Toronto. Ev Roseborough could have been a renaissance man his interest were so wide spread. He owned his own photo studio; was our journal editor; collected both photographica and microscopes; once considered a medical career; organist at the local church, etc. He not only pursued a career as a commercial photographer, but also researched various photographic processes.
Amongst his possessions was a Sanger-Shepherd densitometer he used to research colour processes. In issue 19-5 Ev wrote an article about the British gentleman who was the “Inventor and maker of materials and appliances for colour photography and for many years a widely recognized authority on this branch of photography– so reads the brief obituary in a leading English journal of 1928, another wrote nothing.”
His article, titled, “Story of a Forgotten Pioneer, E. SANGER-SHEPHERD”, discusses the person, company, and patents. Sanger-Shepherd was a very private man who died far too soon.
Ev’s article begins with a quote, “E. Sanger-Shepherd seems to have been somewhat overlooked by Photo-Historians … it seems a great pity that Sanger-Shepherd, who did a great deal for Photography in colour and in the field of scientific instruments, should be so neglected. – Roy Hungerford ARPS, Historical Group, Royal Photographic Society
“One cannot help but notice the arms-length detachment of the writer. There is little mention of the person ; where he was from , lived, where educated, his company, associates, etc. Quite possibly he was a very private person, which may explain why it has taken over two years to collect the infinitesimal amount of information recorded here.
“I first became acquainted with the Sanger-Shepherd & Co. , Ltd about 1927, the year of the founder‘s death. A continuous circular wedge densitometer was vital to my color experiments and I had been wearing out my welcome at Prof. Jackson‘s laboratory at the old S.P.S., University of Toronto. …”
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