George Oates, the former programme manager for the
Flickr Commons, came to visit us at the
National Maritime Museum in November 2008.
She spent some time working with our historic photographs when she was here, and has chosen some items from the collection for the
NMM's Flickr Commons account. We're launching
the first set today.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"219706","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"500","height":"375","alt":"In progress"}}]]
George's view of the coalface
The photographs come from the Museum's
Villiers collection of about 20,000 negatives, which portrays a wide variety of maritime themes, reflecting Alan Villiers' seafaring endeavours.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"219707","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"347","height":"500","alt":"A sailor and his accordion onboard the Parma"}}]]
A sailor and his accordion onboard the Parma (N61653)
George's selection of photographs includes images from Villiers' voyages on the
Herzogin Cecilie, the
Grace Harwar, the
Parma and on Arab dhows. You can find out more about
Alan Villiers and his photography and about the
Museum's historic photographs collection on the elsewhere NMM site.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"219708","attributes":{"class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"500","height":"386","alt":"Rounding Cape Horn on the Parma"}}]]
Rounding Cape Horn on the Parma (N61569)
We loved having George with us in London, and the entries she 'curated' for our Commons presence provided a fresh insight into our photographs. We hope it also provides a new outside-in perspective on Museum content on Flickr.