Images from the 1960's

All the images below except for the Dewsbury Xmas lights, which was taken in 1959, are from the period 1963 to 1969 when I was working as a photographer for Photopress (Leeds) Ltd. Here I gained experience in all areas of Photography, including Wedding, Comercial, Industrial and news Photography.

This photograph is circa 1959, the camera then would have been a rolliecord VA. The film was Ilford HP3 developed in ID11 stock for 8 minutes at 20'C. The exposure I think was around 20 seconds at f16, I seem to remember using a rule of thumb in those days for night shots on HP3 of exposing for a time in seconds equal to the f number, say 11 seconds at f11 and so on.

The print was made on Kodak bromesko fine ivory lustre grade 2 and this scan is from the original print.

 

Leeds United v Everton 1964, taken using a speed graphic 5x4 camera. The negative was made on Kodak P1600 glass plate which had a recomended speed of ASA400. Exposure was always at the fastest shutter speed for this type of work usually 1/500 second at an aperture between f22 to f8 depending on the light, to aid focus by working depth of field. The negatives were then developed in Kodak DPC ( a standard MQ developer) at a dilution and time according to the lighting conditions under which the exposure was made.

The print was on Kodak bromide paper grade 2 and this scan is from the original print made at that time.

 

Leeds v Wigan circa 1964 taken using a rolliecord VA. The film was Kodak Tri X pan ASA400, as the light was good exposure was 1/500 at f16 and developed in Kodak DPC.

Print was on Kodak bromide paper grade 2 and the scan is made from the original print.

 

Yorkshire v New Zealand 1964. In this example the light was very poor, it was also raining heavily at the time. The camera was a Rolliecord VA and the film was Kodak Tri X pan ASA 400. Exposure was 1/500 second at an aperture of f8 I think and the film was push processed in Kodak DPC.

Print is on Kodak bromide grade 2 and the scan is from this original print.

 

This was the first assignment I was given after joining the freelance firm in November 1963.I beleive the fire had been burning through the night and by the time this was taken the next morning, it was mainly a damping down operation.
The camera was a Rolleicord Va, using TriX pan developed in DPC. The print was made on Kodak bromide paper grade 2 and the scan is from the original print.

 

Accident from circa 1963. I have no exposure details for this except that it was taken using a 5x4 speed graphic on Kodak P1600 ASA 400 glass plates and developed in Kodak DPC.

Print is on Kodak bromide paper grade 2 and again the scan is from the original print.

 

The details given above with each picture are from two sources, notes which were written on the back of the prints at the time and my memory. As already stated all the scans are of original prints from that time. Some of them have survived the passage of time remarkably well considering how they were processed, certainly not to archival standards. There is some physical damage/marks, some of which show in the scans.