Alfred G. Buckham

DescDE Buckham, Alfred G. 1879 - 1956 "Lempa River, Honduras. Pan American Airmal flying across". 1930er Jahre. Vintage. Gelatinesilberabzug. Originalruckkarton. Passepartout. 50,6 x 40,5cm Unterhalb des Bildes mit Bleistift signiert und betitelt sowie ruckseitig mit Bleistift betitelt, Angaben zur Drucklegung und Agenturstempel . Ruckseitig Reste ehemaliger Etiketten und Montierung. Originalruckkarton mit Gebrauchsspuren und leichten Verschmutzungen. Minimale Aussilberungen im añuaƒeren Bildbereich . DescEN Buckham, Alfred G. 1879 - 1956 "Lempa River, Honduras. Pan American Airmal flying across". 1930's. Vintage. Gelatin silver print. Original backing card. Mat. 50,6 x 40,5cm. Signed and titled in pencil below the image, additionally titled in pencil on verso and with details regarding the printing date and the agency stamp. Verso with remains of former labels and mounting. Original backing card with handling traces and some soiling. Slight silvering on the outer parts of the image.

Measurements note 46.3 x 37.9 cm (18¼ x 15 in.) DESCRIPTION Silver print mounted on board, with highlights in wax pencil.Signed, titled, and with copyright asserted by the artist in pencilon the reverse. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Ferguson, Celia, A vision of flight, the aerial photographs ofAlfred G. Buckham, Tempus publishing, Stroud, Glos., 2007,p.105. CATALOGUE NOTE Buckham was a pioneering aerial photographer, whose achievementis only lately being recognised. His recent inclusion in the Tatesurvey show, How We Are: Photographing Britain (Summer 2007),brought him greater visibility.Buckham used all the resources available to him to get the image hewanted, including using a separate negative for the clouds if theclouds had not been right on the day, montaging aircraft into hispictures to suit his needs, and, as here, carefully highlightingfor effect.

Captain Alfred G. Buckham 'the river forth from above stirling', scotland, early twentieth century Silver Print, mounted on board, signed 'Alfred G. Buckham', titled and with various annotations by the photographer in pencil on the mount, inscribed 'The Copyright of/Alfred G. Buckham/Capt. late R.A.F./4 Cedars Gardens/Withdean/Brighton' and 'AB - 11' in pencil on the reverse, 516 by 404mm Provenance: Tom Jacobson, California, 1983.

Measurements note 45.6 x 38.2 cm (18 x 15 in.) DESCRIPTION Silver print, signed below the image in pencil and titled belowthe image, possibly in another hand. Copyright asserted in pencilon the reverse. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Ferguson, Celia, A vision of flight, the aerial photographs ofAlfred G. Buckham, Tempus publishing, Stroud, Glos., 2007,p.109. CATALOGUE NOTE It is known that Captain Buckham used multiple negatives tocompose his pictures, and the effect is plainly visible here, wherethe perspective of the sky and of the ground are markedlydifferent. The signature bears the additonal remark 'Late RAF'.Captain Buckham was demobilised in 1919 after suffering a seriousinjury.

45.3 x 37.7 cm (18 x 14¾ in.) DESCRIPTION Silver print, mounted on board. Signed in pencil below theimage, and titled below the image, also in pencil, probably inanother hand. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Ferguson, Celia, A vision of flight, the aerial photographs ofAlfred G. Buckham, Tempus publishing, Stroud, Glos., 2007,p.107.