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2010

Auction held at Lyon & Turnbull

Two Alfred G. Buckham photographs were auctioned by Lyon & Turnbull at 11:00 on the 13th January 2010 as part of the Books, Maps & Manuscripts Sale. Both were sold.

2008

School of Architecture and the Built Environment
at the University of Westminster

A colloquium organised by the University of Westminster, Department of Architecture .

Includes a talk by Celia Ferguson, the author of the book 'A Vision Of Flight', on Alfred G. Buckham: London's first artistic aerial photographer.

Details here: Eyes over London. Re-Imagining the Metropolis in the Age of Aerial Vision.

Art Fund

A collection of 20 photographs by Alfred G. Buckham were purchased by the Scottish National Gallery on behalf of the nation.

Link here

18th November 2008

Auction held at Sotheby’s

The photograph of The Houses of Parliament was sold.

30th July 2008

Collecting Photographs for the Nation

Sara Stevenson, Chief Curator of Photography at the National Galleries, talks about acquisitions to the National Photography Collection in the last seven years, some of which are on view in the Kaleidoscope exhibition, including work by Captain Alfred Buckham, Mari Mahr and Catriona Grant.

13th June 2008

A total of 13 images from the book A Vision Of Flight (by Celia Ferguson) is now available for viewing at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2123426/Alfred-G-Buckham-aerial-photos.html.

The following images are shown:

Stunning aerial pictures reveal how London has transformed over the last 80 years

12th June 2008

A double-page spread appeared in the Daily Mail on June 12th 2008, written by Claire Cohen, comparing a modern day photograph over the River Thames with the stunning photograph, Tower Bridge and the Pool of London taken by Capt Alfred Buckham almost 90 years ago. 

The article has been reproduced by the Daily Mail at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1025891/Stunning-aerial-pictures-reveal-London-transformed-80-years.html, albeit currently without the original photograph.

(It is anticipated that the Daily Mail will add this photograph in the coming days but is available to view here.)

Chance to see photographs by Alfred Buckham

SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh

From: Thursday 17 July 2008  To: Sunday 21 September 2008

DRAWINGS, PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Admission free
This exhibition will present a rich and varied selection of the best works on paper and photographs acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland over recent years. The selection of approximately seventy works will span the period from the Renaissance to the present day, and will include a broad range of media and techniques. Among the highlights will be a vibrant sketch of the Holy Family by the eighteenth-century Venetian painter Tiepolo; an important early watercolour by nineteenth-century Scottish artist E A Walton; a contemporary pastel portrait of the actress Tilda Swinton by her husband John Byrne; spectacular aerial photographs taken by Alfred Buckham in the 1920s; a striking self-portrait by the celebrated American photographer Lee Miller; and Picasso's harrowing etching Weeping Woman

The Book has been published!

Feb 2008

 'A Vision Of Flight'

Author: Celia Ferguson

Publisher: The History Press LT (Feb 2008)

ISBN: 978-0752444307

Available from www.amazon.co.uk

at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vision-Flight-Aerial-Photography-Buckham/dp/0752444301