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Charles Reid (1837 - 1929) was one of the first and most successful commercial photographers in Scotland. He pioneered the photography of livestock and wildlife in an era when very long exposures were generally required. In a 50 year career he travelled all over the UK. [1]
Reid was born in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK on 20th September 1837. [2] and was the son of William Reid, a plasterer and labourer and Isabella Findlater [3] Reid married and had 7 children. Reid began work as a cattle herds boy at the age of 10. An apprenticeship to a shoe maker followed and then work as a post runner. The gift of a camera from a lodger started him on the career that would occupy the remainder of his days. [4]
He travelled the length and breadth of Britain photographing the prize race horses and breeding stock of the landed gentry. For many years he was the official photographer to the Highland an Agricultural society of Scotland and to the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Reid produced a large quantity of high quality albumen and carbon prints. His large carbon studies of Highland cattle and sheep graced many late victorian parlours [5]
Publications
Reid, Charles Animal Studies. (Photographs from life.) Charles Letts & Company 1902 Reid Charles, Bird Life Containing Over One Hundred Illustrations of Birds and Their Nests from Photographs. T.N Foulis, 1914
References
- ^ Angus McDonald The Scottish Farmer December 1997
- ^ GRO Parish Registers Turriff
- ^ 1841 Census, Aberdeenshire
- ^ Angus McDonald The Scottish Farmer December 1997
- ^ Hanleavy, John, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography [ISBN13] [9781135873271]