Commander Scott-Lindsley with local children during his time in south east Asia in the early 1960s I mentioned in a previous blog post how pleased I was to be offered this archive for Geography Photos by a niece of the photographer. It has been a pleasure to work through his images and I am proud of being able to publish them and make them available to publishers and to be viewed by the public.

Temporary coastal defences erected by Bawdsey Haven Yacht Club in response to rapid erosion and beach depletion threatening loss of the coast path and access to the boatyard , River Deben, Bawdsey,…

A recent thread on the Alamy forum asked contributors to offer advice to an imagined new contributor. Now, to make things clear - I do not see myself as any sort of 'success'. Nor as somebody who has by any means 'all the answers'. Neither do I describe myself as, or consider myself to be, a professional photographer. When pushed I would describe myself as a geography teacher with a camera - I point the camera and snap away at subjects that interest me or, more precisely since this is stock photography, at subjects that I think might interest a buyer of stock images.

“Musée de l’Homme museum and Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, early 1960s by Alan Harries” This image of Paris was licensed recently for use by Radio France. As I have mentioned befor…

"Musée de l'Homme museum and Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, early 1960s by Alan Harries" This image of Paris was licensed recently for use by Radio France. As I have mentioned before it is extremely satisfying to bring these old images to a new audience. I've updated my gallery of 'sold' archive images which now has over 230 images. The most recently licensed ones are at the beginning.

"Book display 'Fourth Wing' by Rebecca Yarros in shop window of Waterstones bookshop, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK" This is a completely opportunistic image taken, as the caption says, of a shop window display in a Waterstones bookshop. To be honest I had not heard of the book at the time - in April 2024 - but was attracted by the interesting display.

Exterior of Victorian jail museum, Lincoln Castle, city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK with cathedral in background Last year I spent a lot of time working on digitising old film images. I l…

Exterior of Victorian jail museum, Lincoln Castle, city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK with cathedral in background Last year I spent a lot of time working on digitising old film images. I love doing this work as I have explained many times in my blog posts. But arguably I became a little too obsessed with this film work at the expense of my own photography.

There has been some recent discussion on the Alamy forum about 'found' images and the difficulty of tracing who took them. Copyright lasts for 70 years after the death of the photographers this issue is a pressing one for this of us who are fascinated by old image collections. These 'lost' images are legally termed Orphan Works. Reference was made to the…

"Passengers on platform, Avanti West Coast Pendolino train on arrival at Lime Street station, Liverpool, England,UK" I had only ever once passed through Liverpool. That was very briefly in 1976 ( I think) to get the ferry to the Isle of Mann on a Hull University rugby club tour. With sunshine forecast and a feeling that we were finally coming out of winter it seemed a good opportunity to put my Senior railcard to use and book up for a three night solo stock photo trip.

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"HMS Glamorgan in the Atlantic Ocean photographed from HMS Triumph February 1972" This is a small but fascinating set of images taken in 1972 by Lieutenant Patrick Wigram RN. The photo above of HMS Glamorgan was taken from HMS Triumph. HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer completed in 1966. HMS Triumph was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier that had been converted for use as a heavy repair ship.

 Alex Martin at Minoan palace archaeological site of Gournia, Crete, Greece, Europe 1972 Alexander Robert Fyars Martin ( 1914-2003) "The archaeologist taking the photos was my maternal grandfather Alex Martin, a retired Colonel in the British army. Babs was his wife, my grandmother, actually Alison Martin, always known as Babs. He was originally a scientist and always interested in archaeology, but when WWII came he signed up.

“Construction work on infrastructure for new Mayan Train project railway train network, near Campeche city, Campeche State, Mexico – date taken 23 March 2023 Quite often newcomers post …

"Archaeological excavation of neolithic causewayed enclosure, Great Wilbrahim, Cambridgeshire, England, UK 1976 - captioned 'Bab and Cristobel': As yet I don't know about the photographer(s) but I have been very much enjoying discovering these slides of UK archaeology mainly in the 1960s and 1970s. Quite a few are captioned as being related to Cambridge University but I can't be sure that all of them are.

“Three men in business suits stand by Oldsmobile 88 car on freeway road, USA c 1953” Derek Armstrong, our photographer, is the man standing in the middle holding a camera. His work invo…

Not the first time but always an ego boost. Doesn’t really make me ‘a National Geographic photographer’ but nevertheless it’s an accolade. The image is of a less known site …

My life’s markers may differ from those of my peers, but a year of freedom and fun has taught me to appreciate myself, says freelance journalist Édaein O’ Connell

“Traditional family Christmas meal all sitting around table eating and drinking, c 1960, England, UK” Country: United KingdomUsage: EditorialMedia: Magazine – print, digital and e…