Hi, well, since there are a number of important photographic collections in public galleries in the UK, including Tate Modern, the V&A, the National Museum of Film, Photography and Television (or is it the other way round), the RPS collection, the Royal Geographical Society collection, the Science Museum etc. etc., and since these and other institutions have been successful in imposing export bans on non-photographic parts of their collections on heritage grounds, it certainly follows that these grounds should be applicable to photographs.
I seem to recall that some Fox Talbot photographs were 'saved for the nation' recently. This is confirmed by Hansard (the proceedings of the House of Commons): http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm199697/cmhansrd/vo970319/text/70319w16.htm There is also a daguerrotype of Herschel listed. I'm sure this was not the first instance of this applied to photographs. On a point of pedantry, isn't it Charles Dodgson who was the mathematician & photographer, and Lewis Carroll the writer? :o) http://www.people.virginia.edu/~bhs2u/carroll/dodgson.html also includes a photo of Alice Liddel by Julia Margaret Cameron. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, November 28, 2001, 4:03:41 PM, you wrote: > There is an interesting BBC story today reporting the following about > some photos made by Lewis Carroll, a 19th century English mathematician, > writer and photographer who seemed to specialize in photographing little > girls (see PDML standard reference book, p. 363.) He is best known, > probably, as the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": > The UK Government has placed a temporary export > ban on a set of rare photographs of the little > girl who inspired the Alice in Wonderland stories. > "These photographs are an important part of our > cultural heritage taken by a widely acknowledged > pioneer of photography. I very much hope they can > stay in this country," said Arts Minister Tessa > Blackstone. > I know that European countries often invoke such arguments in favor of > keeping paintings and other works of art from being exported (often to > America, which is where there seems to be strong buyer interest in the > photos in question). I have not seen this kind of "cultural heritage" > argument made with respect to photographs before, though. Is this a first? > Full story at: > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1680000/1680573.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/arts/newsid_1680000/1680573.stm - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
