Photograph by EPS Speaker

C Pollard Crowther

Portraits

C Pollard Crowther gave a lecture to Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1924, entitled:  "Psychology in the Studio and The Making of Portraits"

Here is one of his photographs, with his name in the bottom border. 

The subject is Dr Karl Basil Edwards (1888-1958).  He was a Biochemist who worked for The Cooper Technical Bureau (London).  He spent a few years in Glasgow and may well have been living there when this photograph was taken.

Dr Karl Basil Edwards

(1888-1958)

Photograph of Dr Karl Basil Edwards by C Pollard-Crowther who gave a lecture on portrait photography to Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1923

©  Reproduced by courtesy of Dr Pamela Beaumont, grand daughter of the subject of this photograph,
 Dr Karl Basil Edwards

What else is known about C Pollard-Crowther?

Many of the lectures given to Edinburgh Photographic Society were reported in the British Journal of Photography, but unfortunately I have found no record of C Pollard-Crowther's lecture.

If you can tell me anything more about this photographer, I would be pleased if you could email me, so that I can pass the details on to Dr Pamela Beaumont who

 

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