Photograph
| Artist/Maker |
Arthur Banfield was a versatile photographer practising around 1900-1930. He worked in a range of genres, including pictorial photographs, portraits and landscapes to photo micrography. Banfield became a member of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) in 1920 and was admitted as a Fellow in 1921. He was very active within the RPS lecture circuit and also wrote many articles for The Photographic Journal.
Object details
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| Brief description | Photograph by Arthur Clive Banfield, Aerial view of Manhattan, 1930s, gelatin silver print |
| Physical description | Black and white aerial photograph depicting the island of Manhattan and surrounding New York. Skyscrapers are visible on the southern point of the island, closest to the photographer. There are boats in the river surrounding the island. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Airmap Corporation of America, N.Y. |
| Credit line | Given by the Estate of Peter Moyse |
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| Summary | Arthur Banfield was a versatile photographer practising around 1900-1930. He worked in a range of genres, including pictorial photographs, portraits and landscapes to photo micrography. Banfield became a member of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) in 1920 and was admitted as a Fellow in 1921. He was very active within the RPS lecture circuit and also wrote many articles for The Photographic Journal. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2828-2016 |
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| Record created | December 1, 2016 |
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