Michael J. Ware (born 1939,
Bromley
Bromley is a large town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross, and had an estimated population of 87,889 as of 2011.
Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, char ...
) is a chemist and photographer, known for his work in
alternative photographic processes, earlier methods of printing photographic images that were succeeded by the more common silver-gelatin used today. In the Present, Ware acts as a consultant, most recently on the history and development of the platinotype and palladium processes. His has also written about chemistry's influence on the history of photography.
Early life and education
Ware was born in 1939 in Bromley. He earned his Ph.D. at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
in 1965. His thesis was ''The vibrational spectra of some inorganic complexes.''
Awards and honours
* 1982 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
* 1990
Hood Medal
The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is one of the world's oldest photographic societies. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as the Photographic Society of London with ...
, awarded by the Royal Photographic Society
Selected publications
Academic works
*
*
*
Published books
*
*
External links
Mike Ware Alternative Photography
References
1939 births
Living people
Photographers from London
People from Bromley
Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Alumni of the University of Oxford
{{UK-photographer-stub