Brendan Rooney recounts the adventures of 19th-century Irish artist Trevor Thomas Fowler, whose move to America brought him celebrity and commercial succes
The ocean-going vessel Oceana, built in Medford, Massachusetts and displacing 625 tons, left Le Havre for New Orleans, accompanied by her sister ship Marengo, on 20 October 1841.¹ On board were the crew and 241 passengers, mostly German emigrants seeking their fortune in the southern United States.² Their long journey passed without incident until the night of 3 December, when the ship ran aground at Bare Bush Key, approximately twelve miles off Kingston, Jamaica. “Thrown on her beam ends, her wheel and rudder in a moment shattered to pieces”, the Oceana was left at the mercy of the sea, the damage to the vessel so severe that all pumps were rendered useless.³
Stephanie McBride talks to Mike Bunn about the craft of old school photography and his plans to establish an academy for photographers
Losing faith in the early success of her work led Miseon Lee on a journey of self-discovery, both in artistic terms and geographically, writes James Hanley