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VICTORIAN

ARCHIVE

FOR SALE

An archive of more than

350 pictures by Victorian

photographer Emma Francis

Johnston is to be sold at

Bonhams in London.

Described as one of the

lost figures of 19th century

photography, Emma Johnston

lived in Hampstead and

photographed painters,

diplomats and models between

1858 and 1864.

Her pictures include portraits

of the architect William Wardell,

the geologist-paleontologist

Frederick Edwards and the

curator at London Zoo,

George Waterhouse.

The archive is valued at

£10,000-15,000.

Frederick Edwards by

Emma Johnston.

EJ, Edward Walter and Edith

Hawkes by Emma Johnston.

Autoportrait, Coronado,

New Mexico, 1973/83.

Brazil, Sao Paulo, 1960.

René Burri, the photographer

who took famous pictures of

Che Guevara and Picasso

among many others, has died.

Born in Zurich in 1933, he

began using a Leica during his

military service and received

international attention for a

reportage on deaf-mute children

which was published in Life

magazine. He travelled widely

around Europe, the Middle

East and South America and

photographed artists such

as Giacometti, Le Corbusier

and Picasso.

In 1959 he became a full

member of Magnum and in 1963

he photographed Che Guevara in

Cuba. The picture of the cigar-

smoking revolutionary appeared

in publications around the world.

Burri also helped in the

creation of Magnum Films in

1965 and made The Two Faces

of China with the BBC. A large

Plans are under way for a TV

drama about prestigious picture

agency Magnum Photos.

Carnival Films, producers of

Downton Abbey, have teamed

up with Magnum to produce

the drama, which will follow the

legendary founders of Magnum

• Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-
  Bresson, George Rodger and
  David ‘Chim’ Seymour.
  Carnival Films MD Gareth
  Neame said, ‘Magnum is an
  extraordinary and unique

organisation, with a powerful

history and an amazing story

to tell.

‘We can get right inside the

key events of the second half

of the 20th century through

the lives and lenses of these

photographers in a bold and

completely original way.

‘We are enormously excited

to be working with them on a

drama which will bring such

a cool and compelling story to

a much wider audience.’

MAGNUM DRAMA

INTO THE LIGHT

The new Lytro Light Field Illum

camera is now available in the UK.

The innovative camera offers

a new style of photography by

enabling users to adjust focus,

tilt and depth of field after image

capture. The Lytro comes with

a 40-megaray light field sensor,

an 8x optical zoom range and

a constant aperture of f/2.

Price £1,299.

lytro.com

FILM STAR

A Nikon film camera is now

available in the UK.

The Nikon FM10 is an SLR

offering full manual focusing and

exposure control. It comes with

a Nikkor 35-70mm f/3.5-4.

lens and accepts Nikon F-mount

lenses with an aperture ring.

The camera is still on sale in

America and Asia but had been

withdrawn from the European

market. It is now available in the

UK from Keyphoto. Price £310.

keyphoto.com

NEW LOOK

It might not look like a camera,

but this cylindrical device has

a 16Mp CMOS sensor and a

wideangle lens.

Described by makers HTC as

a re-imagination of the point and

shoot camera, the HTC RE shoots

stills and full HD video and offers

slow-motion and time-lapse

recording. It is compatible with

Android and iOS. Price £169.

htc.com

RENÉ BURRI DIES

© René Burri/Magnum Photos

OO

retrospective of his work was

held in 2004-2005 at the Maison

Européenne de la Photographie

in Paris before touring.

Martin Parr, president of

Magnum Photos, said: ‘Not only

was he one of the great post-war

photographers, he was also one

of the most generous people

I have had the privilege to meet.

His contribution to Magnum

and his unrivalled ability to tell

stories and entertain us over

this time will be part of his

enormous legacy.’

© René Burri/Magnum Photos

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