News
Events and Occasions, Ceremonial, Charitable and Social etc.
Happenings being attended, or photographed by, or simply of interest to J. S. Library, all as part of the J.S. Scene.
A Celebration of the Queen’s 80th Birthday
Great pictures of the “Queen” such as you will
never see again and Fine Portraits of “The Real Queen”.
Taken by the “Photographers of Royalty” J.S.
Library International.
John Shelley, (Royal Photographer)
Barry Mailer,
Paul Mailer,
Possibly the three most experienced Photographers of Royalty
in the World.
These are the definitive pictures of the Queen and the Duke
of Edinburgh, definitive in that they define what the Queen
is and what she does.
The Queen of our Country, The people, and the Commonwealth
representing the greatest Monarchy the World has ever known.
These are the True and great pictures of the Queen.
Featured Photographer
Our first Featured Photographer J.S.
Featured Photographers a new section introduced
this month) is Katrina Cole, her
work falls within the Genre of Abstract or Fine Art Photography,
she describes it specifically as “Alternative Art Photography”.
New Age Photography
An exhibition is being shown in the Cyber
Gallery by a young photographer Katarzyna Krzywania, It’s
entitled Cutting
Edge-2006. It
is So New, So Modern, So cutting Edge in content, it embraces
no style of the past or even the present, it is of the future,
it is not trendy God forbid; it is
New, The New Talent we said you would see
on this Site.
Trendies of course die as soon as they are born; they have
no style, no style of their own the adopted trend is
their style, no substance, no value, vacuous creatures. Experience
and knowledge which give value and substance to any endeavour
are absent and they eschew such values.
So take note of Katarzyna Krzywania, she is
not trendy, she has style and her work has substance and value.
Art Photography
Take a look at an Exhibition in the
Cyber Gallery entitled Within-Without. Art
Photography at its best and most creative, this is the work
of a young lady photographer Christina Foulger.
It is of outstanding quality
An Observation: On Art Photography
Gallery 100
!00 Great Pictures
Take a look at Gallery 100, 3
Gallery pages now showing 48 great pictures.
We ask you to submit your pictures to see if they are suitable
for inclusion in this most Prestigious of Galleries.
Mel Beasley
Congratulations to Photographer Mel Beasley.
We are proud to announce that one of
our Photographers Mel
Beasley whose work appears
on this site has been awarded an associateship of
both the R.P.S. and the B.P.P.A.
Commissioning Photography
If you wish to commission a photographer
for whatever reason then for general details check Photographers
Representation and for specific details check Commissioned
Photography
27/10/2005 • Prince
Charles
The Prince of Wales visits Nelson in Lancashire.
Take Note of the Prince talking to Muslim Girls wearing their
Headdress and also their school Blazers an indication of the
teaching of Tolerance, Respect and Sensibility that is taught
at Nelson High school.
Certain Politicians would do well to take note.
13/10/2005 • Princess
Alexandra
Princess Alexandra visits Chawton House.
Pictures of a very fashionable Lady including a Wonderful
Portrait.
Gallery
02/07/2005 • Princess
Michael
Sparks Polo. A
very fashionable Royal Lady.
Gallery
Portfolios
Check out Portfolios an exciting
new section detailing portfolios of work of every genre of
Visual Creativity, check particularly the J.S.
Seven Wonders, Nationalistic
Icons and Virtual Reality Portfolios.
Your contributions to this section are particularly welcome.
Essays
Eggleston :
“Eggleston was the leading apostle of colour photography
in the 1970’s one of a group of brave artists who pursued
like a subversive faith their belief in colour.”
Such was the utter nonsense written in the Times by Joanna
Pitman who it seems should be noted by her Ignorance of that
of which she writes on Photography.
Read on …
Diane Arbus :
Misrepresented- Misunderstood- Misinterpreted-by
both her critics who seem to be conned by her “estate” and
by the administrators of her “estate” who, as are
many others in the business, simply interested in their percentage.
Read on …
The Paparazzi:
“The chroniclers of today’s
society encouraged and disparaged at the same time.”
