Obituary
Alistair Crawford was born on 25 January 1945 in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, in north-east Scotland. He passed away after a long serious illness on 2 October 2025 in Sudbury, Suffolk (United Kingdom) where he had lived since 2010.
Alistair Crawford completed his studies in 1966 at the Glasgow School of Art with a Diploma in Printed Textile Art. He then began teaching at various universities.
In 1974 he became Lecturer in Graphic Art and Curator of Graphic Art at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he remained for 37 years. There he taught art practice: Printmaking, Book Illustration, Typography, Photography and in art history: Art in Wales, History Graphic, History of Photography, Museum & Art Gallery Studies.
Alistair Crawford has published numerous books. As an internationally well known artist he exhibited largely in Europe and in the USA.
Between 2004 and 2008 Alistair Crawford was the dedicated co-editor for the research journals of the European Society for the History of Photography (ESHPh) based in Vienna (Austria) such as PhotoResearcher, The Proceedings, The International Newsletter. 2008 he contributed also to the anniversary issue “Jubilee 30 Years ESHPh,” Congress of Photography, in Vienna.
Only few people knew that Alistair Crawford was also a highly gifted painter, writer, photographer and performer.
His subtle sense of humor and his open-minded way of approaching people were the hallmarks of his extraordinary personality. We all will miss him!
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A longer video documentation about his extraordinary life as an artist is already in preparation.
Anna Auer
As a result of her many years of activity in the fields of research and exhibitions, Anna Auer (the first female Honorary President of the ESHPh) has provided numerous impulses for investigation into the history of photography.
Anna Auer founded the first commercial photo gallery on the European continent when she opened the gallery "Die Brücke" in 1970. She was also the founding director of the historical photographic collection "Sammlung Fotografis" (1975), as well as being the initiator of annual photo symposia held in the German-speaking world (until 1981), organising a large number of exhibitions and the author or editor of a wide-range of publications on photographic history (The Forgotten Letters and Manuscripts: Niépce, Daguerre, Talbot; Christian Schad, Ferdinand Schmutzer, eg.).
Anna Auer made a major contribution to the establishment of a photographic museum and research centre in Vienna but, unfortunately, the concepts and proposals she presented in 1994 have remained unfulfilled by the responsible ministries of the Republic of Austria.
Exodus from Austria 1920—1940. Relaunch. Fragmente der Erinnerung 1998.
The video was shown during the exhibiton “Exodus from Austria. Emigration of Austrian photographers 1920—1940” (16 January — 15 March 1998) at the Kunsthalle Wien.
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Moriz Nähr – Catalogue Raisonné
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Editorial preview: autumn 2022
Moriz Nähr (1859–1945)
Photographer for Habsburg, Klimt and Wittgenstein. Catalogue Raisonné.
Ed. By Uwe Schögl, Sandra Tretter, Peter Weinhäupl for the Klimt Foundation.
For the first results of this perennial research project, see: www.moriz-naehr.com
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The long-term member of our Society Rolf H. Krauss passed away at 90 years of age on 2 January 2021.
Hans Christian Adam and Thomas Theye, 22.01.2021
The long-term member of our Society Rolf H. Krauss passed away at 90 years of age on 2 January 2021. He had been a member of the ESHPh since its founding days and remained a highly esteemed colleague on the Society’s Advisory Board until the end of his life. His lectures and discussion contributions were highlights of our seminars and he also wrote several essays for the PhotoResearcher.
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20181025_171538(0) Ulla Fischer-Westhauer (Vice President), Colin Ford (Honory Member and Founder Member of ESHPh), Anna Auer (Honory Member), Uwe Schögl (President)
It was a great pleasure for us to be able to welcome our Honorary Member Colin Ford to the 25th ESHPh General Assembly on 25 October 2018.
On the occasion of the ESHPh’s 40th anniversary, we will publish a special issue of PhotoResearcher in spring 2019 and are preparing a conference on "Poisoned Pictures – Photography and Ecology", which will be held in Vienna on 5 April 2019.
und die Erfindung der künstlerischen Farbfotografie
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An In-Depth Analysis and the First Comprehensive Presentation of Heinrich Kühn’s Autochrome Photographs from the Holdings of the Austrian National Library, Vienna.
This essay appeared in the catalogue Das bedrohte Paradies. Heinrich Kühn fotografiert in Farbe [The Threatened Paradise. Heinrich Kühn Photographs in Colour]
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Südtiroler Landesmusem für Kultur- und Landesgeschichte Schloss Tirol (ed.), Schloss Tirol 2014
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