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Background notes on the
author
of the EdinPhoto web
site
Peter
Stubbs |
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Early Photography
- Yorkshire |
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School Photo
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My
interest in photography began while I was living in Bradford,
Yorkshire.
and attending St Bede's Grammar School. The school had a Photographic Society
run by the Chemistry Teacher, Mr McFee, and
had its own darkroom.
At the time,
I was particularly interested in making black and white prints
of:
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railways
- other transport
- school friends and school events |
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More School Photos
Please click on the thumbnail image below
to see some of the photos that I took at the school. I
used to sell copies of them., about postcard size, to others in
the class for 4d each. That just covered the cost of the
materials used.
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Move to Edinburgh |
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I moved from Yorkshire to Edinburgh in 1963 and
joined Edinburgh Photographic Society. I have used the Society's colour and black & white darkrooms over many
years.
Most of my photography for about the next
20 years was on colour slide film, photographing, family,
holidays, landscape and railways. Since about 1990 I have
taken more interest in documentary photography.
I joined the EPS Creative Group*
then joined the EPS Digital Imaging Group. These
two groups merged in 2012 to become the EPS Creative Digital
Group.
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= formerly the EPS Colour
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Documentary Projects |
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I
am continuing a number of documentary projects in my spare
time, including:
- Edinburgh at Work
- Scotland at Work
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Edinburgh's Shops
- Citroen 2CV
Cars.
- Scottish Railway Stations
Some
photos
from these projects are included on this web site.
For almost all the
photographs for these projects, I have used Fuji Velvia slide
film. I have a large collection of these slides, and
have made 50cm x 40cm colour prints from several of them.
However, the photos for my Scottish Stations
project are black and white. These were were taken
on Agfa 25ASA or Ilford 50ASA film; some are on Kodak High Speed
infra-red film. |
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Why take the
Photos? |
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Up to 1990s
My main reasons for taking photos at this
time were:
- for the family album, and
- for Edinburgh Photographic Society
competitions.
I found the competitions to be a challenge.
Some required photos to be taken on particular themes, causing
me to take photos that I would not otherwise have taken.
It was interesting to see how a theme could be interpreted in
many different ways.
Since 1990
I continued to enter EPS competitions and
began to send my colour prints and slides away to International
and other Open Competitions for a few years - a challenge
again, though I didn't win many medals!
However, my reason for taking many of the
photos changed. Now, my main reasons for taking photos
are:
- to try to capture images that I
think will be interesting to look back on in the future.
- to take photos that might be of
interest to people viewing the EdinPhoto web site.
Web Sites, Papers and
Magazines
As well as adding my photos to the
EdinPhoto web site - when I have found the time to do that - and
occasionally sending photos for publication in the Edinburgh
Evening News Picture Gallery feature, I've received
emails from many people around the world asking if they can use
my images for different purposes.
I've often been surprised by where the
requests have come from:
- a group of Australian Electricity
Pylon enthusiasts interested in my photo of a Pylon in the
mountains in Queensland
- a group of Ukrainian Bus Shelter
enthusiasts, interested in some of my photos of Edinburgh bus
shelters.
- Several editors of specialist
magazines that I never knew existed. |
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Other Uses
Here are the ways that some of my photos
have been used:
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Exhibitions + Collections
City Art Centre ('Castle to Palace'), Museum
of Edinburgh (Newhaven Heritage Museum), Central Library (Edinburg
Room Collection),
Living Memories Association.
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Art Work
As a CD cover, basis
for an oil painting and a, tapestry
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Books
NB Distillery, Edinburgh Old Town (Malcolm
Cant), others
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Magazines
Standard Life Magazine,
Scots Magazine, others
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Bus Timetables
First Buses
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Posters
and
Notice
Boards
London Poster, Portobello
Promenade Notice Board
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Christmas
Cards
Metropolitan Police, Amsterdam Bank, Charities
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First
Day
Cover
Scottish Parliament
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Food & Drink
Coffee Packaging, Shortbread Tin
- Cab of a Truck
James CC Ferguson Transport
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Please keep scrolling down to see a few examples of how
some of the photos have been used.
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Research |
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My
research into the History of Photography in Edinburgh, and
creation of this web site
www.edinphoto.org.uk has been carried
out in my spare time.
The research began in 2000. The site went
'live' in 2001. It's scope initially was the history of
photography in Edinburgh, including Edinburgh's photographic
scoieties.
The scope of the web site soon expanded to
include other aspects of the history of Edinburgh, including
recollections from many people who used to live in Edinburgh and
are now scattered around the world.
I have a lot more information and
images still to add to this site, and more photos to take to
capture changing scenes around Edinburgh. |
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Recent and Forthcoming Talks |
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Prints and 35mm Slides
For many years, I've given talks to photographic
societies and local history groups, usually illustrated by
prints and projected 35mm slides.
