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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 […]