Edinburgh's

Professional  Photographers

 

1.

Businesses beginning

1839 - 1939

Listed in order of Surname or Company Name

Photographers

Addresses

Aa   Ar

Ba   Be   Br

Ca   Co   Cr

Da   Do

 E 

 F 

 G 

Ha   Ho

 I 

 J 

 K 

La   Le   Lo

Mac/Mc A

Mac/Mc K

Ma   Mo   Mu

 N 

 O 

Pa   Pe   Q

Ra   Ros

Sa   Si   St

Ta   To

U  V

Wa    We

X  Y  Z  ?

 A 

Ba   Br   

Ca   Co  

 D 

 E 

Fa   Fo

Ga   Gi

Ha   Hi

I  J  K

La   Le   Li

 M 

Na  No 

 O 

 P 

1  Princes Street 

60  Princes Street

70  Princes Street

79  Princes Street

100  Princes Street

 Q 

 R 

Sa  Sc

South Bridge

South C

 T 

U  V

 W 

X  Y  Z  ?

 

2.

Businesses beginning

1940 OR LATER

These photographers are listed in order of First Name because this is how many advertised themselves from 1940 onwards.

I compiled these lists in 2004, but in a few cases where I have discovered that a photographer is still in business, I have updated their entry to a later date.

Photographers

A B C

D E F G

H I J K L

M N O P Q

R S

T U V W X Y Z

Addresses

A B C

D E F G

H I J K L

M N O P Q

R S T U V W X Y Z

 

3.

Background

Princes Street Studios

William Crooke's studio  -  Princes Street ©

Story - c.1860

Map - 1850s  + 1860s

Map - 1865

List - 1840s

Chart - 1840 to 1900

Portobello Studios

.Valentine Postcard  -  Portobello sands and Morrison's Photographic Studio ©

Photos

Rock House Studio

Rock House in the 1870s ©

Location

Occupants -  19th Century

Occupants -  20th Century

Photos and Postcards

Valentine Postcards  comparison

Connections

  ER Yerbury x 3  -  Professional photographers in Edinburgh ©

Family Tree ©

A group of Edinburgh Professional Photographers bowling at Abercorn Roadhouse, Piershill, in 1955 ©

Partnerships

Family Trees

Outings

Street Photographers

Walking Pictures

Comments in the Journals

Professional Photography - 1891

Professional Photography - 1892

Cartes de Visite

Cartes de Visite  - 4 ladies in large dresses  -  Photographers: Tunny, Towert, Moffat, Ross ©   Cartes de Visite  -  4 bearded men  -  Photographers: Howie, Moffat, Taylor, Brown Barnes & Bell ©

 A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J 

 K    L   M   Mac/Mc    N    O    PQ   R

 S   T   U    V    W    XYZ     Views

Men    Ladies    Children

Couples    Groups

Other    Backs

Cabinet Prints

Alex Asher  -  Cabinet Print  1  -  front ©

A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J

K    L     M    Mac/Mc    N    O    PQ   R

 S    T    U    V     W    XYZ     Views

Dealers and Manufacturers

Companies - 1890s

Edinburgh Lists

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J

K    L   M    Mac/Mc   N   O P Q  R

S    T U V    WXYZ   Notes

Victorian Studios

Comments

Studio Prices

Directories

Dates, Names and Addresses 

Updates since RPS Booklet published 2001

Photographs Collected

Cartes de Visite

Cabinet Prints

Post Cards

Lists of Photographers

EPS Lecturers

EPS Members

PSS Members

PSS Exhibitors

Early Photographers

Amateur Photographers

Professionals - Edinburgh Connections

 

 

 

Photographers

Talbot  -  Hair down, Collar up ©

Photography from 1839

Alexander F Adam

Sir David Brewster

Charles John Burnett

William Carrick

John Cay

Thomas H M Colledge

Antoine Claudet

Brothers Cundell

Louis JM Daguerre

Adam Diston

James Drummond

Rev DTK Drummond

James Hay

Thomas B Johnston

George Skene Keith

Thomas Keith

Robert MacPherson

James Clerk Maxwell

George Moir

David Rhind

Henry Peach Robinson

Horatio Ross

Charles Piazzi Smyth

William Henry Fox Talbot

George Washington Wilson

John Muir Wood

Andrew Young

PSS Members
EPS Members
Early Photographers
Amateur Photographers
Professional Photographers
Professional Photographers  photos
St Andrews Photographers
Lists of Photographers
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