Visual Culture
A selection of architectural studies of Kirkgate Market and County Arcade, demonstrating the richly diverse styles common in commercial buildings at the turn of C20th. Photographed in 1978.
Visual Culture Slides
In the early days of the Amber Collective, members took on paid work for colleges and broadcasters, and generated businesses, sharing the income amongst the group to allow them take their artistic practice forward. In 1972 Amber launched the Lambton Visual Aids slide library, producing sets of transparencies for Higher Education.
This imagery, created to illustrate potential lectures on a host of subjects, included copies of historical works and original slides alongside new images which included projects on: urban architecture, fairground arts, Blackpool Illuminations, shop fronts and other topics.
In addition to the images from the the Amber Film & Photography Collective, other photographers were commissioned to develop sets of slides in international topics under Lambton Visual Aids.
Visual Culture
Architecture of Manchester, Red Brick and Terracotta, 1898-1912. A selection of architectural studies of the Midland Hotel, designed by Charles Trubshaw, and the Refuge Assurance Building, designed by Paul Waterhouse. Photographed in 1978.
Visual Culture
A further selection, including examples of the work of M.P. Manning, T.R. Spencer, F.W. Rich, Oliver & Leeson, F. Simpson and others.
Visual Culture
A selection of jewellry taken from the ENCYCLOPAEDIA DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES, Paris, 1925
Visual Culture
A selection of household articles, light fittings, pots, ornaments, etc, taken from ENCYCLOPAEDIA DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNES, the famous twelve volume ‘catalogue’ to the equally famous 1925 Paris exhibition which gave its name to ‘Art Deco.’
Visual Culture
A selection of cover illustrations from the famous German weekly magazine JUGEND, which gave its name to the German equivalent of ‘Art Nouveau’, and a selection of cover and other illustrations from the French magazine COCORICO. From 1896 – 1901.
Visual Culture
A selection of cover illustrations from the famous German weekly magazine JUGEND, which gave its name to the German equivalent of ‘Art Nouveau’. From the year 1897.
Visual Culture
A selection of fashion photographs, with price and amount of coupons, where available, taken from THE QUEEN, 1942.
Visual Culture
The work of the villages of Ubad and Penestanan, illustrating scenes of local life. Full of minute detail. This and the other Indonesian slide sets were taken by American photographer, Karen Melvin, who spent two years in Indonesia recording, 1974-76, various aspects of local culture.
Visual Culture
A selection of comic postcards, published by Bamforth, with their brightly-tinted photographic style, featuring domestic disarray, sentimental romance, etc. c 1910.