6-512: The National Photographic Record Association was established in 1897 to create a record of English life, towns and landscapes. It emerged as part of the Photographic Record and Survey Movement which sought to record a range of objects and phenomena of social and physical landscapes undergoing rapid change, and as a result of the expansion of photography as a pastime in the nineteenth century. The National Photographic Record Association (NPRA)
12-646: A voluntary basis. Initially many of the prints were donated to the British Museum . Their collection has now been handed to the Victoria and Albert Museum . In May 1910, with a growing concentration of survey work at a local level, it was announced that the NPRA had done its work, and that the time had arrived when it could retire and leave the work to be carried on by local societies. William Jerome Harrison William Jerome Harrison FGS (16 March 1845 – 6 June 1908),
18-566: Was a British geologist, science writer, and amateur photographer who wrote several textbooks on chemistry, physics, photography, and geology, including the first geological book illustrated with photographs. Born in Hemsworth , Yorkshire , he was educated at Westminster Training College , and afterwards for two years at Cheltenham College . For many years he was curator of the Leicester Town Museum . In 1880 he moved to Birmingham , where he
24-772: Was appointed Chief Science Master under the Birmingham School Board . His books include A History of Photography , The Chemistry of Photography , and Geology of the Counties of England and of North and South Wales . Harrison is also credited with being the founder of the National Photographic Record and Survey Movement which led to the formation of the National Photographic Record Association in 1897. He edited, jointly with Edward W. Badger, volumes 1 to 9 of The Midland Naturalist ,
30-594: Was first proposed in 1889 by William Jerome Harrison and presented to the Royal Photographic Society in his 1892 paper A National Photographic Record and Survey . Although the society rejected his idea, five years later, in September 1897, John Benjamin Stone adopted Harrison's ideas and established the NPRA for "a photographic survey of the three kingdoms, not forgetting the principality" . The Association's aim
36-423: Was to create a record of historical interest for the future, forming a national memory bank in order to foster "a national pride in the historical associations of the country, or neighbourhood, in family traditions, or in personal associations." During its thirteen years of operation, 5,883 prints were collected by photographers including Benjamin Stone, Edgar Scamell and many others. All contributions were made on
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