1997
Rainbow Maiden: the Elizabeth Mallet Collection
[British 20th Century] a
pioneer colour photographer and colour printer covering the
period 1929 to 1960. Mallet was one a small close group of
British women photographers who produced a remarkable range
of photographic studies using the new wash-off relief and
trichro-carbro processes. From the Fox Talbot
Museum’s own collections. Spring 1997.
1997
Norman Parkinson: Fashion Photographer [British: contemporary] Photographs from
the collection of Angela Coombes, Parkinson’s
assistant and printer. This exhibition focussed on the work
that he undertook for Queen magazine between 1960 and 1964.
Exhibited at the Fox Talbot Museum; Spring 1997.
1998 Pepe
Diniz: Artists, Writers and Musicians [American/Portuguese: contemporary] Diniz
has lived and worked in New York for the last 30 years
showing the unique and remarkable set of portraits taken
between 1970 and 1980, including Miles Davis, Salvador
Dali, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wolfe, Paul Strand, etc.. Fox
Talbot Museum; Summer 1998.
1998
Rings of Stone: photographs by Edward Piper
[British: contemporary]
Curated by Prue Piper and Michael Gray. Monochrome
photographic prints make from the photographer’s
original negatives which reveal the range and quality of
his photographic work. It was a project which took Piper
over 20 years to complete. The 46 archival prints which
formed the core of his exhibition were printed by Barbara
and Michael Gray on Agfa Classic multigrade fibre-based
paper and toned with Selenium and carbamide. Exhibited at
the Fox Talbot Museum; Autumn/Winter 1998.
1998
Philip Coman [Canadian: 20th Century] industrial towns
of the north-east. [Canadian: contemporary] An exhibition
of 36 photographs hand printed by the photographer on Kodak
Ektalure fibre-based paper of the post-industrial landscape
principally working through Connecticut, Vermont and New
York State. Staged with the help the Canadian Board for the
Arts and private sponsors. Exhibited at the Fox Talbot
Museum, Spring 1999.
2000
Evocation, Apperception and Entropy:
Object as
Image. WHF Talbot’s early experiments
1834-1840 [British;
19th Century] This exhibition bought together for the first
time a selection of images and objects which WHF Talbot
used as the basis of his first trials. Fox Talbot Museum
Summer 2000.
2001 Tim
Macmillan: Timeslice Pictures [British: 20-21 Century] Retrospective
exhibition of the innovative and groundbreaking
video-installation artist, and photographer; exhibition
also included all Macmillan's prototype devices and
multi-lens cameras
2002-3
Antarctic Witness: the Masterworks of Frank James
Hurley [Australian
20th Century] 45 specially selected hand printed and
archivally processed selenium and thiocarbamide toned
silver gelatine prints focussing on the aesthetic and
technical content of his seminal work. Printed by Barbara
and Michael Gray from the original negatives of Frank
Hurley the expedition’s photographer held in the
archives of the Royal Geographical Society, London, 2002-3
2003-4
Images of Persia: Laurence Lockhart [British 20th Century] Photographs from
Cambridge University BP Archives Lawrence Lockhart
Collection who worked for British Petroleum in Iran,
between 1924-6 and 1948-52 exhibition prints taken from the
photographer’s original negatives. Exhibited in
Tehran as part of a symposium on The Contribution of
Foreign Scholars to Persia and Persian Studies. Preparation
of database and image digitisation proposal for the
cataloguing of the Laurence Lockhart Collection, 2003-4
2003-4
Inner Space: John Ford: Photographs [American 20-21 Century] An arresting and
memorable group of images of the Colorado Basin Slot
Canyons by Californian photographer and declared disciple
of WHF Talbot, 2003. Large format colour prints printed on
Fuji Crystal by Digital Laserjet