Fred C Palmer 003
Postcard photo of children in fancy dress for Children's Special Service Mission, on the Downs in east Herne Bay, with the Pavilion (now the King's Hall) in the background. The bandstand has not yet been enclosed with glass, which dates the photograph to 1913 or before. The CSSM was an early name for the Scripture Union, which was run here informally via a beach mission. The photographer was Fred C. Palmer of Tower Studio, Herne Bay, Kent, who is believed to have died 1936-1939.
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The remaining border of this image is important for researchers of this photographer. Some photographers trimmed their images more than others, and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers. He took his own photos, developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself. It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper. This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting, and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki. Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is. in the case of this picture, there is no white frame on the paper, but it is important to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is, to see how Palmer has cropped it. The cropping is part of the composition. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Frederick Christian PalmerFrederick Christian Palmer (1866–1939), známý jako Fred C. Palmer, byl anglický fotograf. Pocházel z rozsáhlé fotografické rodiny, která provozovala společnost William Eastman Palmer & Sons. Časem se osamostatnil a ve svém ateliéru Tower Studio v Herne Bay v Kentu působil jako hlavní fotograf pro veřejnost na počátku 20. století. Fotografoval všechny veřejné události v Herne Bay před rokem 1914, portrétoval výstředního Edmunda Reida, někdejšího šéfa Metropolitní policie, který vyšetřoval vraždy ve Whitechapelu, kde řádil sériový vrah známý jako Jack Rozparovač. V roce 1913 použil jeho fotografii osvětleného pavilonu Grand Pier z roku 1910 Marcel Duchamp jako nalezené umění ve své Poznámce 78, která byla součástí jeho uměleckého díla Green Box. Ve 20. letech a na počátku 30. let převzal studio Williama Hoopera na Cromwell Street ve Swindonu, ve kterém i nadále vyráběl pohlednice, fotografoval prominenty a pracoval na volné noze pro místní noviny a radu. .. pokračovat ve čtení