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B+WHIGH CONTRAST
Black & white photographer
Matt Black has been made a
Magnum Nominee at the prestigious
photo agency. Black, who grew
up in California, explores themes
of migration, farming and poverty
in his work and was named Time
Magazine Instagram Photographer
of the Year in 2014.
mattblack.com
A day of photography talks is
in store at the University of Warwick
on 20 September. The event,
organised by the Royal Photographic
Society, features Joe Cornish,
Photoshop artist Steve Caplin and
B+W contributor Eddie Ephraums.
Visitors can also hear talks on colour
management, mono and colour
printing, Lightroom and Photoshop.
rps.org/DIExpo
Saturday Night at the Movies
is the theme for this year’s
Student Photographer of the Year.
The Harman/Ilford competition
invites photography students to
submit images that inspire them
of a scene from a film. Deadline:
31 January 2016.
harmantechnology.com/
studentcomp
The best in contemporary
photojournalism goes on display
at Perpignan in France from
29 August to 13 September.
The 27th Festival of International
Photojournalism features
exhibitions by top news
photographers plus talks
and awards.
visapourlimage.com
More than 140 photography
galleries will show work at this
year’s Paris Photo. The world’s
largest art fair for photography is
at the Grand Palais in Paris from
12 to 15 November.
parisphoto.com
Canon equipment worth £5,
is on offer in the annual Lombard
manufacturing photography
competition. Photographs can cover
traditional or high-tech sectors.
Deadline: 30 September.
eef.org.uk/photoNEWS NEWSROOM
News from the black & white world. Edited by Mark Bentley. [email protected]
MYSTERY REVEALED
The mystery surrounding the identity of a young
woman in a historic photograph has been revealed.
The picture of a girl called Christina is an early
colour photograph by Mervyn O’Gorman. Despite
its modern look, the photograph was taken in- B+W contributor Colin Harding wrote about
it in B+W 169, saying initially the girl was thought
to be O’Gorman’s daughter, but research showed
he had no children.
The image was used as the promotional picture
for Drawn By Light, the major exhibition of
pictures from the Royal Photographic Society
archive curated by Colin that ran recently at the
Media Space in London and the National Media
© National Media Museum, BradfordPortrait of Christina, 1913, by Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O'Gorman, the Royal Photographic Society Collection.Christina, Daisy and Anne, walking to the beach in
West Lulworth – the location of Christina’s portrait
shots, August 1913. Picture by Mervyn O’Gorman,
courtesy of Stephen Riddle.Museum in Bradford. It was spotted by retired
technician Stephen Riddle, who contacted Colin
to say he had a set of stereoscopic slides by
Mervyn O’Gorman.
The slides feature colour autochrome pictures
not previously seen by anyone at the museum.
Captions refer to Edwyn and Daisy Bevan along
with their children Anne and Christina. The
pictures were taken at West Lulworth in Dorset
and Chelsea Embankment in London.
Colin said, ‘It was a genuine thrill to see these
images. After all the recent attention Christina had
been getting I hoped they would give us sufficient
clues to finally confirm her identity. It turns out
Christina wasn’t O’Gorman’s daughter. Indeed, she
wasn’t a relative – either close or distant.’
Christina Bevan (1897-1981) was the daughter of
Edwyn Bevan, a philosopher, writer and lecturer in
Hellenistic Studies at King’s College London. The
family lived at Chelsea Embankment, not far from
the O’Gorman’s home at Embankment Gardens.
Colin said: ‘Whatever the link, both families
were clearly on friendly, first name terms.
Certainly, the friendship was sufficient for Mervyn
to accompany Daisy and her two daughters on a
trip to Lulworth Cove in August 1913, where he
took portraits of Christina.’4-5NEWS/MB.indd 44-5NEWS/MB.indd 4 09/07/2015 09:3209/07/2015 09: