The Proof no. 2 Summer/Autumn 1980 by Royal Photographic Society

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EDITOR.VictorJ H~ep~thwaiteARPS

Issue

No;2 Summer/Autumn

Arolagies are in order for this SUHMER •PROOF"appearing so late. excuses 11sid" {li.ke nobody tums up to help.) perhaps its just as well, vhy? because had this issue been on ti111e we could not have reached you w:l.th the stupendous nevs of the 83 Confs:yiashop. Our 1983 Conference which vill also be a weekend vorkshop ttt set the st.i.m!.:u·d for the future vill be subsidised, yes SIJDSIDISEDby tbe Sports Coundl & GLC.Plus-PLUS the Archaeological Group will arrange everythJ.ng on ,\ non-profit 11.1.ld.ng basis. The Group rill not lose out {I hope) by doing this, rather ■embers and guests should get the best value they have .had for years and ■embers can feel that they are getting a little more out of ■embership than they thought possible:

If the Group And the RPS can gain in prestige by this nove,a.nd menbers can have an enj~~able ti ■e, whilst learning or doing so■ething of interest then the ho)"'s Jf this Chdnian will have been fully justified-and if it costs ·a gre11:t·deal less than youd think perhaps members-rill itgain turnout in force to enjoy comradeship through pleasant co111pany in pleasant surroundings. There is one ~ig snag though,because this 83 Conference is going to be such big value not even countiDg Lll the facilities and workshops ve have arranged,places are going to be at a prenium, n11turally Archaeological ~roup members vJll have first choice at the rull RESIDENTAL or just the (t ori) OAy,tickets, but to be fair to RPS members ve must get Cina bookings in early NOT leave matters to the very last niaute.So after a decent interval vben tll you Arc!Uleological group members have had ti111eto count your mouldys, thin ·and onJy then 11ill •the Conference bt. offered at hrge. For this reason, bookings are required to be in hand with the Chainnan NOUTEil th~n first week of Df£EMBER (7th DeC 82) We hATe managed to acquir~ no mor~ than 27 r~sidental p1aces w:1.thin the complex, and day residents can run to 4 or 5 times this but a ra~her special arrangement has been made vith the or~anizers about the three ~ooked eals per day and so111ethingdifferent is prontised, pLrticularly ticularly DINl'liRon the Saturday evening •• (nnff said) ust have adTance notice of turnout to do a good job 11 tour 82 Committee promised muimum effort,back the benefit HOW.

the !vening ctinners and most partso yo:., .,,-jJl understand the .,~~a.,isers "'ith the menus. them tot~· :ult and start re~pin~

Mcmbcrn projects

Frank Harrison

---------------------------------------------Stuart

Turner model Beam Fhgine

t" bore X 2" stroke. Watts parallel motion (pat 1874) represent~t tion of Rotatb·e Eilgine for use in Breveries

/ Factories

etc;(RPM-50)

Not only some superb photographs from Member frrutk, but a tn1e exam ple of fine engineering.From rough castings ( try

to working model, and top that Pie group)

END

THE PROOF . a ~ws sheetlromttieARCII~~!)llhe Palace RPS Archaeological

~PS. !

Group Conference-

If its !!21 a workshop, and i ta _not a syaposium

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and its !!2i a teach-in or a lecture

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about the wine & the

going on?

dinner on saturday enning,

lectures-

teachins

ourselves,

and opportunities

interested

so■e

nry

pleasant

of the old Crystal

and

the latest

a chance to take a breather

surroundings mdisturbcd

advances

outside of the

by the hubub of a.>dem

co■plex

interest. ric

Palace, now a parkland area housing uny

The lake areas where authentic

ani■ als

ilay be seen

are all added intenests

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natural

stone replicas

built

wooded setting,

of general

ite■s

in full

on the site

size of prehisto

a boating lake and Zoo park

to the photographer.

The indeor sports facilities

the"

z--f

1·

■ost

of the Complex are world fuaous,

ava~lable to conference delegates those perhaps wishing a little

Ii~

chat with others like

The venue for the weekend being in the new sports

; m,

workshops &

everyday life.

',-~:

for that friendly

not forgetting

z--f

into,lllllly interesting

in A. photography B. antiquity

in both of these fields, co■plex

when all thoughts llight be

■ enu.

With the rest of the weekend wellorganised

. c.. 0

what!!

Theres the special

"'CJ

series,

Well,

J: CJ) Qo

TIitRoyal Plmtogmphic Society

at DOextra charge, a pleasant

light

relief

can be

alternative

over a highly organised weekend,so

it is, its a Confen,orksbooosi1.1111 • is it not? Such an enterprising

weekend by any other than the go-ahead Archaeological

aroup of the Royal Photographic Society, and day delegates to see

at least

■ore co■radeship,

would cost each delegate well over £6o.OO

£15.00 a day. However the Archaeological more spirit

brought back into tile L1>ndonRegioo, so this

. conferworkshopos:inllis subsid,fsed by the Arts Comicil and run by this co.dttee si■ply

on as DOD-profit

got to be the finest

.Ul

■eal.3

will be of a

Group would like

■aking

tho1 GLC. OD the one hand

basis as is practic6'.Its

just

value this or any year • hJ gh

.:irder, iD particular

&aa been ■ade for the dinner en Saturday eYening, Tes but what of the progra=e,whats

going on?

good

a Yery special arrangement wine of course.

e Gonfe!"Vorlc:,hoposiumreal.lywill The

be three separate

theae thia being IT year, or I.nfonaatioa

111ai11

to inform and take part in the finding fla~h light,

electronic

flash

to coaprehead,

iali~t,also

who would thiak that

forms of illWlliaation

tbe photographers

is desireable

to obtain

join in,you could

■odera

\/in

one occasioa,coYering

benefit

full

Specials

we hope all

lecture

a very full

of al ~mate

as well as a list t

let

etc,whlch

r varied

linly

be Ji.splayed,

2nd

cannot exceed JO,that Saturday as full

slJe

be featured

personal

features

as for

will be published

than

take the ua■ple

fro■

reaeuJ.sces(no,not

Pharoa)

with the tickets

Heabers and others

the length of t:uie likely

are requested

to be required

when a!l photographs

guests & other

to cOTer

vill

uke

11&11:y & nried

subjects.

brought along will

non-e■bers. Fil■

showa ,slide

are to be part of this superb weekend.

number of residental

li■ited

delegates

about 40 places will be aYailable.

hotols,do places

■ore

that we will

will bo for the whole weekend conference.

the complex in local f

different

will baYe to be strictly

1118.Xi■u■

residental

a.,Ute 30 tllocated

so bring out

(or long) papers to be read during coffee breaks

an additional 50 or 60 places vill

gucHs

to be learned

that too)so

in quite

exhibition

fro■

other delights

serYed basis,the

with our caeras

ranging duri.ng the veekend onr

Me■bers

A rare opportunityJplaces first

for aood,for

Law ?)when it is hoped audience participation

as al~o those

presentations,and

for clarity

the lessons

manufactures.

have short

discussion

A~d to this,the

fro■

or a pictor-

could outdo all other

to bear.Participation

lectures,show~

c:in bo expand•~ to utch

for subtleness

on early Egypt,with

the subject,(Parlcinsons f

techniques

iJlterests.(yes

of contributing

the organisers

(who said that?)

one of seYeral prizes •• Flash vill

very interesdng

for eTen the &Tera&•

a.ad Ikontas or ••en :he lodak pancakes a.ad

opp<>rtunity over the weekend to slot

list

naah

lot a deal· easier

Spot■atics, Pul'II&

the old

out about what bas happened to the old

let alone a.a archaeologht

in eTery field,

progrannes.

'l!chnulogy Year, will be

to-day is too sophisticated

electrician

■akin&

Tery interesting

be offered.(

reae■ bs-

this

that we are liaited

on a first

coae

that can be accepted for just whilst

the

as day

B .S:B.■ight be possible

out-

if you are unlucky en()ugh not to get

to as full

residents

inside

the

• My Method> ser .ies

CHAIRMAN

YOIIT

A touch of the Tints.

Wash print. well,(black Bleach in'rerri,

& white),

rinse

hypo bath to stop bleaching.

in clean water/

Re-develop or tone. The re-developing

process will not fully

resulting

in a degree of contrast

the print

in general,

recover

the total

improvement in the highlights,

highlight

image,

cleaning

where it can do the most good by adding a brilliance

often

very beneficial to many photographs. This brilliance, is also to be fom1d when toning the bleached image brown, with a toning bath of Sodium Hydroxide. lmfortunnately not only are the highlights lightened, but generally a re-toned print will be lighter all over, to the-detriment

of print

quality.

To offset this inevitable reduction of print density, prior to placing the print into the bleach solution, a pre-bath in the toner (Sodm Hydxd) will endow the print The time that

with an added density the print

upon later

re-development

is allowed to soak in the pre-bath

or toning.

of S-Hydxd will

to a great extent determine its effectiveness in re-enforcing the final image. Times from a few seconds immersion to minutes vi.11 not only effect the print density

and image quality,

but will play a bjg part in creating

tones from the near sepia obtilied \olith the strrlght to variations of black brown walnut purple,possible in the toner. Additional bathing print

the print, rinsing

chemicals baths,in ment,the lasting

black re-enforcement

may be obtained

immersing in nonnal print

free from odd stains,

any order you wish, and not the standard toning of the image ~uld

seem to offer

permanence for the photographs

treated

by subsequent

developer

should always accompany these various

and ensure a print

varying

image

into the bleach method with extended pre~bathing to bleach

for a minute or so. Good

baths to wash out unwanted by using just developer

at least in this

the bleach

for after

toner

treat-

some measure of realy

way, not that

that in

itself is the only reason, for toned prints are once again a different form of artistic expression and many pictures can gain considerably frorn tones ir. brown and white, or black, brown & white. So that considering that a print is worth making on normal black & white materials, in this

added dimension.The is another matter and still

it is doubly worth con idering

Archival permanence of the plain brown toned print could be enhanced with tne added lack i age for

at least part of its nov long life, where surely the added pleasure from such enhanced images will have been well worthwhile 1 ng after has reverted

to what might ltave been its

original

brown on] y ma11• •.l.e.

derived the print

Sepia toners will

us~ as· ~ll,with

equal archival virtues, but using same in a darkroo "'.i. door in order to protect che re impossible. jevelo Halving or inc1easing fi

f :.

ouse

onto a grade 2 paper is the usual

may be far from perfect

being processed

re■edy,

film contrast

qualitities

the method may be correct,

is going to be capable of yielding

that

exposure,

indeed the only straigh-

or indeed satisfactory,unless

the first place. Switching grades of printing ient

rder to adjust

pr.per grades, eg; incre~sing e~eloped Gammain order to print a that would otherwise print no ally on a grade 3 papP.r, to instead

forward remP.dy available to the photographer. Like many other corrective proceedures, results

con1:••

e in

to suite negative

ost impossible, e ust close the darkroom :;:akes 1 s use also next to

a satisfactory

paper will not endow the negative

it does not have, due possibly

or gross overexposure,

but the

the negative in

with

on the one hand to insuffic-

or on the other hand to a development

process inadequate due to wrong chemical make-up, (which could be due to one gross of several unrelated causes.) , or tmder-development or over-development. The tent Gross over-development is deliberately chosen, because any Gross over-exposure

or over development will distort

the negatives

tonal values

beyond satisfactory retrieval. Moderate degrees of over e;,rposeure or development do not present quite· the same problem, in the case of moderate overexposure

errors,highlights

shadow detail, resulting and extend the recorded area in all

will be effected

least,

probability,

increasing

of the p1·inting i;aper. Making prints (enlargements)

the recorded from negatives

range than the paper is capable of re-producing readily fault

noticed

is abundant in recorded

tonal range than the other,eg;

detail

to the

beyond the capability

having far greater is not a fault

by the average amateur printer,in

that a negative

in proportion

in only a meagre density increase in the Highlights, shadow detail into what would otherwise be clear film

tonal

likely

consequence,

to be

neither

tones more at one end of the

masses of detail

either

in the highlights

the shadows which will never be seen in a print

unless

deliberate

tests

are made perntitting

these extended tonal values

one tonal range at a timo, usually, some record of the origu1al a satisfactory where brilliant

scene,the

providing

is the

a print

exposure

to be defined

almost

can be ~ade yielding

amateur novice printer

believes

that

print oft.he negative has been made.Only in the rarest of scenes highlights and realy--de~p black shadows exist does it prove

realy difficult to recoru the entire scene on negative material, only then is there any excuse for failing to print the FULL tonal range onto the printing paper,for the sole reason that the ~eflectance of printing paper can never be the equal of all the ~ones that may be recorded ln the negative,(suitably precessed} end

(ONTRIBUTOR Two diHerent approaches;

BY T.GREY.

The two prints

illustrating

to portraying The little

the best

Saxon pillars

supported

a font,

is little

different

there flat

is rather

this

features

article

in :J,uidenham church in Norfolk,

project too little

thought

to have once

light

tone

They sta11d in a dark corner,

for photography,

aP.d what there

where

is i3 too

to show the form of these pillars. for the use of a small flash

the camera to give relief

to the pillars.

but today I'd use a small electronic boost of a hard single sparkling

light

flashgun

on an inherently

at the entrance

is a very different

subject.

on a long lead. soft

subject

to ihe hillfort

It looks quite

of the year can't be photographed

because

chose a d.ay in December when the grass and had a covering

of hoar frost.

threw the stones

into

HaJDiyaflex gave the stones of the lMdscape

was 1/15 sec. In printing, exposure,

well off to one side of

At the time I used a PF5 flashbulb, The contrast

has :rielded

a nice

print.

The chevaux de frise

hint

a?proaches

only an inch or two from the wa.li.l, and their

from the wall itself.

This is a good subject

lens

show two very different

of a subject.

especially

dramatic

the tall

to the eye, ~ut fer most

grass

hi.es

sharp relief.

low su.~ almost into The use of a

;,hils

of the ilanor Valley in the backgro md. filter

on Tri-x

of the print

at the top left

The range of exposure

hand corner,

ones.

ne~..rl

evelope1

I •,1hi e,

•ne ca:r.era

55m e~s n he

prominence in the foregro,md,

top part

hac/1ied back, was bleached

A strong

at f/12 with 2x yellow the landscape

i~ the picture.

at Cademuir near Peebles

2i sq.

i;;ivi:lg a nice e ,ix

sure

in :jcrodol-x.

needs consiaerable

~x ra

"'her~ the sun almost appeare·i

was 10 to 50 seconds.

END

John Adams

ON- BIG CAMERA WORKSOP

After a period of relative

inactiv·ty

ile the Gr up recovered from a financial C

crisis,

which culminated in the de ise of the muchadmired "Archaelog~, we have

enjoyed an enterprising

series of lectures and workshops. The latest

arranged by our enthusiastic

of these,

new Chai_rman,Victor Hepplethwaite, was held on 1st

May at the premises of HowsonAlgraphy Ltd. in Orpington. We·are indeblted to the Directors,

particularly

Mr. Shaw, for the use of their premises; nineteen members

were present.

µV The morning session was devoted to a lecture by Peter Oorricott of HowsonAlgraphy on methods of making lithographic

printing plates from line illustrations

and

photographs. He introduced this with a sketch history of the commercial production of lithographic

plates in the U.K., culminating in the amal\ga_mationabout ten

years ago, of HowsonLtd and Algr~phy Ltd., as part of the Vickers Group, to form the largest producers of lithographic plates in Europe. Turning to the technical problems involved in using these plates, the first photographic insensitivity

of these is the extreme

of the emulsions used. These emulsions are usually

dichromated col}oids, which can be processed to give a relief

image capable of

accepting printing ink in the areas corresponding to dark areas of the original image. Arc lamps were originally

the only sources available of sufficient

but their inconvenience in use led to their replacement, first

intensity.

with pulsed Xenon

lamps and then with mercury halide lamps. t'fr

Process cameras are large by normal photographic standards, often consisting of a dark room to house the plateholder and a'gallery', on rails,

where the copy holder mounted

may be 6 metres from the plate holder; the lens is set in the intervening

wall and all movements are controlled- by servomotors from the darkroom. Lenses are apochromatically corrected and geometric errors are usually li~ited

to 0.2mmper

metre. To meet these requirements, the angle of view is only 40-45° and the maximumaperture on f/8 or f/9; this is used fer focussing, working apertures being normally f/16 or f/22. For less critical work, vertical cameras are now coming into use; these employ 'wide-angle' lenses and are often computer controlled.

Originally,

of course, glass plates were used, sometimes nearly

2m square; now films are employed, supported on a vacuumeasel to maintain flatness.

_;:;;,

After a picnic type lunch, accompan;ed by a glass of wine, the afternoon was devoted to a talk by Tony Baker of De Vere Ltd. and a demonstration of lithographic plate making by Peter Dorricott. Tony outlined the history of De Vere from 1947, when the finn of Sparkes &Son began making enlargers in a converted

garage in South Kensington. The name

'De Vere' came from the location of the p~emises - De Vere Gardens and the Sparkes 'family still

control the business,· but manufacture of the enlargers is in a

modern factory in Barnstaple. The companystill

has showroomsin Kensington and

· an administrative and service unit in Beckenham.Their rafnge of enlargers, from the 35 ~/F to the BlOH,covers all negative formats up to 10 x 10 inches and they are amongthe few co~nies

still

making horizontal enlargers. Over 60%of

production is exported to all parts of the world including the USSR.It was particularly

encouraging to learn that in the current economic recession, De Vere

are working night shifts,

takjng on staff and have· recently added a fifth unit to

, their factory block. j

Apart from manufacturing enlargers and copy cameras, De Vere import· a wide range of equipment, the best knownbeirig the Cambomonorail cameras, Marron Casrel rostrum

_ cameras for A-Vwork and Hauck timers. Someexamples of effects which can be produced in the A.V. cameras were shownand 5 x 4 and 8 x 10 inch C~mbocameras were demonstrated. During Peter's demonstration, memberswere able to follow all the stages of producing a lithographic plate from line and half-tone originals. stage is to decide the final size at which the illustration

The initial

is to be reproduced

and in the case of a photograph, to measure the reflection density range, the copy is then carefully aligned in the camera, along with a Kodakgrey scale for control purposes and after the appropriate data has been fed into the microcomputer, the cameraautomatically focuses the copy and gives the correct main and supplementary exposures. The only manual adjustment necessary is the fnsertfon of the appropriate lens from the range of focal lengths available on a slide; even this fs indicated on the control panel. After exposure, the

negative is removedand processed in the roller processor; it is then contact printed on to the lithographic plate, which is likewise processed automatically, to emerge ready for 110untingin a rotary or flat bed press ..

