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− | '''Henry Jasper Redfern''' (1872-1928; usually referred to as Jasper Redfern)<ref name=WWVC>[http://victorian-cinema.net/redfern Redfern] | + | '''Henry Jasper Redfern''' (1872-1928; usually referred to as Jasper Redfern)<ref name=WWVC>[http://victorian-cinema.net/redfern Jasper Redfern]: a much more complete biography of Redfern as cinematographer by Denis Gifford at [http://victorian-cinema.net/ Who's Who of Victorian Cinema].</ref> was a photographer, cinematographer, radiographer, showman, and supplier of photographic goods from Sheffield, England. |
He began in cinema by filming local events and staging short, often comic sequences,<ref>No doubt incomplete [http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba9c50532 Redfern filmography] at the [http://www.bfi.org.uk/ British Film Institute].</ref> and giving shows of these films in local halls. Later he owned a number of cinemas, including one at the seaside resort of Westcliff-on-Sea (in the south of England, a long way from Sheffield). Eventually his small company was unable to compete with increasingly large and professional cinema companies, and he became a radiographer (at which he already had some skill) in Manchester. He died from cancer attributed to radiation exposure.<ref name=WWVC/> | He began in cinema by filming local events and staging short, often comic sequences,<ref>No doubt incomplete [http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba9c50532 Redfern filmography] at the [http://www.bfi.org.uk/ British Film Institute].</ref> and giving shows of these films in local halls. Later he owned a number of cinemas, including one at the seaside resort of Westcliff-on-Sea (in the south of England, a long way from Sheffield). Eventually his small company was unable to compete with increasingly large and professional cinema companies, and he became a radiographer (at which he already had some skill) in Manchester. He died from cancer attributed to radiation exposure.<ref name=WWVC/> | ||
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*[http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/holdings/collections/namedlists/redfern.docx Fred Holmes Collection]; description and list, with biographical notes (Word document); in the [http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/ National Fairground Archive], at the University of Sheffield. Fred Holmes was a photographer, cinematographer, projectionist and show and cinema manager for Redfern. | *[http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/holdings/collections/namedlists/redfern.docx Fred Holmes Collection]; description and list, with biographical notes (Word document); in the [http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/ National Fairground Archive], at the University of Sheffield. Fred Holmes was a photographer, cinematographer, projectionist and show and cinema manager for Redfern. | ||
* [http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/photo/albums/jasper-redfern Photographs] of Redfern, people watching a bicycle race (staged so that he could film it), his seaside show, and some of his performers; uploaded by John Bradley at [http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/ British Photographic History] | * [http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/photo/albums/jasper-redfern Photographs] of Redfern, people watching a bicycle race (staged so that he could film it), his seaside show, and some of his performers; uploaded by John Bradley at [http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/ British Photographic History] |
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Henry Jasper Redfern (1872-1928; usually referred to as Jasper Redfern)[1] was a photographer, cinematographer, radiographer, showman, and supplier of photographic goods from Sheffield, England.
He began in cinema by filming local events and staging short, often comic sequences,[2] and giving shows of these films in local halls. Later he owned a number of cinemas, including one at the seaside resort of Westcliff-on-Sea (in the south of England, a long way from Sheffield). Eventually his small company was unable to compete with increasingly large and professional cinema companies, and he became a radiographer (at which he already had some skill) in Manchester. He died from cancer attributed to radiation exposure.[1]
Redfern operated a photographic studio,[3] and sold cameras (and other optical goods including opera glasses[4]) marked with his own name; it is unclear whether his company actually made these.
Cameras
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jasper Redfern: a much more complete biography of Redfern as cinematographer by Denis Gifford at Who's Who of Victorian Cinema.
- ↑ No doubt incomplete Redfern filmography at the British Film Institute.
- ↑ Portraits offered for sale at Ebay, e.g. item 221585947643.
- ↑ Ebay item 201213801269.
- ↑ Full-plate folding camera attributed to Redfern dated to about 1895, in the Science Museum collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford, UK: no picture.
- ↑ Falling-plate camera (wrongly described as a folding plate camera) offered for sale at Ebay, November 2014 (item 13134692945).
Links
- Fred Holmes Collection; description and list, with biographical notes (Word document); in the National Fairground Archive, at the University of Sheffield. Fred Holmes was a photographer, cinematographer, projectionist and show and cinema manager for Redfern.
- Photographs of Redfern, people watching a bicycle race (staged so that he could film it), his seaside show, and some of his performers; uploaded by John Bradley at British Photographic History