Born in Ireland, Mervyn O'Gorman (1871-1958) is best known as one of the greatest British aeronautical engineers. During the First World War he was head of the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough. He was also a motoring pioneer, writing
O'Gorman's Motoring Pocket Book in 1904, and was actively involved in the Royal Automobile Club, becoming its vice-president. He also later played a key role in the introduction of the Highway Code. O'Gorman was an artist as well as an engineer, concentrating on etching and lacquer-work.
Although not a member of the RPS, he was also a talented photographer. A charming and humorous man with enormous physical and mental energy, he seems to have been almost universally liked and admired. Below is a small collection of gorgeous color photos of O’Gorman’s daughter, Christina, in 1913.
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Christina sitting on the beach at Lulworth Cove, Dorset. |
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Christina with purple Buddlia. |
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Christina with a bunch of flowers. |
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Portrait of Christina in a garden. |
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Christina by the pond. |
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Portrait of Christina wearing a red cloak. |
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Christina by the boat on the beach at Lulworth Cove, Dorset. |
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Christina walking on the beach. |
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O’Gorman captures a timeless scene as his family eat their picnic on the beach in Dorset, with Durdle Door in the background. |
(Images via The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the National Media Museum)
I want to see your face painted black, black as night, black as coal
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I want to see it painted, painted, painted, painted black, yea
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Horrible and completely insane! The war was a waste of everything; mostly lives. These photographs are a good story without words of the complete tearing apart of that country. Too high of a price. Too high of a price. Not unlike what was started in 2003. Once started in Iraq, to this day, it is still happening. Death and destruction. And for what?
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