~-R The afternoon concluded with ad a

eter kindly donated by

JJ,

Paterson Products Ltd. which was

oert Pfu.

A vote of thanks was passed

unanimously to HowsonAlgraphy for pro ·o· g the premises and other facilities, to De Vere for their demonstration, to atersons for the digital to the speakers and not least,

thermometer,

to the ladies for preparing the refreshments. John Adams.

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N,B,

Members were advised to bring along their in the ennt

own sandviches,

beverages being •Free issue"

not only did we arrange tea & coffee but as an addition

to 111emberssandwi.che~

•Wine" Cold chicken legs and crisps were passed ro1D1d, followed by sponge cake and an excellent quiche,Iour Chairman & Vice Chairman do try to look after members on these occasions, we should not forget to extend our thanks also to the agents for ARGENT& brolllile paper who provided a selection of paper in small sizes and photographs for display, Let us hope that meiabers who did have the good fortune to acquire a •sample" packet of this new German paper will show us the results of their work soon, ed.

Fonier Chaizinan Robett Pitt

ARPSshowing as much

amazement as the rest of us, when he unwrapped Hi~ • Patterson• digital tbenaometer (kindly donated by • Pat~erson Products•)which Robert WO~in our free draw at the BIG CAK!lU WCRKSmP.where were YOU? A little test carried out using the new• ARCENTA• enlarging paper- showing expansion of tonal range by water bathing this amaziog new paper, ( You were right Bob Pitt, about water bathing paper I (my favourita techn.ique is with film thou~h,ed:)

HappyXmas THE PROOF wishes its readers a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Veer.

SHROPSHIRE

COUNTY

County Secretary·•

COUNCIL

Department

R. c. S.wten

The Shirehell. Abbey Foregate.

County Secretary

Shrewsbury. SY2 8ND

The Secretary, Royal Photographic Society 14 South Audley Street, London, il1Y 5DP.

ot Qt.Britain,

21st June 1982. Myrof,

TII.:

Yourrof.

AJw/DCB

Shr-..,,,!07•31 222463

2 9 JUN 1982 Dear Sir, The County Council as both an employer and responsible authorit;r tor a number ot services, is required tram time to time, to record circumstances in which there is an actual or potential health and safety rin. In man;r ot these instances, stall whose abilities lie elsewhere, are required to take photographs to illustrate the particul.ar circumstances and points whioh they are making. Because ot lack ot skill and experience, man;r of the photographs are di!!icult to interpret, e.g. a photograph could be illustrating a pothole '+" deep x 1 1 wide or 4 1 deep x 12 1 wide. Some ot these shortcomings could be.overcome by the simple expedient ot including in the field ot view o! the camera, a suitably graduated scale. Whilst this would lead to some improvement it is still, in my view, inau!!icient to provide the calibre o! photographic record that I or ultimately the Courts may regard as acceptable.

Ky own knowledge o! photography is somewhat limited and despite a reasonable comprehensive search o! the local library's re!arence material, I can !ind no authoritative guidance on this subject. Local •commercial' photographs are unable to otter much support save !or re-taking the photographs themselves. Could you please direct me to the appropriate advice, information or publication which would enable me to dratt simple lines of guidance to individuals required to take photographs of this nature in order that the interpretation or them is simplitied. Yours !aith!ully,

..tJ.~~-~ vta , THE PROPF

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that the Archeodro• of Beaune 1a to your Ministry and to the British

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view of the interior

the inforution

you

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HISTOOYOF AN ARCHEODRCME The projact proposed by our team was to present alongside a motorway a thousand years of the history of Burgundy, fro11 remote pre-history to the Gallo-Roman period . • . . The aim - to reveal to travellers that Burgum.y poeseeees archaeological treasures beyond price.... The future visitor - a motorist preoccupied with his affairs, travelling at speed to distant places. But how to halt

hi11?

A co11110nor garden museua would be useless. Rather an information centre about the archaeology of Burgumy, teapting the motorist to stray f'ro11 the ■otorway to visit the local sites and aruseUIIIB, For the traveller archaeology on its own was insufficient. to be something spectacular. Full-sized reconstruction!< what was wanted. But what? A Gallo-RollllLll te■ple such as thoee

air

photographs

The Ro-n ra■ parte

tracing

fortifications and towers

out their

identified

as crop-marks

ground plane?

at Ales·ia co•plete of wood?

Who does not re'ca11 his history

There had seeined to be

with ditches

as well as

books?

