So, thank goodness, she was able to see Josephine before leaving, and we were able to take her for a special meal out.


New Interest in My Photography

Recently, there has been what I consider a surprising change, serious photographers have preferred to go back to using traditional film cameras, rather than the digital system. Because of this, there has now been a renewed interest in how I created my special effects.


Projection Photography

I have seen on the Internet that there are lots of sites about ‘Painting with Light,’ sometimes under ‘Light Painting,’ but also often under what was a new phrase to me ‘Projection Photography’. This certainly seems to describe what my techniques were all about, so, I decided to edit my webpages to make sure they included the terms ‘Projection Photography,' and ‘Light Painting,’ hoping that the search engines would also then list my pages under these headings.

Over the years I had not really tried to promote my photographic special effects, as I thought no one would be interested, because of all the digital software, the digital cameras, not to mention all the new mobile phones having digital cameras, I did not think anyone would want to go back to using film, especially as film had become expensive and hard to find. But because of this new trend I have been interviewed, and published in a few websites, and I have approached a few photographic museum curators who are showing some interest.


The National Science and Media Museum

The Photography and Photographic Technology section of the National Science and Media Museum based in Bradford is closed for redevelopment, but Claire Mayoh (the archive and library manager) has confirmed that a public reference has been added: -
NSMM Research Library Book database.
Reference: 770.05.COH
Author: Cohen, John Neville
Title: Painting With Light By Projection Photography: Pure Photography Using Light & Film. Description: Essay and references to the pioneering technique developed by John Neville Cohen, which enabled the creation of ‘Spirit of Spring,’ the first ever Kodachrome transparency that had both a portrait and a negative image of a tulip, on the same emulsion. [E-Resource]


Disturbing News Ivory Banned.

In order to protect the elephants all ivory could no longer be sold, or cross borders. It could only be sold if you were able to register your item and successfully obtain an exemption certificate. Most auctioneers and dealers have decided not to accept any ivory items, even if known to be antique! So, we thought that our ivory netsuke collection suddenly had lost its value.


Surprising News Ivory Netsuke sold for €1m.

I was amazed to read the following news in the Antiques Trade Gazette, as I had understood that Bonhams would no longer sell any ivory!

"No fanfare as ivory netsuke sets a new record. A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France. An ivory netsuke of the monkey king Songoku by Matsushita Otoman which sold for €1m (£860,000) at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr."