What an interesting place, I had visited this museum some years ago but at a later visit I was disappointed to find the museum was closed.
However it now seems to have had a makeover, it's origins being the studio of a professional photographer which was in use between1863-1978. There was a lot of interesting exhibits with the studio area including a number huge great wooden cameras. The studio area was extremely well lit with natural light from both sides and above, each controlled by curtain arrangements.
In another area of the building there was an exhibition of old images (originals Gelatin Silver, digitised) these covered a number of car rallies with quite a few old British classic cars.
1. The main studio area, note the chair which is also shown in 2 below.
2. A studio portrait including the chair in the image above.
3. An order from the studio to a supplier in Blackpool for backdrops to be used in the studio.
However it now seems to have had a makeover, it's origins being the studio of a professional photographer which was in use between1863-1978. There was a lot of interesting exhibits with the studio area including a number huge great wooden cameras. The studio area was extremely well lit with natural light from both sides and above, each controlled by curtain arrangements.
In another area of the building there was an exhibition of old images (originals Gelatin Silver, digitised) these covered a number of car rallies with quite a few old British classic cars.
1. The main studio area, note the chair which is also shown in 2 below.
2. A studio portrait including the chair in the image above.
3. An order from the studio to a supplier in Blackpool for backdrops to be used in the studio.
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