§ Alfred G. Buckham (1879/80-1956) Edinburgh, c.1920
§ Alfred G. Buckham (1879/80-1956) Edinburgh, c.1920 gelatin silver print photograph, 45.8 x 38.5cm, showing an aerial view of Edinburgh from the north-west, looking towards Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat with Edinburgh Castle in the foreground, mounted, framed and glazed, signed and titled by the photographer in pencil on the mount ('Edinburgh, Alfred G. Buckham Capt., late RAF'), oxidisation along edges Qty: (1) Note: Alfred Buckham served as head of aerial reconnaissance for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War and subsequently as an officer in the RAF. Despite being invalided out of the RAF after several near-fatal crashes that left him permanently disabled, he went on to achieve renown as a photographer specialising in aerial views 'of such poetic sweep and majesty that ... they remain singular achievements in the art of aerial image making' (American Photographer, August 1989).
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§ Alfred G. Buckham (1879/80-1956) Edinburgh, c.1920 gelatin silver print photograph, 45.8 x 38.5cm, showing an aerial view of Edinburgh from the north-west, looking towards Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat with Edinburgh Castle in the foreground, mounted, framed and glazed, signed and titled by the photographer in pencil on the mount ('Edinburgh, Alfred G. Buckham Capt., late RAF'), oxidisation along edges Qty: (1) Note: Alfred Buckham served as head of aerial reconnaissance for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War and subsequently as an officer in the RAF. Despite being invalided out of the RAF after several near-fatal crashes that left him permanently disabled, he went on to achieve renown as a photographer specialising in aerial views 'of such poetic sweep and majesty that ... they remain singular achievements in the art of aerial image making' (American Photographer, August 1989).
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