Alfred John West

**Alfred John West FRGS** (1857–1937) wani mai ɗaukar hoto ne na ruwa ɗan Birtaniya wanda ya lashe kyautar gwarzon mai ɗaukar hoto a kamfanin Gosport na G. West and Son tun daga 1881 (don duba kundin Nunin Ƙungiyar Hotuna ta Burtaniya ) kuma tun daga 1897 yana da shekaru 40, ƙwararren mai ɗaukar hoto ne a fannin fina-finai . Daga nan ya kasance mai himma a dukkan mukaman biyu har zuwa 1913 lokacin da ya sayar da haƙƙin mallaka nasa a cikin takardun nazarin jiragen ruwa ga Beken of Cowes, da kuma kundin fim ɗinsa mai kyau a 1916 ga wani mai rarrabawa, James Joseph Bennell, mamallakin: BB Film Hiring Service, 81, Dunlop Street, a Glasgow (duba 'The Bioscope' - Alhamis 7 ga Satumba 1916 shafi na 944 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/the-bioscope ) Bayan rufe kasuwancin, an sayar da hannun jarin fim ɗin ga 'Argosy Film Co. Ltd' a 1917, wani kamfani kuma ya yi rijista a 81 Dunlop Street a ranar 2 ga Agusta 1917 (Duba 'The Bioscope' - Alhamis 20 ga Satumba 1917 shafi na 6) wanda ke cikin harkar fina-finai har zuwa shekarun 1920 amma aka soke shi a 1930, kasuwancin ya koma 'Audible Filmcraft' wanda da kansa aka rufe shi a 1931. Ana kyautata zaton an canja wurin fim ɗin mai kyau daga West zuwa BB Hiring ba tare da kammala siyan ba.

West ya tabbatar a cikin tarihin rayuwarsa da ba a buga ba '', Sea Salts and Celluloid'' (1936) cewa ya sayar da kasuwancin hayar fim ɗin ga wani mai rarraba fim ɗin Glasgow don a biya shi tsawon shekaru da yawa amma ya "riƙe da abubuwan da ba su da kyau". Duk da haka, ba a taɓa biyansa ba kuma ba za a iya gano mafi yawan fina-finan ba yanzu. Akwai wasu faifan bidiyo masu ban sha'awa kamar cikakken kundin bayanai a cikin Laburaren Burtaniya na duk fim ɗin da ya ƙirƙira a ƙarƙashin alamar 'Our Navy'. An sami wasu faifan bidiyo masu yuwuwa a cikin tarin kan layi na Cibiyar Fina-finai ta Burtaniya kuma waɗanda aka gano zuwa yanzu an jera su akan gidan yanar gizon Our Navy . An sayar da hannun jarin faranti mara kyau na AJ West ga Beken of Cowes a cikin 1913 kuma yanzu (2020) ana shirya shi don siyarwa a matsayin cikakken tarihin kwafi na jiragen ruwa ta Brett Gallery Midhurst Hampshire . An ce faranti na West suna da lambobi daga 500 zuwa 10250 a cikin tarihin Beken/Brett. Alfred West ya mutu a 1937 kuma an binne shi a Highland Road Cemetery Portsmouth a Hampshire (E Plot, Row 19, Grave 14). An ƙirƙiri tarin bayanai masu yawa game da ayyukan West daga 2020 zuwa yau (an nuna sabon gyara a cikin takardar).

## Kasuwanci
Daga kimanin shekara ta 1880, Alfred John West ya yi aiki tare da 'yan uwansa maza da mata a kamfanin daukar hoto na mahaifinsa George West mai suna 'G West', sannan bayan shekara ta 1880, ya yi aiki tare da 'yan uwansa mata a kamfanin daukar hoto na mahaifinsa George West mai suna 'G West'.1879 'G West and Son' a 97 High Street a Gosport, Hants, sannan daga baya a 72 da 84 Palmerston Road Southsea . Ya zama shahararren mai ɗaukar hoto na ruwa a ƙasa da ƙasa, inda ya lashe lambobin yabo da dama na ƙasa da ƙasa saboda karatunsa na jiragen ruwa a cikin cikakken jirgin ruwa. Hotonsa na *Mohawk* wanda ya lashe gasar Royal Southampton Yacht Club Regatta a 1888 an ba shi lambar zinare a taron St. Louis na Amurka wanda wasu ƙasashe tara suka fafata a kansa.

A shekara ta 1897 ya koma sabuwar fasahar 'Living' ko 'Animed' Pictures, kuma a shekara ta 1898, kamfaninsa na fim mai suna 'Our Navy' wanda ke cikin wani kamfani mai suna 'The Anchorage' a gidansa mai suna 'Rozel' 7 Villiers Road Southsea, yana da ma'aikata 50 na cikakken lokaci. A shekara ta 1902 ya yi rijistar sunan 'Our Navy' a hukumance a ƙarƙashin lambar Kamfanin Limited 72532 *(National Archives Kew – Piece details BT 31/9737/72532)* . Binciken da aka yi a cikin Taskar Jaridu ta Burtaniya tsakanin 1898 da 1913, ya gano sama da misalai 2000 na tallace-tallace da sake dubawa a cikin taken 360 a faɗin Burtaniya, Ostiraliya, New Zealand da Kanada waɗanda suka ambaci haɗin kalmomin bincike na 'West' da 'Our Navy'. Akwai takardar taƙaitaccen bayani da ke ɗauke da nassoshi daga jaridu.
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