Benjamin Brecknell Turner working methods
Benjamin Brecknell Turner took up paper negative ('Calotype' or 'Talbotype') photography in 1849 with a license fro…
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Morphing past & present
A series of Benjamin Brecknell Turner photographs animated to show the same views in the present day.…
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Map of Benjamin Brecknell Turner's photographs
Map of Benjamin Brecknell Turner's photographs indicating as closely as possible, the exact spot where Turner stood…
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Photographs of rural Victorian England by Benjamin Brecknell Turner
Photographs of rural Victorian England by pioneering photographer Benjamin Brecknell Turner
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner related artists and influences
Photographers and painters related to the photographer Benjamin Brecknell Turner.
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner reading list
Recommended reading about Benjamin Brecknell Turner.
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner links
Links to websites of principal public collections of Benjamin Brecknell Turner's work.
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Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography
In 2011, Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography highlighted the work of 17 South African photographers
J M W Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775–19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker. He sought to confirm the status of landscape as a serious art form, striking comparisons with old master paintings, and favouring themes with historical subjects or literary associations. Turner explored the psychological, emotional and symbolic range of the landscape genre.
Study Room resource: Contemporary photography
These Study Room resources contain a selection of photographs which were produced in the 1980s and early 1990s. They should give you an idea of the range of photographs being produced in this period. However, the tendency of much contemporary photography to be very large has restricted our choice to that of a moderate scale. Also contains desciptive information about copyright images.
Drawing techniques: the age of photography
Using a camera obscura and light-sensitive paper, William Fox Talbot succeeded in making fixed paper negatives in 1834 and positives in 1839.
Contemporary documentary photographers
Contemporary documentary photography is not a unified form but neither is it a defunct or endangered area of photographic practice. It is simply that its contexts, visual styles and the motivations of the photographers are various.
A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Rural England Through a Victorian Lens
A superb collection of the vintage images of a truly forward-looking photographer.
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TOUCH TOUR: Learn how to paint using the techniques and ideas of Constable and Turner.
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