Camera Collection

KENNEDY / NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M
KENNEDY/NIXON DEBATE, 1960. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, debating Richard M. Nixon on television during the 1960 Presidential Campaign, moderated by Howard K. Smith

Kingston Mkt / Vegetables
KINGSTON MARKET A vegetable stallholder is caught by the camera as she pares her vegetables. Date: 1940s

Gabrielle Coco Chanel
A camera study of Gabrielle Bonheur, Coco Chanel (1883 -1971). Date: 1929

Advert for Leica cameras 1934
Take a Leica it ll be worth it. The marvellous pictures you get with your Leica camera will be worth its price many, many times over

Guinness Trust Buildings, Brandon Street, Walworth, South Lo

Photographic enlarger being used to produce an enlarged copy of a photograph

Curiosity rover, artwork
NASAs next Mars rover, the Curiosity Rover, will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planets Gale Crater. Launch is palneed for November/ December 2011

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Walker Smith, Jr. Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight against Carmen Basilio, 1957

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy) in John G Blystones Swiss Miss (1938)
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (Laurel & Hardy)

Racial / Japan / Samurai 19C
SAMURAI WARRIORS Four Japanese men in the traditional costume of Samurai warriors pose for the camera

Karel Reisz and Walter Lassally filming We Are The Lambeth Boys (1959)
We Are The Lambeth Boys (1959)

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II taking a picture at the Royal Windsor Horse Trials. 17th May 1981

Daily Mirror Staff Photographer Alisdair MacDonald aged 21. February 1962

Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
MARCIANO & CHARLES, 1954. Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, 17 June 1954

Karel Reisz and Walter Lassally filming We Are The Lambeth Boys (1959)
Karel Reiszs We Are The Lambeth Boys (1959)

Sealyham Puppies / 1936
A group of five sealyham puppies looking away from the camera. Owned by Huntington

T T Photographer
9th June 1951: Don Price taking photos, with a Speed Graphic camera, of the TT race by standing on a Matchless 500 Twin motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

London Film Festival Poster - 2005
Poster from the 49th London Film Festival - 2005

Aerial photography 1919 AFL03_aerofilms_c12930
" Wills, Shaw and Friese-Greene Ready to Film". A publicity shot for the foundation of the Aerofilms aerial photography company taken at the London Aerodrome, Hendon

Star Loco; A scene from the Ealing Comedy, Titfield Thunderbolt
6th September 1952: A scene from the Ealing comedy, Titfield Thunderbolt with the Thunderbolt played by the Lion a 114 year old locomotive lent by the Liverpool Engineering Society which originally

ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954). Hungarian-born American war photographer. Capa photographing a May Day demonstration in Tokyo, 1954

Ruth Hussey in George Cukors The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Ruth Hussey

Che Guevara / 1962 / Camera
ERNESTO GUEVARA Known as CHE GUEVARA Latin American guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist. Pictured with a camera. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Young Little Owl (Athene noctua) forms itself into a round shape, feeling at ease, The Netherlands, Gelderland

Pogues Entry, Antrim - a view of whitewashed buildings, one thatched, in Antrim town, people are at the door or outside, looking at the camera. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Antrim)

Bodinnick, Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall. 1904
A view from a street in Bodinnick looking down towards the river and Fowey opposite. Children observe a photographer. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

The Mill, Hobbiton, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Three English Electric Lightnings flying from Warton in July 1968. Leading is the first Kuwaiti T55, 55-410/G27-78. Nearest the camera is the unpainted Saudi F53, 53-686/G27-56

Mars Exploration Rover on the surface of Mars, artwork. The first of two identical NASA rovers, Spirit, landed on Mars on 4 January 2004

Light meter, used in photography. The light meter measures the brightness so that correct exposure times can be set on a camera

Curiosity rover on Mars, artwork

George Eastman, founder of Eastman Kodak
George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak box camera, with his signature. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Baba Beaton
Miss Baba Beaton is the younger of the two beautiful and attractive Beaton girls. They are among the most popular of the blonde ex-debs, and no party is complete without them

Man in Dressing Gown
Man models a wool jersey dressing gown, and his wire- haired fox terrier poses for the camera

Person with a camera, X-ray
Person with a camera. Coloured, frontal X-ray of a person holding a camera (blue, left). The persons skull (centre) and neck bones (vertebrae, lower centre) can be seen

Camera Obscura 1817
CAMERA OBSCURA the various components of an observation hut or kiosk housing the device

European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe foraging in field of colorful wild flowers and looking at camera, The Netherlands, Drenthe

A Bristol Boxkite under test at Filton. Stanley White stands with his back to the camera wearing a flat cap and long overcoat. The site is now covered by the Filton Works Lab and Odeon

Camera lenses. Seen here (from left to right) are: a wide-angle fixed lens, a standard zoom lens (left), a wide-angle zoom lens (right) and a telephoto lens

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Military spy - a camera carrying pigeon
A pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals

A speed camera
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Japanese women
Four Japanese dancers wearing traditional kimonos sit with their backs to the camera

Vietnamese schoolgirl taking picture of Khai Dinhs Tomb, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Curiosity rover on Mars, artwork

Penny Farthing Photo
A young man and his Ordinary bicycle, known as a penny farthing, pose proudly for a studio camera

Press photographer with hidden camera in his hat
A rather shifty looking press photographer cunningly conceals a camera behind his hat with the lens poking through a convenient hole. Date: 1914

Young smiling man wearing underwear standing in front of nostalgic wallpaper

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"Capturing Moments: The Camera's Timeless Lens" In the world of fashion, Gabrielle Coco Chanel once said, "The best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive. " And indeed, one of those precious treasures is a camera. It holds the power to freeze time and immortalize memories that would otherwise fade away. Just like Sugar Ray Robinson during a fierce boxing match, cameras capture every intense moment with precision and clarity. They become our ringside companions, allowing us to relive the adrenaline-filled seventh round over and over again. From the Guinness Trust Buildings in Walworth to the bustling streets of London, cameras have witnessed history unfold before their lenses. They've seen photographic enlargers bring images to life and watched as Karel Reisz and Walter Lassally filmed We Are The Lambeth Boys back in 1959. Cameras have no boundaries when it comes to curiosity. Even on distant planets like Mars, they accompany rovers like Curiosity, capturing breathtaking artwork-like landscapes that ignite our imagination. Through their lens, cameras transcend time and culture. From samurais in 19th-century Japan to iconic figures like Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in Swiss Miss (1938), they document diverse stories that shape our understanding of humanity. But cameras aren't just observers; they empower us all by putting creativity into our hands. With them, we can be artists or storytellers—unleashing our inner visionaries onto film or digital screens for all to see. They even reveal what lies beneath our skin - X-ray machines equipped with powerful lenses enable doctors to diagnose ailments hidden from plain sight—a testament to how technology has revolutionized healthcare. Cameras take flight too. Aerial photography soared high above cities since 1919 when AFL03_aerofilms_c12930 captured stunning bird's-eye views that forever changed how we perceive urban landscapes. And let's not forget about the adverts that entice us to embrace the world of photography.