)

Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USA
An advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread

Miniature spy camera incorporated into a cigarette lighter
A miniature spy camera incorporated into a cigarette lighter. Date: 1956

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Zurab Getsadze

In the good old summertime. [canoe], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
In the good old summertime. [canoe], between c1910 and c1915

Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball), 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Germany Schaefer, Washington AL (baseball), 1911. Shows Herman A. "Germany"Schaefer (1876-1919), one of the most entertaining characters in baseball history

German Scientist with detective camera, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Scientist with detective camera, between c1910 and c1915

Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The War in New Zealand: stronghold of the Maoris at Rangariri, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in New Zealand: stronghold of the Maoris at Rangariri, 1864. Engraving from a photograph, of the scene of...General Cameron's victory on the 20th of November...The British troops...first

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Zurab Getsadze

Monte Civetta
Karol Nienartowicz

Cyber Photo Hunter
Al Barizi

Liminality
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Grapes
Elisabeth van Helden

Autumn
Elisabeth van Helden

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Zurab Getsadze

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Zurab Getsadze

Engraving depicting electric arc lights being used in a photographer's studio in America
UIG5425833 Engraving depicting electric arc lights being used in a photographer's studio in America. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Edward VII, George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia being photographed, 19th century (engraving)
UIG5425832 Edward VII, George I of Greece and Olga Constantinovna of Russia being photographed, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting Edward VII (1841-1910)

Engraving depicting a stereoscopic camera with a single shutter operating in front of both lenses
UIG5425919 Engraving depicting a stereoscopic camera with a single shutter operating in front of both lenses. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

An engraving depicting a method of using a camera obscura as a drawing aid, 19th century
5311353 An engraving depicting a method of using a camera obscura as a drawing aid, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1855); Universal History Archive/UIG

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