After work, I had a special date at '59 Rodney Street'. Dr Peter Haggerty was giving a talk for the National Trust volunteers. His talk covered how Peter met ECH and how , with the help of some other people, he managed to persuade ECH to set up a trust to carry on conserving the collection once he died. Thankfully, this resulted in saving the massive collection of photographs from probable destruction.
What is clear is that the National Trust does a fantastic job of maintaining the collection and presenting the studio and dwelling as a time capsule to the public, with the ECH Trust presiding in the background. The building , a veritable Georgian town house / mansion, occupies 5 floors. As regards the art work, there are 140K photographs, of which only 1400 have been digitally stored in the Trusts Photographic library so there is still a lot of work to be done. These are the flat facts of the matter.... what Peter's talk conveyed is the passion people still feel for the artist that is Chambre Hardman, and the tragedy that would have been if his work had not been preserved for public consumption.
I would love to have posted a picture of Peter here but sadly can't find one.
As regards an update, I've currently got a shocking cold and just completed a first aid course, am wanting to find a new job and have not had much time for blogging. Hopefully there will be more news soon.....
3 comments:
Hey you! That is just wonderful: preserving a collection of pictures! I have a friend who works at "Museu do Recife" (Recife Museum, in Brazil), and her work is related with the preservation of photographs, and also of films! I love photographs...specially black and white ones (don't know if this is the technical word for it)!
I like your blog; it is sophisticated in content (maybe it is because it is related with art), and I just love your pic (the lady in the boat, in the river)!
Please...I am Ms award winner lol! I am a girl...
I hope you're feeling better from your cold!
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