James Allan Johnstone Cash, F.R.P.S, F.I.B.P (1902 in Bucklow, Cheshire – 14 February 1974[1])
Biography edit
Cash was a radio engineer before becoming a photographer and writer.[2] Having had a love for travelling since he was young, at 23 years old he moved to Canada to work for the Northern Electric Company's broadcasting station.[1] Cash travelled throughout the 1930s, taking photographs with his Leica camera.[1] He married Betty, another photographer and traveller, in 1939 and together they owned a gallery in Camden Town which specialised in travel photographs.[1]
Photography edit
Cash's photographic endeavours lead him to found the Hampstead Photographic Society in 1937 and from 1944 to 1945 was its president.[1] He then served as a photographer in the army during World War II.[2] In the 1960s he became a founding member of the British Guild of Travel Writers along with Anthony F. Kersting who he collaborated with on a book of photographs.[3]
An exhibition of his photographs 'Camera Globe Trotter' toured the UK in 1975-6, starting at the Society House of the Royal Photographic Society, and visiting Woburn Abbey and The Grand Hotel, Brighton.[4]
Honours edit
- Fellow of the Institute of British Photography.
- Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.[5]
Other information edit
Photographs contributed by James Allan Cash to the Conway Library are currently being digitised by the Courtauld Institute of Art, as part of the Courtauld Connects project.[6]
Bibliography edit
- Photography with a Leica, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1955.
- African Voyage, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1955.
- The English Countryside in Colour. A collection of colour photographs by J. A. Cash and A. F. Kersting. London: B. T. Batsford, 1957.
- Camera Globetrotter, J. A. Cash, London; Fountain Press, 1973.
- History, People and Places in the Cotswolds, J. A. Cash, Bourne End; Spurbooks, 1974.
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "J. Allan Cash (1902 - 1974)". Burgh House.
- ^ a b "J Allan Cash CAMERA GLOBETROTTER First Edition". books-and-records.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Majestic characters and the birth of the Guild". BGTW. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "RPS Reviews". The Photographic Journal of the Royal Society of Photographers. 116: 315. 1976.
- ^ "Announcements". The Photographic Journal of the Royal Photographic Society. 86: 26. 1946.
- ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.