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JGSGB Specialist Talk – Sun 29 Aug 2021 2pm – with Stephen Gill – "Dating Old Photographs"

Our next Sunday meeting in the JGSGB Virtual Meeting Programme is a specialist talk on a photographic theme by Zoom.

 



Date: Sunday 29 August 2021
• Time: 14:00 London; 09:00 New York; 16:00 Jerusalem; 07:00 Salt Lake City
• Title: "Dating Old Photographs"
• Speaker: Stephen Gill
• Description: Many of us have inherited gorgeous family photographs, but do we always know exactly who is in them or when the pictures were taken? Imagine being able to flesh out your family history by adding contextual photographs from the precise time period you are researching.

We are delighted to welcome professional photographer and photography teacher, Stephen Gill, to teach us how you can tell a story about an old photograph and help date it. Steve will be presenting some guidance about how to get the most out of your old family photographs as well as how to date them. At the end of the talk we hope you will look at your photos in a different way and be able to enjoy them more.




About Stephen Gill
Steve has been a photographer for nearly 50 years and a photo-restorer for almost 20. He is also a trained teacher of photography to degree level and last year was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society – the first photo-restorer to achieve that level. Last year he also wrote his first book “The Family Detective” which is an extended and more detailed version of the talk and is currently working on a new book “Dating By Details” which is purely aimed at guiding people to be able to date their own photos from fashion and other details.

After the talk, there will be an opportunity for Q&A on the talk.

The invitation to register is below, but please keep it to yourself!

If you have problems joining please email chairman@jgsgb.org.uk, preferably in the 15 minutes before the meeting proper starts.


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Leigh Dworkin is inviting you to register for a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: JGSGB Specialist Talk: "Dating Old Photos" by Stephen Gill
When: Aug 29, 2021 02:00 PM London

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qc-GoqzkjHtX0qD77z7-rwnmuWcDoMNBw


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Keep well!

Leigh Dworkin
Chairman, JGSGB

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