Our first site works surprised us completely by their scale - the !llllgnitude of reconstruction •••• but ■odem machinery ■ade short work of ditches and ramparts! A Neolithic hut with i ta thatched roof carried us back 6000 years into the past • • • • • in fact redved our Callie ancestors to live alongside our modern visitors ••••. We had not doubt that there were othe'.!' things besides Asterix,* Archaeologists helped us with our research, The soul of the exhi'!>ition building was to be a sacred Gallic spring.'fhe scheme was adopted by the Directorate of the Society des Autoroutes Paris -Rhin-Rhone, but also by the Scientific Co■■ittee brought together for the purpose.None the less it was iaportant to re■e ■ber our future visitor, the 11otorist. Our

tea■

then set

re-ined for a long t11118in a state of uncertainty to work, Certain principles were established,~

about what to do,

A central

building would bring together all the information. This would have to be straightforward, simple and understandable ey all. The ■useu1111 and sites of,eurgundy would co11ple111entthe information given in the building, The building would be star-ehaJ>!'d, on plan, table opening out onto ti■es past.

a sort

of gia.nt 1 ,ori11nta1li1on

The reconstructions would be viewed fro■ within the buildir.g, completely rebuilt as they once were, There would be two cl=uits round the buildings separated by screens of vegetation, a winter circuit and a sUJ11J11er one. <l'

':'1ere would be ·a Gallic dwelling, a spring, such aa a Roman road and a potter's villa would co•plete the ense11ble,

.,; .. ele1111nes

a burial ound and other workshop1 a Ga.llo-Rosnan

Two years of research, six 1110nths of work with contractors initia.11:( disinterested in the project but subsequently involved in 'the ga■e

ARCHA[DROME a°boye all the help of talented craf SIIO!nwho put at the service of the project . thelr skill and knowledge of natural erials. Last but not least tbe archaeologists, arriving diccreetly a t e site, then surprised, astonished and delighted, applying their knowledge o his or t.hllt detall and forming a team with the architects, This WllS the cooperation which gave birth to the Archaeodrome • Photography 11as for us a useful working tool. Phot,,graphs of sites during the course of excavation enabled 118 to uroerstand 110re clearly the sub-etructure of a building, Air photography lllllde possible rapid comparison between the different plans of Gallo-RoM.n te11ples in Burgundy in the 2nd century A.D. The Danubian hut 11as reconstructed on the basis of the pattern of post-holes revealed on the surface during quarrying, These traces, now deetroyed, enabled us to deterllline not only the plan of the hut but also to compute froiw their dia.111eter the height of the poles. All the suie apart fro• the basic idea of the Gallo-Ro11&n villa it was air photogral)hs which best enabled us to understand the disposition of the buildings of a villa in Burgundy. ·t The ■ost diffieult proble• to resolve was how to represent the siege of Alesia. In rl!al life the Gallic 'oppld11111 is surrounded by hills and valleys. The area ef': th91.battlefield as a 11holfl covered a rectangle 111easuring soM .5 liy ? kl1011eters. An air photograph flatt1tned the relief so soother 1118anshad to be found to present Caesar's assault. As an alternative a photographer travelled round the hills enclosing the site taking a series of,Jpanoramic views, The results were unsatisfactory. We then decided to ask an artist to reconstruct the sieg,t on the basis of the panora111ic photographs. The results were excellent. Defence works, sielJfl works 1nd Roa,an soldiers were then added to the painted version of the site photographs'.

•Asterlx is t.he well-ltnONn cartoon invaders,

character,

a Gaul opposing

the Ro111&n

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Would any member of the Group who i Following a conversation with a Site interested in taking part let\ •PR Director who needs some artefacts \Know. Black and White photos for Photographed, it may be possible to publication and colour slides for organize a practical session. This lectures will be needed. probably would be in London at a time Details will be circulated to thos convenient to all concerned. interested when arrangem~nts ha~e The most important items are some finalised._ John Pullinger, Group Ron facetted timber.

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Henry ~aunt of Oxford:

19th century

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Early

photo~ra!)hs

provide

a great

ey Harold

of archaeological

Rarely,

took the :i:,hotographs, infon::?.tion

possesses

part

itself

writings As

are of special

business

v?.lue.

of prints

exciting, a lot

and surviving

perscnal

the·;:eealm of landscape

!)hotography.

appointed

photographer

F.istoriccl

Soci~ty,

advertised

tr.is

certainly itself

producing

. least

Such scenes

position

the journal of photographs

until

meobers.

Oxoniensia,

me~bers.

To illust:::'~te

ability,

was in included a

when, in· 1870, ~e was and

at least

1900. He proudly

literature

and was ?.l:iost

on behalf still

but unfcrtunately

collectio1~

this,

from 9ortrait

but he acquired

The society

being rec,.uested.

a view to the interests

r,ublished

to the Oxford Architectural

on his publicity

indiYidual

of his

we -ll'e

frequentl

interest, studies

and so renained

in the Cxfordshi:::'e LibrcrJ '"l':

end his special

coilll!lissioned to take photographs .:;,nd also

survive

love,

with antiquarian

offi?ial

1922. This in

~he man beca~se

of archa~ological

link

by Henry Taunt who r.ad

income came mainly

great

more definite

LibrarJ

documents.

photographer,

and sites

;,.bout who

but 1 t so happe::is that

about

work. However, Taunt's

buildings

above,

The Oxfordshire

in Oxford from 1868 until

out quite

a professional

~vailable

or ,-,hen or why. ilny for which we do lmYe

is not particularly

aole to find

no longer

si tas can

howev~r, CM much be said

of the collection

a ~hotographic

hytun.

and arch;htectural

deal of infonnation

even below the ground.

gxtra

11.r.otograph:er and an·~iquarien.

Nevgrtheless,

of the society nou:::-ishes, no records some ?f those

must ha,,e been ta.ken with at

and det1ands of the society the photographs

its

of Dorchester-on-~har.ies

can be cited. This attractiire greatest

i::i::ortence;

E'.bbey of St.Peter site

village

contains the iron

and St.Paul

two archaeological

:Jf the

a~e eart111·1orks at Dyke Hills, of saxon and medieiral_date

of 'the J.onan to•.-m. Both were photographed

,a.,

sites

by Taunt.

.::nd -!:he

on the

c•nt

Toree different.vie•:rs

survive

age oppidum located are delimited

of !rJke Eills.

The site

tum

is a late

i=on

in the bend of the Thames. The l3lld-,,ard sides

by two massive

banks with

of these

banks were demolished,

national

opposition,

despite

in the 1870's.

ditch

be·tween them. :Farts

considerable

The first

local

phctograph,

a.'ld circa

1372,

indeed shows such d8lllage, with a ma11a:,anding by a partl::,r removed rampart.

