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Welcome to another Luminous-Lint Newsletter.

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To all Luminous-Lint subscribers and contributors I'd like to say thanks for your continuing support.

Some statistics on Luminous-Lint

The saga continues...

Luminous-Lint uses 115,230 photographs from 3,821 different collections around the world to create detailed and well structured histories of photography.

Luminous-Lint includes 1,032 distinct, but interlinked, histories of photography that are evolving on a regular basis.

Details on 21,041 photographers, using 50,276 different names, are included on Luminous-Lint with examples whenever possible.

The connections between photographs are critical to understanding and Luminous-Lint includes 13,175 visual indexes to assist.

The granularity of photohistory becomes ever finer as the hundreds of millions of connections improve.

Occupationals

A.A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, included the rhyme "Cherry Stones" in his collection Now We are Six, (1927):

Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief,
Or what about a cowboy, policeman, jailer, engine driver, or a pirate chief?
Or what about a ploughman or a keeper at the zoo,
Or what about a circus man who lets the people through?
Or the man who takes the pennies on the roundabouts and swings,
Or the man who plays the organ or the other man who sings?
Or what about the rabbit man with rabbits in his pockets
And what about a rocket man who's always making rockets?
Oh it's such a lot of things there are and such a lot to be
That there's always lots of cherries on my little cherry tree.

Within photohistory occupational is used in the Mirriam-Webster definition "of or relating to a job or occupation." On Luminous-Lint there is an entire theme dedicated to Occupationals with over 2,700 of the finest examples throughout the history of photography. These include the obvious examples by August Sander, Irving Penn, Lewis W. Hine along with the series from Russia by William Carrick and J. Monstein. There are also the tipos series from Mexico by François Aubert, Merille and Cruces & Campa. From China the studio studies of occupations by William Saunders and Baron Raimund von Stillfried are shown.

Some occupationals are so plentiful that books could be prepared on each of them. Street vendors, barbers, water carriers, carpenters, woodworkers, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, miners and sailors are all well-represented. Members of the fire, police, military and those connected with medicine and nursing are widely collected.

Unidentified photographer, "Woman telegrapher", 1850 (ca), Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 ins (image), Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, © Nelson Gallery Foundation, LL/58132

This daguerreotype may be the earliest showing a woman telegrapher but it also highlights how the professions and labours of women are underrepresented in the photographic record. On Luminous-Lint I attempt to bring together as many occupationals of women as I can but the boundaries between domestic chores and paid occupations can be difficult to determine.

John Cooper (Wigan), "Portrait of an unidentified female coal worker with a spade and sieve", n.d., Carte de visite, National Museums Scotland, History of Science, Howarth-Loomes Collection, Museum Reference: IL.2003.44.4.133, LL/68294

Domestic servants, kitchen maids, nannies can be found but I'm sure that many roles are missed.

V. Jensen (Odense, [Denmark]), Two kitchen girls at work.", n.d., Carte de visite, Private collection of Gerhard Ryding, LL/113331

Each theme on Luminous-Lint improves every day and if you haven't taken a look in a while I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Still a long way to go but the photohistory mesh is being pulled ever tighter.

My grateful thanks to all those involved in pushing Luminous-Lint forward.

Photohistory Quests - Progress to date (2 November 2021)

We have now completed 524 photohistory quests and uncovered many photographs hidden away in private collections. Thanks to everybody who is participating by sharing examples and leads to institutional examples.

