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J. Allan Cash

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James Allan Johnstone Cash, F.R.P.S, F.I.B.P (1902 in Bucklow, Cheshire – 14 February 1974[1])

Biography

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Cash was a radio engineer before becoming a photographer and writer.[2] At age 23, he moved to Canada to work for the Northern Electric Company's broadcasting station.[1] Cash travelled throughout the 1930s, taking photographs with his Leica camera.[1] He married Betty, another photographer and traveller, in 1939 and together they owned a gallery in Camden Town which specialised in travel photographs.[1]

Photography

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Cash's photographic endeavours lead him to found the Hampstead Photographic Society in 1937 and from 1944 to 1945 was its president.[1] He then served as a photographer in the army during World War II.[2] In the 1960s, he became a founding member of the British Guild of Travel Writers along with Anthony F. Kersting who he collaborated with on a book of photographs.[3]

An exhibition of his photographs 'Camera Globe Trotter' toured the UK in 1975-6, starting at the Society House of the Royal Photographic Society, and visiting Woburn Abbey and The Grand Hotel, Brighton.[4]

Honours

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Other information

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Photographs contributed by James Allan Cash to the Conway Library are currently being digitised by the Courtauld Institute of Art, as part of the Courtauld Connects project.[6]

Bibliography

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  • Photography with a Leica, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1955.
  • African Voyage, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1955.
  • The English Countryside in Colour. A collection of colour photographs by J. A. Cash and A. F. Kersting. London: B. T. Batsford, 1957.
  • Camera Globetrotter, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1973.
  • History, People and Places in the Cotswolds, J. A. Cash, Bourne End; Spurbooks, 1974.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "J. Allan Cash (1902 - 1974)". Burgh House.
  2. ^ a b "J Allan Cash CAMERA GLOBETROTTER First Edition". books-and-records.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Majestic characters and the birth of the Guild". BGTW. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ "RPS Reviews". The Photographic Journal of the Royal Society of Photographers. 116: 315. 1976.
  5. ^ "Announcements". The Photographic Journal of the Royal Photographic Society. 86: 26. 1946.
  6. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.