Read On…
Photographic Agents:
Is photographic knowledge an attribute you would expect
of the modern Photographic Agent? If it is, in many cases
you are likely to be very disappointed.
Read On…
Criticism
Sontag:
“A Journalist of Stature.
But she shows, I feel in her Critiques on Photography an
aesthetic awareness rather than a visual literacy.”
Food Photography:
“It is astonishing how so
many of the new people of today connected with the photography
of food seem to be so visually illiterate”
Comments & Debate
Visitors to our site, express their comments, on our Comments.
Let us have your view on everything and anything.
Observations
Objective Visuality and comment without prejudice
The essence of Visual literacy.
Featured Photographers
Check for details of the structure and layout of this
new Section:
Featured Photographers
For details of how to become a Featured Photographer
check:
Commissioning
of Photographers
Who better than Top Qualified
Photographers of unrivalled experience to
advise and guide you in the choice of Photographers for any particular assignment. See:
Chelsea
Flower Show
A few of this year’s
shots can be seen in the following Gallery:
Comment
Check Dissertations and Essays (Comments) for
photographers comments re our criticisms etc
Weddings
In Kent
Do you live in Kent? Would you like
one of the best and most creative photographers in the business
in Kent to photograph your wedding? Check with us, Connect
Photojournalism
If you have interests in Photojournalism in particular, then
take a look at an essay by John Shelley. A rather critical
and perhaps controversial essay with particular reference to
views expressed in foto 8 magazine
See
also our critical appraisal of Photographic Magazines
And
finally our new section
Features and Photojournalism
Please e-mail us your comments, We will print them favourable
or otherwise.
The
Royal Mail Stamp
The Royal Mail 1st class stamp commemorating
the Trooping of the Colour
Issued on the 7th of June.
The picture on the stamp, a portrait of the
Queen taking the Salute from the Royal Grenadier Guards was
taken by John Shelley, an example of one of the many fine photographs
taken of this event over the last 28 years by John Shelley.
The Issue of this stamp has so far resulted in four newspapers,
one magazine interview and a live British forces network radio
interview.
The original image can be seen here: (click
thumbnail for larger image)
Examples of the material taken over the last
28 years can be seen in:
A selection of material taken this year can
be seen in the:
Royal Ascot
We have attended Royal Ascot and Photographed
at Royal Ascot since 1978 until now, 28 Years, an unequalled
record.
On this occasion as many of you will know The Royal
Ascot meeting was held at York. We attended on each day.
A small selection of pictures is shown in Gallery 2005.
Gallery: Ascot 2005
A general selection of material taken over the last 28 years
is shown in the following Gallery.
09/03/2005 • Duchess of Gloucester
Duchess of Gloucester, Patron National Missing Persons Helpline, attends a Concert at Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street W1.
Gallery
(Print & File sizes and Pricing)
31/01/2005 • Princess Alexandra
Princess Alexandra attends a reception given by the Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations to launch the Elizabeth Maxwell Research Fund, Middle Temple Hall.
(Print & File sizes and Pricing)
Chelsea Flower Show
Being held this year from 24th to the 28th of May. Check with us for full details.
This event will be covered by J.S. Library and if you have any particular interest please let us know as soon as possible, we may then be able to arrange to accommodate your requirements.
A small selection of photographs of previous years shows can be seen in the following Galleries.
Trooping The Colour 2005
Being held this year on the 11th of June.
Camilla Parker Bowles (Duchess of Cornwall) will be married to the Prince of Wales by then and it is a real possibility that she will be present at this year’s ceremony.
If you have any particular interest let us know as soon as possible.
A small selection of photographs of previous years’ events can be seen on the following Gallery:
I think you could say that our collection of material of this event is the best available. An unparalleled selection of material from 1978 to the present time is available.
The Garter Ceremony
This event this year will take place on the 13th of June. This is an extraordinary event producing some wonderful ceremonial pictures. Superb Postcard, Calendar and Poster material, check the gallery for some pictures of real consequence.
The Garter Ceremony
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