#AlfredBuckham

Chris Pilley

@chrispilley.bsky.social

2 months ago

‘Buckham’s Aerial Camera’ | Chris_P We went to the Alfred Buckham Exhibition in Edinburgh today. Among the exhibits was this 1916 leather-and-metal camera, which this extraordinary...

‘Buckham’s Aerial Camera’

The 1916 leather-and-metal camera that the pioneering aerial photographer, Alfred Buckham, used to take his photographs, strapped to the cockpit seat.
#Blipfoto #photography #AlfredBuckham #aerialphotography, #vintagecamera #Edinburgh #NGS
www.blipfoto.com/entry/345386...

@mixdevil66.bsky.social

3 months ago

The trail-blazing #aerialphotos of a daredevil #WW1 pilot. Having survived 9 crash landings, #AlfredBuckham created some of the earliest & most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images. To achieve them, he risked his life, employing perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

Chris Pilley

@chrispilley.bsky.social

3 months ago

‘Couds, Cameras, and Courage’ | Chris_P Fascinating talk today about that maverick of early aerial photography, Alfred Buckham. The images he created—following a career in...

‘Clouds, Cameras, and Courage’

Fascinating talk today about that maverick of early aerial photography, Alfred Buckham.

#Blipfoto #AlfredBuckham #photography #aerialphotography #talk #exhibition #Edinburgh #NGS #TigerMoth #DanRichards #NicholasJRWhite

www.blipfoto.com/entry/343756...

BornToBeBlueUnderABadSign

@borntobeblueunderabadsign.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

4 months ago

'There was no holding on': The trail-blazing aerial photos of a daredevil WW1 pilot Aviator Alfred Buckham created some of the earliest and most awe-inspiring bird's-eye images – to achieve them, he employed perilous, death-defying acts of ingenuity.

Alfred Buckham: Daredevil Photographer alla National Portrait Gallery of Scotland, fino al 19 aprile 2026

www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251030...

#fotografia #1GM #WWI #aerei #aviazione #storia #guerra #AlfredBuckham

Artraction

@artraction.bsky.social

11 months ago

Alfred Buckham (1879-1956)
"Aerial view: Thames and Tower Bridge, London", 1920s
#photography #aerialphotography #plane #London #Thames #towerbridge #AlfredBuckham #Buckham #landscape