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Read more about the article Braye Park panorama 1966

Braye Park panorama 1966

I've a soft spot for panoramic views. They are so inclusive of detail, compared to single frame shots that are generally highly selective of subject matter. We frame our single shots to cut out clutter and deliberately incorporate the most subjectively picturesque elements we can see. With 360-degree panoramas we can't really do that - or at least not to the same extent. We choose where we stand, but then take in all that can be seen as we turn and fire the shutter. Panoramas can be awkward to take. They certainly were in times gone…

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Read more about the article Newcastle 360 degree panorama, circa 1910-1920

Newcastle 360 degree panorama, circa 1910-1920

Our friend Bruce had been to a garage sale one Saturday morning where he found, sitting on a nogging in the frame of a neglected shed, a little cardboard box of glass plate negatives. They didn't cost him much and that same night he passed them into our hands as a gift, asking only that we give him copies of whatever images we scanned from them. When I first scanned them I could see that at least a few were from the Newcastle area, but the others seemed mysterious to me. One was clearly taken on…

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Read more about the article Panorama of Newcastle, circa 1902.

Panorama of Newcastle, circa 1902.

This delightful panoramic view of Newcastle Harbour, taken from Cathedral Hill, was created between 1899 and 1907 by Charleston Studios, a prominent photographic presence in the city at the time. It has been scanned from a folding copy in an old pamphlet and the digital copy has been carefully restored by Sylvia Ray. In the front right is a portion of the since-dismantled Cathedral graveyard. Stockton shows large in the background, with the masts of the sunken ship Regent Murray (lost in 1899) poking above the waterline at the end of the Oyster Bank. The old…

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