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4 unusual facts about John Benjamin Stone


Benjamin Stone

Sir John Benjamin Stone (1838–1914), known as Benjamin Stone, English politician and photographer

Jack in the green

A traditional Jack was famously photographed in Oxford by Sir Benjamin Stone.

John Benjamin Stone

The Benjamin Stone Collection housed in the Birmingham Central Library contains many thousands of examples of his work.

He also made an invaluable record of the folk customs and traditions of the British Isles, which influenced later photographers of note, including Homer Sykes, Daniel Meadows, Anna Fox and Tony Ray-Jones.



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