Herbert George Ponting
(1870-1935), Photographer and antarctic explorerSitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 13 portraits
Born in England, Ponting's photographic career began in America in 1900 when he took up stereoscopic photography. He spent a decade travelling around the world fulfilling commissions and by 1910 he had established himself as one of the best travel photographers of the time. In 1910 he departed with Scott on his last ill-fated Polar expedition. Showing considerable bravery whilst working under the most hazardous conditions Ponting produced both on film and in photographs work that was not only technically superb but also of a high aesthetic standard. Through illness, he left the expedition before its tragic end. He devoted the rest of his life to preserving records of the expedition.
by Herbert George Ponting
brown-toned silver print, 1910
NPG P313
Lawrence Oates ('Captain Oates and Siberian Ponies aboard the Terra Nova')
by Herbert George Ponting
toned bromide print, 1910
NPG P1973
Cecil Henry Meares; Lawrence Oates
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 26 May 1911
NPG P121
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 7 October 1911
NPG P23
by Herbert George Ponting
bromide print, 1911
NPG P209
Captain Scott's Birthday Dinner, 6 June 1911
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 6 June 1911
NPG P1100
by Herbert George Ponting
gelatin silver print, 15 September 1911
NPG P1364
by Herbert George Ponting
gelatin silver print, 1911
NPG P1365
by Herbert George Ponting
gelatin silver print, 19 May 1911
NPG P1366
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 1911
NPG P881
by Herbert George Ponting
bromide print, circa 1931
NPG P2083
by Herbert George Ponting
vintage print, published 1911
NPG x137209
by Henry Robertson ('Birdie') Bowers, added to by Herbert George Ponting
vintage print, 17 January 1912
NPG x135720
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