{"id":30457,"date":"2025-01-05T01:03:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T05:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=30457"},"modified":"2025-01-01T17:42:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T21:42:36","slug":"the-man-who-died-too-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-man-who-died-too-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"the man who died too soon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Edward Sanger-Shepherd 1869 – 1927 (image in public domain – adjusted in Topaz Photo AI<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. 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.<\/p>\n

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 “Inv<\/span>e<\/span>ntor <\/span>a<\/span>nd <\/span>maker <\/span>of <\/span>mat<\/span>e<\/span>rial<\/span>s <\/span>and appliances for <\/span>colour photograph<\/span>y <\/span>and for\u00a0many <\/span>years a widely recogniz<\/span>e<\/span>d <\/span>authority on this branch <\/span>of <\/span>photograph<\/span>y<\/span>– <\/span>so <\/span>reads\u00a0<\/span>the brief obituary <\/span>in <\/span>a <\/span>lea<\/span>ding English <\/span>journal of <\/span>1928, <\/span>another wrote <\/span>nothing.”<\/p>\n

His article, titled, “Story of <\/span>a Forgotten Pioneer,\u00a0E. SANGER-SHEPHERD”, discusses the person, company, and patents. Sanger-Shepherd was a very private man who died far too soon.<\/p>\n

Ev’s article begins with \u00a0a quote, “E. Sanger-Shepherd seems <\/i>t<\/i><\/span>o <\/i><\/span>hav<\/i><\/span>e <\/i><\/span>been\u00a0<\/i>so<\/i><\/span>mewhat <\/i>overlooked <\/i><\/span>by <\/i>Photo-Hi<\/i>s<\/i><\/span>tori<\/i><\/span>ans <\/i><\/span>… <\/i><\/span>it <\/i>see<\/i><\/span>m<\/i>s <\/i><\/span>a <\/i><\/span>g<\/i><\/span>r<\/i>e<\/i><\/span>at pity that <\/i>Sanger-<\/i><\/span>Shepherd, who did a <\/i>grea<\/i><\/span>t d<\/i><\/span>ea<\/i><\/span>l <\/i><\/span>for\u00a0<\/i>Photograph<\/i><\/span>y <\/i><\/span>in <\/i><\/span>co<\/i><\/span>l<\/i><\/span>o<\/i><\/span>ur <\/i><\/span>and <\/i>in <\/i><\/span>th<\/i><\/span>e <\/i><\/span>field <\/i>of\u00a0<\/i><\/span>scientific instruments<\/i>, <\/i><\/span>s<\/i><\/span>h<\/i><\/span>o<\/i><\/span>uld <\/i><\/span>be <\/i>so <\/i><\/span>n<\/i><\/span>eg<\/i><\/span>l<\/i><\/span>ec<\/i><\/span>t<\/i><\/span>ed. –\u00a0<\/i><\/span>R<\/i>oy <\/i><\/span>Hun<\/i>ge<\/i><\/span>rf<\/i><\/span>o<\/i><\/span>rd <\/i>A<\/i><\/span>RPS,\u00a0<\/i>Hi<\/i>s<\/i><\/span>t<\/i>o<\/i><\/span>ri<\/i>ca<\/i><\/span>l <\/i>Group, <\/i><\/span>R<\/i>oy<\/i><\/span>al\u00a0<\/i>Photographic Society<\/i><\/p>\n

“One <\/span>cannot <\/span>help but <\/span>notice <\/span>the a<\/span>rms-<\/span>l<\/span>e<\/span>ngth <\/span>detachment of <\/span>the <\/span>writer. Th<\/span>e<\/span>re i<\/span>s\u00a0<\/span>little <\/span>mention of <\/span>the p<\/i><\/span>e<\/i><\/span>rson <\/i><\/span>; <\/i><\/span>where <\/span>he was\u00a0<\/span>from <\/span>, <\/span>lived<\/span>, <\/span>where educated, <\/span>hi<\/span>s <\/span>company,\u00a0associates, <\/span>etc. <\/span>Quite possibly he <\/span>was a\u00a0very priv<\/span>a<\/span>te p<\/span>e<\/span>r<\/span>so<\/span>n<\/span>, <\/span>which may <\/span>explain\u00a0why <\/span>it <\/span>ha<\/span>s t<\/span>aken <\/span>over <\/span>two <\/span>year<\/span>s to <\/span>coll<\/span>ect\u00a0<\/span>the <\/span>infinitesimal amount <\/span>of <\/span>information\u00a0recor<\/span>de<\/span>d he<\/span>re.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I <\/span>first b<\/span>eca<\/span>me <\/span>acquainted with th<\/span>e\u00a0<\/span>Sanger-Shepherd & <\/span>Co. , <\/span>Ltd <\/span>about 1927<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the year <\/span>of <\/span>the founde<\/span>r‘<\/span>s <\/span>dea<\/span>th. <\/span>A continu<\/span>ous circular wedge densit<\/span>o<\/span>met<\/span>e<\/span>r <\/span>was vital\u00a0to m<\/span>y <\/span>color experiments and I h<\/span>ad <\/span>been\u00a0wearing out m<\/span>y <\/span>welcome at Prof. J<\/span>ac<\/span>k<\/span>so<\/span>n<\/span>‘<\/span>s <\/span>l<\/span>a<\/span>boratory <\/span>at th<\/span>e <\/span>old S.P.<\/span>S., University of <\/span>Toronto. …”<\/span><\/p>\n

The rest of Ev’s article and more can be viewed in the appropriate pdf file on the members-only free DVD. Not a member? It is really easy! Just see the MEMBERSHIP sub-menu item above (form) and the article at right (PayPal). Send your cheque with the form (or better yet, send the form and use a credit card\/your PayPal account) and the DVD will be sent tout de suite<\/em>. Any questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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