PHOTOHISTORY QUESTS:

FIFTH SERIES: 401-500

401. India: Delhi: Qutub Minar - Qutb Minar - Kutub Minar (13 June 2021)
402. The Temples of Paestum, Italy (14 June 2021)
403. Bedouin (16 June 2021)
404. Nicaragua and surrounding countries (17 June 2021)
405. The peoples of South America (18 June 2021)
406. Bananas, their varieties, cultivation, transportation and sale (20 June 2021)
407. Hinduism, temples, rituals and adherents (21 June 2021)
408. Scientific instruments and equipment (22 June 2021)
409. Scientific laboratories (23 June 2021)
410. Cowboys from any part of the world (24 June 2021)
411. The purity of the horizon (25 June 2021)
412. Artworks made by photographers besides photographs (26 June 2021)
413. Artworks by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (27 June 2021)
414. Scotland - Mountains, Glens and Rivers (28 June 2021)
415. Photographs, or illustrations, of display boards and cases for photographs (29 June 2021)
416. Snow sheds (30 June 2022) 417. Post-mortem photographs of identified people (1 July 2021)
418. Butchers (2 July 2021)
419, Continuity shots and film stills (3 July 2021)
420. Backgrounds and foregrounds in African photo studios (4 July 2021)
421. The use of text and calligraphy in portraiture (5 July 2021)
422. Bullfighting, the rings and those involved (6 July 2021)
423. Stereograph military portraits (7 July 2021)
424. Mourning clothing (8 July 2021)
425. Skin diseases (9 July 2021)
426. Suburbia (10 July 2021)
427. Booths where the public could obtain portraits of celebrities (11 July 2021)
428. The Hell's Angels and motorcycle gangs from anywhere in the world (12 July 2021)
429. Constantinople - Istanbul: Obelisk of Theodosius (13 July 2021)
430. Poor quality control on card-mounted photographs (14 July 2021)
431. Negatives for card-mounted photographs (15 July 2021)
432. Francis Bedford in Wales (16 July 2021)
433. Photographic studio day books and sample boards (17 July 2021)
434. Photographic copies of silhouettes (20 July 2021)
435. Train wheels at rest or in motion (21 July 2021)
436. Singing troupes and bands (22 July 2021)
437. The Olympics (23 July 2021)
438. The Olympics - Swimming and diving (24 July 2021)
439. The Olympics - Cycling (25 July 2021)
440. The Olympics - Track and Field (26 July 2021)
441. The Olympics - Boxing (27 July 2021)
442. The Olympics - Soccer (28 July 2021)
443. The Olympics - Tennis (29 July 2021)
444. Dating by buildings and features of the urban environment (30 July 2021)
445. Self portraits taken with a string or a rubber squeeze ball and pneumatic tube opening the shutter (2 August 2021)
446. Mountain climbers and mountain guides (3 August 2021)
447. The Linked Ring Brotherhood (4 August 2021)
448. The finest Daguerreotype group portraits (5 August 2021)
449. The finest salt paper print group portraits (6 August 2021)
450. Ambrotype group portraits (7 August 2021)
451. Albumen print group portraits (8 August 2021)
452. Gelatin silver print group portraits (9 August 2021)
453. The flooring of identified Daguerreian photographic studios (10 August 2021)
454. Table cloths in identified Daguerreian photographic studios (11 August 2021)
455. Balustrades in Daguerreian photographic studios (12 August 2021)
456. Headwear and hair ornamentation for women (13 August 2021)
457. Photochroms (14 August 2021)
458. Beds of famous people (15 August 2021)
459. Paperweights with photographs of places (16 August 2021)
460. Headwear and hair ornamentation for men (17 August 2021)
461. The material culture of non-Western societies (18 August 2021)
462. The Sutherland Sisters (19 August 2021)
463. Early photographs showing Leica cameras (20 August 2021)
464. The photographs of Antoine-François-Jean Claudet (21 August 2021)
465. The photographs of Richard Beard (23 August 2021)
466. Egypt: Cairo: Cemeteries and tombs of the Mamalukes (24 August 2021)
467. Jerusalem: Arch of Ecce Homo (25 August 2021)
468. Fiji (26 August 2021)
469. Dry docks (27 August 2021)
470. Zulus (28 August 2021)
471. Rats and rat catchers (29 August 2021)
472. Measuring humanity (30 August 2021)
473. Graffiti (31 August 2021)
474. Petra and other archaeological sites in Jordan (1 September 2021)
475. Search lights and tracer bullets (2 September 2021)
476. Dancers (3 September 2021)
477. Alphonse Bertillon and the measurement of criminals (4 September 2021)
478. Fakes and forgeries - their prevention and detection using photography (5 September 2021)
479. Sideshow performers, living museums and circus acts (6 September 2021)
480. The Russian Revolution (7 September 2021)
481. Ambrotypes showing objects (8 September 2021)
482. Swings as studio props (9 September 2021)
483. Ladders (10 September 2021)
484. Vorticism (11 September 2021)
485. Staircases (12 September 2021)
486. Kitchen utensils, pots and pans, serving dishes, tableware and glasses (13 September 2021)
487. Elections (14 September 2021)
488. Mt. Everest and nearby peaks (15 September 2021)
489. Street photography, 1890-1915 (16 September 2021)
490. St. Petersburg, Russia (17 September 2021)
491. The Sequoias of the American West Coast (20 September 2021)
492. Souks and markets of North Africa and the Middle East (21 September 2021)
493. Symbolic representations of trees (22 September 2021)
494. Machu Picchu (23 September 2021)
495. Posing chairs and sofas for children (24 September 2021)
496. Albumen print still lifes (25 September 2021)
497. Floral memorials and floral wreaths (28 September 2021)
498. Locomotive Works (29 September 2021)
499. Antwerp (30 September 2021)
500. Shafts of light (1 October 2021)

