In July 1897, Sir Benjamin Stone - Birmingham industrialist, Member of Parliament and passionate, almost obsessive collector - announced the formation of the National Photographic Record Association. Its prime objective was to make a record of England for future generations, to foster "a national pride in the historical associations of the country, or neighbourhood, in family traditions, or in personal associations."
Over the next 13 years Stone and his amateur supporters from local camera clubs and antiquarian societies deposited their photographs at the British Museum. In 2000 these were moved to the V&A. This book examines Stone's central role in the project and presents over 100 of his photographs, many of which have never been published before. It also charts the history of the NPRA and points to its legacies within photography.

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Peter James is Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library.

Stone (1838-1914) is currently most well known for his parliamentary portraits and studies of British customs. In 1897 he announced the formation of the National Photographic Record Association for which worked tirelessly - his collection comprising some 22,000 prints, 600 steroescopic images and 50 albums. Elizabeth Edwards is Professor and senior research fellow at the University of the Arts, London. A visual anthropologist and historian, she has published widely on the relationship between photography, history and cultural representation. Peter James is Head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library. He has undertaken extensive research on Stone's collection for many years and works with contemporary photographers interested in the contemparary resonances of the intellectual legacies of Stone and the Survey Movement. He is currently working on a major exhibition: Stone and his photographic collection. Martin Barnes is Curator of Photographs at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

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