Zona de identificação
Código de referência
Título
Data(s)
- 1960s-1990s (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Dimensão e suporte
21 boxes and 1 parcel
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
American photographer. Born, New York 1920. Died, Oxford 2006. Studied at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. He was a ship's communication officer in the US Merchant Navy during WWII. After the war he worked as a navigator for TWA airlines, and worked on the route which included Cairo. It was here that he came in contact with professional photographers which inspired him to hone his own skills and eventually led to a career in free-lance photography. His commercial work incorporated his own varied interests, and is especially noted for his images of Egypt, its people, culture and ancient monuments. He worked for Chicago House in Egypt as well as several American museums with major Ancient Egyptian collections. He also had his own London based photography agency called The John Ross Photographic Archive.
História do arquivo
Formerly part of The John Ross Photographic Archive.
Two colour transparencies were formerly in the possession of Mr Geoffrey Killen, who received them from John G. Ross.
Eight 35 mm colour slides and one black & white photograph in the possession of Thames & Hudson Ltd., London.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
Donated to the Griffith Institute by his former wife Mrs Judy Ross in 2007.
Two additional colour transparencies donated by Mr Geoffrey Killen in April 2016.
Eight 35 mm colour slides and one black & white photographic print donated by Naomi Pritchard, Head of Archives and Permissions, Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, in March 2023.
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
Slides, colour transparencies, 35 mm black & white and colour film slides, variously sized black & white negatives, black & white and colour photographs, 19th Century photographs, antique and modern postcards, and project folders containing working notes, photocopies and correspondence.
Avaliação, selecção e eliminação
Ingressos adicionais
Sistema de arranjo
Kept as received.
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiçoes de reprodução
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma do material
inglês
Script do material
Notas ao idioma e script
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
No problems.
Instrumentos de descrição
No full catalogue. Online catalogue continually updated.
Zona de documentação associada
Existência e localização de originais
These are originals.
Existência e localização de cópias
Not known.
Unidades de descrição relacionadas
Not known.
Nota de publicação
Zona das notas
Nota
The Griffith Institute does not house any non-Egyptologial photographs taken by John Ross, these images may be registered with photographic agencies. The Griffith Institute is not able to provide any further information on this material, supply agency contact details or forward any requests on behalf of a Third Party.