Tag Archives: Frank Beken

ENDEAVOUR 1 – HISTORY & 1934 CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP.

Silver gelatine, limited edition, black and white print of Endeavour 1 Beken of Cowes. Available if various sizes from Brett Gallery. Scanned from original glass plate negatives. Beken of Cowes Framed Prints, Beken of Cowes archives, Beken of Cowes Prints, Beken Archive, Cowes Week old Photographs, Beken Prints, Frank beken of Cowes.

It is 22 June 1935, and Endeavour 1 is pictured here racing against five other J Class yachts in the Lymington Yacht Club Regatta. She has rounded a buoy off Ryde and is now on her run back towards Lymington. She is sailing in a light breeze, the very conditions that she was designed to […]

GLASS PLATE NEGATIVE RESTORATION PROCESS

Glass plate negative of sailing yacht meteor 2 aground by Brett Gallery photograph take in 1897 by Alfred John West. Beken of Cowes Framed Prints, Beken of Cowes archives, Beken of Cowes Prints, Beken Archive, Cowes Week old Photographs, Beken Prints, Frank been of Cowes.

In the age of digital photography and the advancement of smartphone cameras, we tend to forget the photographic pioneers of old who experimented with photography in its infancy, battling with issues we simply take for granted. Two such pioneer photographers were Frank Beken and Alfred John West, both of whom are early photographers we have […]

CLASSIC BOAT MAGAZINE – BRETT GALLERY LAUNCH

Brett Gallery edit in Classic Boat Magazine online edition

A project to build a collection of important Victorian and Edwardian yachting photographs was launched with the opening of a stunning exhibition in Midhurst, West Sussex. The new Brett Gallery opened in December with an exhibition of photos by Frank Beken, Alfred John West and Stanley Rosenfeld, dating from the late 1800s to the 1930s. […]

WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE BRETT GALLERY LAUNCH PARTY

Guests arriving at the Brett gallery opening night Midhurst West Sussex

                                          8th December 2016 – Brett Gallery, Midhurst, West Sussex We would like to say a special thank you for all who attended the launch party of our new and exciting gallery. The many friends, new […]