Digital Images
From 2008 onwards, as more societies have acquired digital
projectors, I have been basing my talks around
images on the EdinPhoto web site,
usually compiling long pages of images from the web site, to
scroll down during the talks..
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A Few Talks
Please click on one of the links below (then on the links at the foot of the page that opens up) to see
the scope of some of these talks.
Some pages may be slow
to display,
as they are designed primarily to be viewed off-line.
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Please scroll down the Pages
Once you've clicked on the links below, you'll need to keep
scrolling down the page. You may find some quite large
areas of blank space as you scroll down. I've added the
'space' so that individual images can be viewed in isolation,
without distraction as you scroll down the pages.
Some of the comments on these
pages may appear a little cryptic (without the additional
commentary that I would normally give when delivering the
talks) but I hope most of the comments and pictures make
sense to you as you scroll down these pages. |
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DATE |
SOCIETY |
SUBJECT |
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2008 |
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Apr 15 |
Granton History Group |
1.
Edinburgh at Work
(Prints)
2.
Around
Granton (Overview) |
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Jul 18 |
Old
Edinburgh Club |
EPS
Survey Group and
Old Edinburgh Club |
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Oct 1 |
Portobello History Society |
Edinburgh
at Work |
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Nov 10 |
EPS -
Digital Imaging Group
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History of Photography |
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Dec 3 |
Edinburgh Photographic Society |
1.
Documentary
Photography 2.
EdinPhoto Web Site |
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2009 |
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Jan 5 |
EPS -
Digital Imaging Group |
Urban Photography |
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Feb 10 |
Midlothian Camera Club |
1.
Exposure
2.
History of Photography |
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Feb 24 |
Granton History Group |
Around
Granton |
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Mar 30 |
EPS -
Creative Group |
Monthly Competitions |
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Sep 29 |
Midlothian Camera Club |
Edinburgh
at Work |
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Oct 15 |
Musselburgh Camera Club |
Edinburgh
at Work |
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2010 |
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Feb 22 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Photography |
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Feb 23 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Postcards |
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May 10 |
Edin.
Southside Heritage Group |
Edinburgh
at Work
Food, Drink, Transport
History of Photography |
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2011 |
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Jan 27 |
Edinburgh University
4th year students, Architecture |
History of Photography
in Edinburgh |
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Jan 31 |
Edin. Southside Heritage Group |
History of Photography
in Edinburgh |
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Feb 21 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Photography |
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Feb 22 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Postcards |
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Apr 6 |
Portobello History Society |
History of Photography
in Edinburgh |
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Jun 9 |
Leith Rotary Club |
Pictures of
Leith |
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Sep 26 |
Lauriston Castle |
Edinburgh
at Work
Food, Drink, Transport,
etc. |
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2012 |
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Feb 22 |
Mid Calder Camera Club |
History of Photography
in Edinburgh +
EPS
History |
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Mar 1 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Photography |
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Mar 8 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Postcards |
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Sep 11 |
Lauriston Castle |
History of Photography
in Edinburgh |
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Sep 14 |
Lothian Postcard Club |
Transport
Postcards |
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2013 |
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Jan 21 |
EPS Creative Digital Group |
Edinburgh Themes
Introduction, Work, Streets, Transport,
The Year, Views, Panoramas |
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Feb 4 |
Museum of Edinburgh |
History of Edinburgh Old
Town and the Royal Mile, in Pictures |
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Mar 4 |
Colinton Local History Society |
Edinburgh
at Work
Short Talk |
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Mar 5 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Photography |
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Mar
7 |
Edinburgh University
2nd year students, Scottish Studies |
Ethnographic Postcards |
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Apr 24 |
Cramond History Group |
Edinburgh's Industrial Past
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2014 |
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2014-15 |
Corstorphine Literary & Geographical Society
(To be arranged, perhaps) |
Edinburgh at Work |
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South Side Community Centre (To be
arranged, perhaps) |
The Royal Mile |
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Other
possible talks:
- Drummond Community High School
- Old Town Association
- Portobello Probus Association (Edin. at
Work): if digital projector becomes available.
- Craigleith Probus Association (Edin. at
Work): when digital projector becomes available.
- Sheltered Housing Association
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Other
possible subjects for talks:
- My
Photography: Themes, Camera and Lenses, Photoshop, ...
- Changing Edinburgh: Street,
Shops, Transport, etc.- similar to Edinburgh Themes', Jan 21,
2013
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Photography Distinctions
Peter Stubbs |
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AFIAP (Artiste de la
Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique) - 1997
Awarded for Prints and
Slides exhibited in International Exhibitions.
Please see the links at the bottom of this page. |
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ARPS (Associate of the Royal Photographic Society) -
1998
Awarded for Colour
Prints in two categories:
(1) Visual Art and
(2) Documentary sections. |
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FRPS (Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society) -
2005
Awarded for research into the history
of photography in Edinburgh
in the Research & Development section. |
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