It is likely

, Society

that

the Oxford .Architectural

sent ~aunt out t~ proviie

record

it f6r yosterity.

the ~ubstantiel,

. ! middle

are this

distance.

\ elevated

The third

position

of the dam~ge, and to

The second picture,

but in places

and human interest

evidence

and Historical

ciroa

time provided picture.of

about 1890 was taken from an

and showed how the earthwork

was divided

compound. The earthwork

today,

and the banks visible

in the far distance

of the first

l photograph have now gone. Earthwo_:::·ks, even of this size, 'texture'

but Taunt successfully

up by

looks as it does

Scale

by a small boy in the

and used as a stock

;I , easy to record, ,

reveals

broken down double earthwork.

fences I

187;,

captured

are never

the scale

end

of the ramparts.

The photographs

of the abbey are more traditional

and an:rway almost

identical

pictures

antir,u:::rian

could stil~

fare,

be taken today.

In circa

N~vertheless,

they are of very hig~ nuality.

took a detail

of the blocked Morman door on the 1·rest end of the

north views.

aisle,

and around 1890 took a series

They !nclude:1. yhotographs

architectural :plaster

details

of individual

such as re-used

r.ighlight

details

re•realed

3'J clever

of an intricately

of Sir John Holcombe) and ski1T1Uly r'?corded

of, the ~postle3

on ~he 12th century

lead font.

and internal

□ onu~1ents,

Rol!lan tiles

in -';he 1·1all o:;iposi te the south door.

Taunt ~anagedcto (posaibly

of external

1885 Taunt

and beneath

tts<: cf lig!:ting c?.rved effig-J the figures

Henry Taunt ·;;as not merely a photographer, '--

publishing himself.

business

which producec. a sertes

One of these

In this

he sensibly

was· entitled

~iecusses

village

Likewise,

on the basis

he located of finds

The abbey is adequately photog~aphs.

Dorchester

the site,

which he wrote

(Oxon) and its earthworks,

and correctly

Abbe''•

ref~rring

assigned

the Roman town tmder the pr~sf:mt

of coins,

described,

pottery

and inscriptions.

and illustrated

Although not a work of great

cclnverse.nt with contmporary

developed

of guides

the ~rke Hills

to ".!eltic coins found within the British.

but also

antiquarian

with his own

originality,

shows Taunt

and archaeological

thought

and method.

Another way in which Taunt revealed by his membership of the Ancient in the ilbion ·Although

Lodge at Oxford,

this

interest

a look at Taunt's Oxfordshire

old engravings

Rollright

stones

and his

a fin2l

suggests

that

section

da.~r, which only

,,3J.ue o.t' his

romantic

enhances

and

and illustrated

o~m photogr2.phs.

The folklore

bu~ he considered

the great

thought

and emotive earthworks

are described

on the modern Druids,

these

with of

stories

merely

in many, ma.-iy years". the book ceteals

a fair

antiquar- 3 of his

and ·1:1st1.ng archaeological

:,,hotogrephs.

'books have 'been published

on Hen17 Taunt md hills photog-:-aphs,

al though n::>ne of those mentioned The En.v.lancl of F.enry Taunt, Roulled~e

the same critical

Henry Taunt can ~e considered

interest,

the St~nehen.ge of

ideas which have grown up around it

~espite

was

He was prominent

a non-academi:)

Stones:

as to the :ess

had a whole chapter

as "quaint

?\-10

he applied

'l'he various

interests

and was for a time Noble ,u-:)h-Druid.

book The Rol1right

judgement to megaliths

plans,

Order of Druids.

might today indicate

shows that

and churches.

his antiquarian

Kegan Faul.

Victorian

Photogre:oher.

1973.

Henry T~unt of Oxford, O:dord Illustrated

are illustrated.

~ess.

A Victorian 1973.

Photogranher,

ed. BrJ~ll Bro\'m.

i-lalcolm Graha.-.i. fJ..!,

see over

DORRELL

CONTRIBUTOR· ot Archaeolog;:

Teaching photograph;, at the Institute The Institute UniYersity

of Archaeology is one of the many schools of the It occupies most ot a rather

of London.

dull

1950s building

on the north side of Gordon Square in Bloomsbury, custom-built at the time, and now bursting

at the seams.

Tarioue branches of archaeology,

or engaged in post-graduate

working tor higher degrees

and the rest

and .man,- ot the poet-graduates

to take a short course in archaeological

examinations

course;

photograph,- aa part of a general

or coneerYatiou

photograph,-,

also need to use photography in the preparation

In addition

and the one technician and prints,

in black-and-white

haTe to assume, usually

courees,

which consist

justifiably,

as focal length and depth of field,

of tungsten

also attended

other colleges

record accurately,

u:uora

with

and exposure

or at least

tor artifact

shown,

photography,

iilide :naldng, and printing.

With

and with the numbers inYolTed (the courses are

acne dozens ot students

ta.king archaeological

degrees in

teaching has to be more by we:, of lectures

than by practice.

Perhaps the most import.ant pert of the course lies of the principles

haTe no knowledge

ThECTare f•iliarized

They are taught,

and fiaeh lighting

of the UniTersit,-)

and demonstrations

of tiTe two-hour sessions,

with the use of tilters

work, film processing,

such a abort time aTailable

negatins

cameras, with basic concepts such

and with film characteristics.

and ot close-up

for the I..c.stibte

that the students

the handling and mechaniema of 35 ••

the principles

diesertations,

and colour.

at all of photography beyond holiday snaps.

meters,

of theses,

ve act as a serYice department

while many

spends most of his time malci.ng slides,

For the introductory -

are re'luired

a number take longer courses leading

in archaeological

and reports.

degrees in

research.

Ail the undergraduates

Theory and Practice

There are U8Uall:, some

about half ot whomare taking first

two hundred students,

for it

and aims of archaeolo~cal

in the discussions

photography:

and where the record ma,- become distorted.

.1..J..i.u.o..,.,_G_,'-.._

what it can

sec

I pp23/ .

