Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
Titolo
Date
- 1960s-1990s (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Consistenza e supporto
21 boxes and 1 parcel
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
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.
Storia archivistica
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.
Modalità di acquisizione
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.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
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.
Valutazione e scarto
Incrementi
Sistema di ordinamento
Kept as received.
Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso
Condizioni di accesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condizioni di riproduzione
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Lingua dei materiali
inglese
Scrittura dei materiali
Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura
Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici
No problems.
Strumenti di ricerca
No full catalogue. Online catalogue continually updated.
Area dei materiali collegati
Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali
These are originals.
Esistenza e localizzazione di copie
Not known.
Unità di descrizione collegate
Not known.
Nota bibliografica
Area delle note
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.