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June 24, 2014

Only connect: sun and chemistry at Lacock

Research can take us to some odd places but a perfect English village on a perfect summer’s day was not a bad result at Lacock Abbey where I was parked up and fuelled by a stiff Americano before the gates had even opened for Sunday’s demonstrations of early photography. Of course I’d visited Lacock before, including once since … Continue reading Only connect: sun and chemistry at Lacock

May 4, 2014

Cameras – in Lacock, Bristol and Kabul

Since my visit to Dimbola I’ve been thinking it’s time I got a bit more hands-on with the whole notion of early photography, or any kind of pre-digital developing and printing. I mean I once knew a novelist whose research involved learning to fly, a bit of dark room photography can’t be so hard! Luckily … Continue reading Cameras – in Lacock, Bristol and Kabul