The photography of Bedford Lemere & Co
By: Nicholas Cooper
Publisher: English Heritage
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Swindon [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781848020610
Subjects: Bedford Lemere & Co; Architectural photography
Description: Bedford Lemere & Co was the pre-eminent English firm of architectural photographers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Taking photographs at a time of extraordinary change and unparalleled optimism, its customers were leading architects, designers, industrialists, estate agents, hoteliers and retailers. Over the years Bedford Lemere & Co. photographed country houses, factories, hospitals, shops, banks, railway stations, cruise liners and, during the First World War, armaments manufacture. Its work centred on London, but it received commissions throughout the British Isles and occasionally from abroad. The firm's work was technically outstanding and executed with a distinctive sympathy for its subject matter. Its photographs are perfect illustrations of the buildings of a confident age--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285) and index.