'Points of View' Exhibition at the British Library

Nothing better than going to an exhibition and coming out enlightened. If you have an interest or even a vague interest in photography, get along to this viewing, which ends March 7th,2010. There are over 200 photographs from the British Library's own collection and impressive they are. From the dawn of photography to the early 1900's, it shows how the importance of photography grew from humble beginnings to being a major player and how it set the foundations for where we are today, for all aspects of our society, from social to celebrity, commercial, war, conflicts and disasters. Were the Victorians interested by the famous and newsworthy as we are today?Absolutely! The rise of illustrated newspapers from the 1850's fuelled by faster communications and more people being able to read encouraged the publication of celebrity portraits.

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16TH ANNUAL BLACK AND WHITE SPIDER AWARDS HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER JONATHAN POLLOCK FROM THE UK / 10/11/21 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS HONORS JONATHAN POLLOCK FROM THE UK / 15/03/19 Jonathan Pollock is a winner in the Spider Awards 2015 for his jewellery photography / 04/12/15 A new range of food packaging is to be launched in Spring for a European Supermarket, " Yes, a great result- and we build on what you create for us" Tanya, Senior Designer for London based packaging design agency / 27/10/15 New collection of jewellery for high street retailer just being launched / 14/10/15 Must have new magazine launched 16th April 2015, the awesome Avaunt, dedicated to adventure. Featuring the latest watches as photographed by Rolex, Oris, Bremont, IWC, Breitling, Zenith. / 16/04/15 Jewellery photography nomination from the International Black & White Awards 2014 / 23/10/14 Despite driving rain, community supports the Prudential August 10th London Surrey Bike Ride / 10/08/14 Torrential rain does not deter the bike riders of the Prudential August 2014 Ride of London and Surrey / 10/08/14 The Great War 1914 to 1918- My Grandfather's diary entry on July 1st 1916 Fonqueville, Battle of the Somme, he wrote ' Over the top' backed up with a photograph he took- He was badly wounded and returned to England within the week- He passed away in 1972 with most of the shrapnel still in his back, as it was not possible to operate. / 06/08/14 New campaign for Dualit featuring the NX coffee capsules / 22/07/14 Check out new pics on Jonathan's new web! / 02/06/14 Jonathan is very pleased to announce that he was a finalist in the 2013 Black and White Spider Awards / 05/11/13 Front cover, watches by Rado, Ebel and Project D. / 15/02/13 Photographed Karen Phillip's new jewellery collection. / 14/02/13 Finished 3 month supermarket shoot. / 08/02/13 New collection of jewellery for a company based in Cyprus. / 08/02/13 Two watch brochure photo shoots completed. / 02/10/12 Gold shank ring with 3 diamonds photographed for web and print / 20/07/12 Finalist - Black & White Spider Awards 2012 / 26/06/12 View list of all blog posts