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In 2007 Blau’s granddaughter, Emma took over management of the agency from Roger Eldridge, former managing director who died suddenly at 63 years old. Emma's shot of the [[Spice Girls]] appeared in a survey exhibition she curated of Camera Press imagery ''Camera Press at 70 – A Lifetime in Pictures'' which was held May 17–June 10 2017 at the [[Bermondsey Project Space]], 183-185 Bermondsey Street, London.[http://project-space.london/event/camera-press-at-70-a-lifetime-in-pictures] |
In 2007 Blau’s granddaughter, Emma took over management of the agency from Roger Eldridge, former managing director who died suddenly at 63 years old. Emma's shot of the [[Spice Girls]] appeared in a survey exhibition she curated of Camera Press imagery ''Camera Press at 70 – A Lifetime in Pictures'' which was held May 17–June 10 2017 at the [[Bermondsey Project Space]], 183-185 Bermondsey Street, London.[http://project-space.london/event/camera-press-at-70-a-lifetime-in-pictures] |
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==Gallery== |
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When Camera Press moved to '''Bullers Wharf''' near [[Tower Bridge]] in March 1993 the agency opened and ran Tom Blau Gallery at 21 Queen Elizabeth Street, London SE1 to exhibit photographers including Roger Bamber, Robert Whittaker, Gemma Levine and Marcus Lyon. In 1996 it became an independent charity and appointed a new director Keith Cavanagh. <ref>Tom Blau Gallery goes solo. The British Journal of Photography Aug 14, 1996; 143, 7089. pg. 5</ref> From 2004 it changed focus to concentrate on showcasing its own photogrpaphers’ work.<ref>The British Journal of PhotographyDec 8, 2004; 151, 7510; pg. 6</ref> |
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Revision as of 07:17, 2 August 2018
Camera Press is a photographic picture agency founded in London in 1947 by Hungarian Tom Blau, a portrait photographer of major contemporary political figures, musicians and film stars, who had moved from Berlin in 1935.
Historic archive
The Camera Press archive is of historic importance, the agency having represented big names in British photography including Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, Cecil Beaton, whose first assignment was the Royal wedding of Queen Elizabeth II (Blau was the first to distribute pictures of the prestigious event), Norman Parkinson, and Yousuf Karsh whom Blau had signed on as his agency's first photographer.[1]
It also counted among its members lesser known photographers, such as Hedda Morrison in Sarawak, and mountaineer Alfred Gregory, whose work in far-flung sectors of the British Commonwealth were of interest to picture magazines thriving in the 1950s.
In the 1960s, as well as its extensive collection of Royal subjects, the agency responded to the demands of the 'celebrity gossip' press by signing photographers such as Elio Sorci — among the first paparazzo — with a more invasive approach. Each decade is represented in the collection with some of the best known celebrities: Steve Emberton's picture of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen at Vicious’ Maida Vale home in 1978; Clive Arrowsmith’s Kate Bush in 1980, Madonna, and Public Enemy in the 1990s.
In 2007 Blau’s granddaughter, Emma took over management of the agency from Roger Eldridge, former managing director who died suddenly at 63 years old. Emma's shot of the Spice Girls appeared in a survey exhibition she curated of Camera Press imagery Camera Press at 70 – A Lifetime in Pictures which was held May 17–June 10 2017 at the Bermondsey Project Space, 183-185 Bermondsey Street, London.[1]
Gallery
When Camera Press moved to Bullers Wharf near Tower Bridge in March 1993 the agency opened and ran Tom Blau Gallery at 21 Queen Elizabeth Street, London SE1 to exhibit photographers including Roger Bamber, Robert Whittaker, Gemma Levine and Marcus Lyon. In 1996 it became an independent charity and appointed a new director Keith Cavanagh. [2] From 2004 it changed focus to concentrate on showcasing its own photogrpaphers’ work.[3]