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- Location/Dislocation – Admiral Keppel, the Chinese Buddha at Sandringham and three key photographs
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- Charles Frederick Moore’s photographs of the ruins of the European-style palaces (西洋楼) at the Yuanmingyuan (圆明园)
- Pieces of China in Bristol – cataloguing Historical Photographs of China material
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Author Archives: Jamie Carstairs
Location/Dislocation – Admiral Keppel, the Chinese Buddha at Sandringham and three key photographs
Jamie Carstairs (Special Collections, University of Bristol Library) is researching the work of Charles Frederick Moore (1838-1916). In this post, Photodetective Carstairs reinvestigates a photographic cold case… In my mind, three golden Buddhas lined up in a row, as if … Continue reading
Posted in History of photography in China, Image Annotation
Tagged Admiral Keppel, art, Buddha, Charles Frederick Moore, photography
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Charles Frederick Moore’s photographs of the ruins of the European-style palaces (西洋楼) at the Yuanmingyuan (圆明园)
Jamie Carstairs (Senior Digitisation Officer, Special Collections, University of Bristol Library) is researching the work of Charles Frederick Moore (1838-1916), and here discusses Moore’s photographs of the ruins of the European-style, baroque palaces at the Yuanmingyuan. When the vast and … Continue reading
Posted in Digitisation, Heritage, History of photography in China, Photographers, Visualisation
Tagged Charles Frederick Moore, Ernst Ohlmer, Heritage, history of photography, Old Summer Palace, photography, Thomas Child, Yuanmingyuan
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Pieces of China in Bristol – cataloguing Historical Photographs of China material
Jamie Carstairs has recently catalogued the ‘Historical Photographs of China’ material held in Special Collections, University of Bristol Library. In this post, he describes the material in outline and mentions some highlights. During the fifteen years of the Historical Photographs … Continue reading
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Tagged archive, catalogue, photograph, photography, Update
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Jamie Carstairs on Remembering John Thomson in Edinburgh
Last week a plaque was unveiled on John Thomson’s childhood home in Edinburgh, Scotland, in his centenary year. How did it get there? In 2018, the John Thomson Commemoration Group* formed to restore John Thomson’s grave in south London. During … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibition, History of photography in China, Photographers
Tagged Edinburgh, history of photography, John Thomson, Scotland
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The John Gurney Fry Collection: tea, silver and chocolates
Jamie Carstairs, who manages the Historical Photographs of China Project, writes about a collection just added to the HPC site. Last year, an album of 124 photographs was generously donated by Richard Ambrose to the Historical Photographs of China project, care of … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, History of photography in China, New Collections, Photographers
Tagged Foochow, Fry, Fujian, Fuzhou, Lai Fong, tea, Thomson
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Commemorating John Thomson: Edinburgh to install a Bronze Plaque
Jamie Carstairs, who manages the Historical Photographs of China Project, nominated John Thomson for a plaque in Edinburgh. The independent plaques panel at Heritage Environment Scotland (HES) announced yesterday that a plaque to commemorate the Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837-1921), is … Continue reading
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Tagged Edinburgh, plaque, Thomson
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Charles Frederick Moore (1837-1916), a photographer in China
Jamie Carstairs, who manages the Historical Photographs of China Project, follows up serendipitous events, leading to a rabbit hole, in which a ‘new’ nineteenth century China photographer was found. ‘Mr. C. F. Moore, in the service of the Customs at Ningpo, … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, cross-searching, Digitisation, History of photography in China
Tagged Dudgeon, Heritage, Moore, Ningbo, Royal BC Museum, Watson, Yuanmingyuan, Zhapu
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Restored – the grave of pioneering travel photographer John Thomson
Jamie Carstairs, who manages the Historical Photographs of China Project, reports on the tribute to the photographer John Thomson FRGS, whose grave has now been restored. John Thomson (1837-1921) is acclaimed in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s The Photobook: A History … Continue reading
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Tagged grave, Heritage, London, photographer, restoration, Thomson
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Restoring John Thomson’s grave
Jamie Carstairs, Historical Photographs of China Project manager, has joined the committee seeking to restore photographer John Thomson’s grave. Here he explains why. An ad hoc group has come together to try to raise the funds needed to restore the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Exhibition, Photographers
Tagged china, exhibition, fund, grave, Heritage, photographer, Siam, Thomson
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An image by Fu Bingchang is one of 1001 ‘must see’ photographs
This poised portrait of woman wearing a swimsuit, sitting on a rock by the seaside, has been selected for publication in 1001 Photographs you must see before you die. The photograph was taken by Fu Bingchang (Foo Ping-sheung, 1895-1965) in … Continue reading
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Tagged Fu Bingchang, portrait, publication
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