25 In g!'lneral three

aims are reiterated:

•,ohether of a site

or of an artifact;

size

relationships,

that

photographs

ties

or differences

lighting,

the recording

the avoidance

tones or colours; of structures

In the longer

backgrounds, courses

using

the use of lith

panchromatic

including,

only briefly

siai

=~-

whim in the choice

the use of larger-format of course,

proficient

emulsions,

the use of camera

in operating,

and eome instruction

and IR. fil.llls and in direct

is covered

variable~.

learn

They should become reaao'nably

ar.d printing

printing

also

tion,

,:;f

may be compared without

or other

students

i n

a.~d the standP.riization

and objects

cameraa (6 x 9 cm. and 5 x 4 in.) movements.

of dietor

being masked by the photographer's

viewpoints,

o: in: :-

of a mllXi!llUII! g c

and fluorescent

of materials

- the cost

proc1tssing is given in

UV. Colour prohibits

very much

practice. Although are obvious

this

curriCulWII may sound fairly

enough.

needs a reasonable the trade.

tive

theoretical

In addition

archaeological likely

Like any other

reports

of learning

photographer

knowledge,

wholly in a teaching for::is only one part

the base-levels

and experience and in museums.

department

such as ours,

quay, or a palaeolithic

cave-site,

photography

our students

are working archaeologists,

art~facts.

all

Objects

over the world, are photographed

the ~ou:-se of conservation

the faqades

a water-

Inca aqueduct,

tell.

fact

and excavations

- an

for photographing

possess extensive

most of the staff

the most effec-

when the course

Photographing

Not only does the Institute that

Perhaps

particularly

preparation

of artifact

of the probl1tms

museum departaent

adequate

In the matter

such knowledge cannot be gain'!d

of a demanding timetable.

of a Sumerian

with the tools

is to work with an experienced

dig or in an efficient Certainly

photographer

idea of the requirements

to deal with such problems

Blo0111sbury is not an entirely mediaeval

and a familiarity

and publications,

scheme in fact.

the deficiencies

an archaeological

he or she needs a clear

on a well-run

apprenticeship

lo!ged

technician

to be met with on excavations way

comprehensive,

ensures

teaching

a constant

for study,

in the Institute

fare

rather

collections,

but the

engaged ~n surveys flow of sJ.l types of

for publication,

lsbo,o.tories.

oet:er.

and during

➔

anci

coins,

tablets

and seals,

flints,

pawri,

and carbonised

grain

- the Tariety

is enormous and there are few occaaions when students

cannot gain practice

with the aorta of artifact

in their

which the7 might encounter

particular

fields. What we tey to do, in general, gra~,

and to ghe

recording, artifact

is to teach the fundamentals

a basic knowledge of the requirements

and a familiarit7

photograph7 ve

and pitfalls

with apparatus and -terials.

can giTe

in the Institute;

field

of photoof

Experience of experience must be

gained elsewhere.

P. G. Dorrell

J.iT.1980

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On December 2Jrd 1685 a Dutch carven called Arnold Quellln, then workln~ in London, signed an agreement with the Earl of Strathmore to provide statues of the four Stuart Kings. Jaaes 1st was to be depleted in his royal robes, Charles 1st in armour and Charles llnd and James llnd in Roman costume although in different poses. The statues were to be 7 feet high and made of lead specially hardened and painted to look like brass. Quellln was to be responsible for packing them up and loading them onto a ship in the port of London for transporting to Scotland. Completion date was to be June 1st 1686 and Quellin was to receive a total fee of £160 for his work.

The statues were duly provided although Quellln died in September 16P.6. When the poet Gray visited Glamis in 1765 he described how he passed through three gates to an inner court adorned with statues of the four Stuart kings. A century later and the position had sadly changed for the worse. An account published in 1687 describes how the statues had been taken down and were lying out of sight, sadly mutllat.ed. ?erbapSf as a result of this report two of the statues were restored and still stand in front of the castle, the other two, pcsslbly damaged beyond repair, have disappeared • .Although the statue of ,rames 11 has been lost it is possible to visualise fairly accurately what it looked like, partly because it was included in a view of the castle engraved about 1750 and partly because it was said in an eighteenth century traveller's account to be like the statue of James 11 in Whitehall.. Fortunately the London statue still survives, although 1t now stands in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. Comparison between engraving and surviving statue show that the t.wo must indeed have been very similar so we do have a very good idea of what the Scottish James was like, The similarity is in fact so close that it raises a further question. The London James ls commonly attributed to Grinling Gibbons, but altho~h Gibbone wood carving was beyond compare his work in other materials was not in the same class. Since Quellin worked for Gibbons the possibility exists that the London James was in fa.et the work of Quellin and indeed that the two statues •ight have been caset from the same mould. Unfortunately such evidence as then•is does not confirm this; althou~n~ it is unlikely that the London statue was the work of Gibbons himself and proba~le that it was executed by others in his workship. However other craftsmen from the Low Countries were apparently involved, so althou~h Quellln may have had some hand in both the statues under discussion lt seelllS unlikely that the two were as closely related as seemed likely at first sight. ~!.R .Apted

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very interesting

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interests

with my own will be aware

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many readers

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Autumn sea of Steps,Wells Cathedral ... rnterior,Hever Church The Ford, Eynsford portrait,Chinese girl portrait,Bcn Homme portrait, Your Move church interior, GolJen Lectern church interior, Les Adeles Study, Just geometry Arthur Page ARPS,

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However,top marks for the above for the very good auality photographs sub mitted and for the effort. An excel.lent dinner aws enjoyed by all who attended the Saturday at Abingdon and •,1e are certain to repeat the experiment. The Chainnan would like to thank those that put themselves out on this occasion, the Societys thanks must also go out to the Hr Mole Restaurant for donating their premises and for the most excellent JiMer • Chnirman ••• ,,

------------------------~ NEWS The ROYAL ENGINEERS DIVING ESTABLISHMENT ROYAL~GUG:.RS'

!>IVERS M!D '!'!IE TUDOR':!ARSHIP "MARYRO.<;E"

