Joseph Byron (January 1847 – May 28, 1923) was an
English photographer who founded the
Byron Company
The Byron Company is a New York City photography studio in Manhattan that was founded in 1892. It is "one of New York's pre-eminent commercial photography studios" that "documented the essence of New York City life". Percy Byron, the son of the f ...
in Manhattan.
Biography
Byron was born in England in January 1847.
His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all great photographers.
[ He received a commission from the British government to photograph the conditions in English coal mines. He emigrated to the United States in 1888 with his children, ]Percy Claude Byron
Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
Biography
His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England ...
, Florence Mabel Byron (1880–?), and Georgina Byron (1883–?).[ In 1892 he opened his commercial studio in Manhattan.
Byron's specialty was photographing ]Broadway show
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling ''Theatr ...
s and other stage productions.[ Byron also documented life in ]New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
with his camera: street scenes, theater performances, leisure activities and the American upper class
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.
His son was the photographer Percy Claude Byron
Perciful Claude Byron (September 21, 1878 – June 9, 1959) was an English photographer at the Byron Company in Manhattan. Percy was "the premier maritime photographer of his generation".
Biography
His father, Joseph Byron, was born in England ...
.The New York Times
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'' in the 1890s.
Archive
*22,000 photos at the Museum of the City of New York
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from between 1890 and 1942.
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1847 births
1923 deaths
19th-century American photographers
19th-century English photographers
Theatrical photographers
Broadway theatrical photographers
British street photographers
Artists from Nottingham
English emigrants to the United States
The New York Times visual journalists
Photographers from Nottinghamshire