SIXTH SERIES: 501-524

501. Gas masks (2 October 2021) 502. Joy (4 October 2021) 503. Fictions and fabricated realities (5 October 2021)
504. Carpenters and wheelwrights (7 October 2021)
505. Daguerreotypes taken by daguerreotypists of their own families (8 October 2021)
506. Calotypes and salt prints taken by photographers of their own families (9 October 2021)
507. Kissing (11 October 2021)
508. Legs (12 October 2021)
509. Doorways and doors to cathedrals, churches, abbeys and monasteries (13 October 2021)
510. The Royal Family of Hawaii (14 October 2021)
511. Pre-1920 fashion photography (15 October 2021)
512. Tulips (16 October 2021)
513. H. Schnaebeli: Der Deutsche Krieg von 1870. Metz und Umgebung (18 October 2021)
514. Sculptural busts (19 Ocober 2021)
515. Exploration and travel in South America (20 October 2021)
516. Zoos (21 October 2021)
517. Islamic architecture in India (22 October 2021)
518. Propaganda (25 October 2021)
519. People at the window (26 October 2021)
520. Sewers and their construction (27 October 2021)
521. Portugal (28 October 2021)
522. Screenshots of the photohistory-related digital apps you use (29 October 2021)
523. Unintended insects on the negative or positive (1 November 2021)
524. How have birthdays been celebrated with photography? (2 November 2021)

The photographs uploaded have now been fully integrated into Luminous-Lint to provide a richer understanding of photohistory. The updating of the texts is continuing.

FACEBOOK group: PHOTOHISTORY QUESTS

Here the photographs are not limited to a technique or date as I'm delving into the outer reaches of what is available in photography. My deepest appreciation to all of you who have participated in the QUESTS to date and you can see everybody who has provided images to Luminous-Lint here:

Luminous-Lint: Acknowledgements

Thanks again for all your help over the years.

Free Trial of Luminous-Lint

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Getting around

Stereographs Project

Library

Video feeds, audio feeds, and enhanced media documents

Welcome

Thanks for your support

Some statistics on Luminous-Lint

Occupationals

Photohistory Quests - Progress to date (2 November 2021)

Free Trial of Luminous-Lint

Educational subscriptions

Recently updated Themes

Getting around

PhotographersConnectionsDirectory

Stereographs Project

Library

Video feeds, audio feeds, and enhanced media documents

Welcome

Thanks for your support

Some statistics on Luminous-Lint

Occupationals

Photohistory Quests - Progress to date (2 November 2021)

Free Trial of Luminous-Lint

Educational subscriptions

Recently updated Themes