The first serviceman. to dive using breathing apparatus was Colonel Pasley a pioneering Commandant of the Royal Engineers' School of Military Engineering and i:wentor of the electric detooa.tor. Between 1839 and 18115 Pasley' s divers successfully blew up wrecks that obstructed the passage into Portsmouth. As they completed the destruction of the ''Royal George" they were asked to r9move ti111bers ·· projectin,: from the seabed at the nearby site of the "Hary Rose". '#hen the:, departed th~ only trace of her location was a cross on a war office chart thst would later be discover!!d in 1966 by historian Alexander McKee and lead him to anke sonar surveys in the correct area. In 1969 at McKee's request divers from the Royal Engineers Diving School at Marchwood used water jets and air lifts to dig several deep trenches across the site. That :,ear they revealed 'timber structur.es 'lnd located the remains of an iron gun, and in following :,ears they recovered cannon and other artefacts. The decision to recover the "Hary Rose" was confirmed in 1980 and the Royal Engineers were asked for advice on underwater-engineering and for assistance with suitably qualified divers. The Army's Superintendent of Diving, Lt Col Peter Chitty mobilised the support of senior officers in the Ministry of Defence and proposed an outline recovery scheme. The Inspector of Diving, Capt Jon Brannam was appointed Project Officer and advisor on underwater engineering, to work with R J Crocker (Consultin~ Engineers) to develop the details of a number of recover:, options. In 1981 it was decided to recover "Mary Rose" by positioning over the site on 4 adjustable legs a rectangular lifting frame, and attaching it to the .hull with bracing ties connected to bolts drilled through up to 30" of timber; next a prefabricated cradle, lined ••ith a conformin~ mattress of special rubber fabric bags, would be placed nearby on the se:tbed and "Mary Rose" tr11nsferred unden1ater into it before being lifted to the ourface in her protectiTe 'locked box'. The plan received approval from the Defence Ministry Secretary of State as an official military training project such that many months work by up to 35 Engineer divers at a'time - worth over £300,000 - could be supplied at only a nominal charge, thus achievin~ two goals in one : valuable experience for Army divers, and suostantial Government aid to an historic pro,ject without having to give actual cash.

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phase of the recovery operation began in 1982 and Royal Engineers involved throughout : the diving barge "Sleipner" was refitted at Marc~wood, the Underwllter Lifting Frame•was l'lunched at Hythe and fitted out at Marchwood before being towed to site and positioned over the wreck, the cradle has been built at Marchwood on its ~ransport barge, and so~e 60 Sapper divers have dug over 300 tons of silt from around the hull during more than 2000 hours underwater as they ;,rep11re to tunnel ds;ht underneath "M:ar:, Rose" to m'lke her ready for recovery. have been heavily

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL ",!rouf>"' What is the

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(not that it needs improTi.ng 111indyou, its just an int~'!"esting subject) what .with the Bigger Camera, F.1.ectronic Flash and specialised Stui.o methods the way see■ed clear for AD exiting winter season,(all com11erclal firms were prepared to GIVEtheir time) but the whole project was b~ginin~ to get bigger than anticipated in Tiew of the 18 or 20 ~e■bers that cl!uld be counted upon to ~upport our activities, and now that we look like loosing the Sesaae Club off OroTesnor Squan, re;,.ly before we bad arranged 1118tters to suit our me■bers,it see■ed the better iJea to concentrate all that had been arranged into ~ne big super weekend, prorlding it did not cost as much as the other conferences being arranged by groups, well we pulled it off-a l,ot less- than £JO for a full residental weekend all found and about half for two separate days, (all good 111ealsincluded) n1e result is the distillation of what would otherwise be a thumping good Winter prografflllle,, P:Tery effort will be ■ade to proTide a London Presence aeetlng.so watch the General rRQ!Q2M!HIC PRESSfor the Gro!rp announce ■ents, as to what we han done with the winter progra-e:to begin with we will study ll)OEP.l'f electronic flash in depth in particular the very best techniques 1n eTery field,(not forget~lng the Archaoelogical aspect) more than one well known ■ake will be aTailable in our very own Confercnce·studio, ••••••••••• 11iose of us who know it all. can enjoy watchin~ others having a go,(I bags first go) 8•1t just so that one does not ,;et the i111presslon that Flash is all,Polaroid haTe been inTited to show their BIO film and talking of fil111s,well I wont giTe it all away just ye1:, lfuseU111 techniques will be ~xplored in full and special fil■ processing will go under a lldcroscope,as manr de110nstrations• as we have ti111efor will be the order of the day, takin~ second place only to ■enber participation in the Work3hop periods, so DOBRING your cuera and a bit of fil■ ,Being Technology Year this year we ,nay be a little late, but we did think of it this Iear (IT, get ll ?-!nterna.tional Iechnology Year). ooc,h., ... In keeping with the getting to-getber policy we started vith,delegates are requested to bring along a short paper they haTe written (typed if you would like it published in npROOf")on any pet subject they '!'8Yfeel strongly about. These will make excellent 1UPICS to giTe us a chance to have a rest from all the workshop fag, ~~ when sitting down after dinner or oTer coffee the "Syn(SIN ?) sorry S)'lllposilllllpart will take place, giTe indlTiduals

a great opportunity

to co-unicate vith other delegates on a topic of their choice,If are too shy to read their own papers then a 111ember TOlounteer list will be formed to read for you,how about that for orgailisation? Please,try to keep the subject interestin~ and or contr.>Tersd, rememberany subject fro1115 l!l.inutes to half hour 11tl\:d11111111,( the coffee w0uld get cold) There is a little ti•e left should any 111einber like the Committee to include a special subject into the programnie,(just ring the Chaiman or Vice Chainaan) A word of adTice, DONTbe put off by the amount of flash that will be used in these ~-orkshops, its only the means to an end, rr YOUare not the least interested in what na~ is •11 about these ~ays then the Tariety of subjects before your Ter-y eyes must in tbem-

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~nly diTUlge at this time that the diTerse subject matt~r chosen within the vorksbopll theiasehes will haYc sol!lethi.n« of interest for all, RD<EMBERBOOICTIIGS DEFO~~ 7th ill':C~:SF.'R 196;:,