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Photographers are listed alphabetically by surname on the following pages.

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Name: KEEN, Henry Lightfoot   b:1884 Barnack  d:1951
Address: Maxey, Peterborough
Working Dates: 1911-1940
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Son of a grocer and draper, Henry was recorded as a photographer working on his own account in the 1911 census when he was living with his widowed mother and sister at Maxey, near Market Deeping. In the 1921 Census Henry was again living with his mother in Maxey, where he was a photographer working on his own account from home. Local directory entries show him working there as a photographer until 1940.
References: Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire 1914, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1936, 1940

Name:  KELLY , Brendan  b:       d:
Address: 5 Cambridge Road, Newton
Working Dates: c. 2000 – still in business in 2016
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Press, editorial, wedding, portrait, corporate and conference photography in Cambridge and beyond
References: Cambridge Yellow Pages 2000, http://www.brendankelly.co.uk

Name: KELLY, Michael  b:       d:
Address: 69 West Street, Isleham
Working Dates: c.1983-90
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: wedding and portrait photography
References: Cambridge Yellow Pages 1983, 1990

Name: KEMPTON, William b:1876 London d:
Address: Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge
Working dates: 1911
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: In the 1911 census William was one of 124 patients listed at Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge and his occupation was shown as photographer, employed by others. His employer is not currently known. In 1921 William, his wife and eight children were living at Black Bush Gates, Whittlesey where he was a GER gateman.

KENNERELL – see also BEALES AND KENNERELL

Name: KENNERELL, John      b: 1844 Gosberton, Lincs      d:1916
Address: 8 and 9 High Street Wisbech (1883 possibly to 1893), 7 York Row Wisbech - Borough Studio (1896 [possibly from as early as 1893?] - 1900)
Working Dates: 1881-1900
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: In 1871 John Kennerell was living with his brother James and his brother's family at Currie Road Hertford. He was employed as a decorator and painter. Some time later John became a photographer. The 1881 census lists John Kennerell aged 37, as a photographer living as a boarder at 46 Agenoria Street, Wisbech with three women, Ann Steel, the head of the household, (b:1824 Handley Staffs), her 82 year old mother Mary Jones (b:1799 Handley Staffs) and her 19 year old daughter, Frances E Steel. Ann Steel or Anne Steele was the widow of Wisbech photographer, Enoch Steele, who had operated at 8 High Street Wisbech, and died in 1877. It is possible that John Kennerell had joined or taken over Steele's business as he was living with his widow and daughter 4 years after Enoch's death. At the time of the 1881 census 8 and 9 High Street Wisbech was listed as unoccupied. The 1883 Kellys Directory lists "Kennerell John (late Beales & Kennerell), portrait & landscape photographer & picture frame maker, 8 & 9 High Street"

John was also something of an inventor. In 1888 John Kennerell Nos 8 and 9 High Street, Wisbeach St Peters, Photographic artist, submitted patent application No 10844 for a "Photographic Camera Clip". The design is illustrated below - this device was a wooden clamp and universal joint for clamping onto a solid object ("J" on the diagram) and supporting a camera: a device we would now call a "camera clamp". (The Photographic News 15 June 1888, p380) John quickly went on to market this, as this advertisement shows (the Photographic News vol 31-32 June 22 1888, page vi) "Kennerell's Camera Clip will be found a very useful addition to every photographer's outfit. Light, efficient, will span anything from hedge stake to a nine inch wall - send for particulars to Kennerell, High Street, Wisbeach".

John Kennerell's Camera Clip

John also advertised in the 1890 Second Edition of the "Hand Book to the Fenland" by Samuel H Miller. " John Kennerell, photographic artist (portrait, landscape & architectural) 8 and 9 High Street Wisbech. Every class of photographic work done by appointment . (Distance from Wisbech no object) Photographs of Cathedrals, Abbeys, Colleges and English scenery, with a large variety of etchings always in stock for selection. Pictures mounted and framed in any style. Patentee of the Photographic Camera Clip no 10844 supplied to and largely used by amateurs and the profession. Particulars and prices on application."
We are grateful to Tim Reynolds for discovering this advertisement, giving us a snapshot in time of John's services. In the Lynn Advertiser, 3 June 1893 p.4, there is a notice announcing the sale by auction of a number of Wisbech properties, including 8 and 9 High Street which had then been in the occupation of John Kennerell photographer for upwards of 10 years. It is not clear whether the property sold with Kennerell as a sitting tenant or whether this marked the end of his use of the premises. (Thanks to Garry Monger for unearthing this reference)

In 1891 John, described as "artist - photographer", was a boarder at 2 Nene Quay Wisbech, a boarding house kept by a Lydia Taylor. In 1901 John, still a boarder, had moved with his former landlady, Anne Steele, to the house of her daughter and son-in law at 9 Market Street Wisbech and John was described as a photographer and picture frame maker. In 1911 John was a retired photographer, still a boarder with his former landlady, but at 3 York Road Wisbech.

See below, carte de visite (vignette type depicting male looking right) on face of mount “J.Kennerell Wisbech”, on rear “J Kennerell Photographer and Picture Frame Maker, 8 High Street, Wisbech” The mount is by Marion, coded “ depose .. . . _  For more on Marion mounts see http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/dated/marion.htm From the style of the photograph and detail on the mount this carte appears to date from the 1890s, pre-dating the change of studio address in 1896. Next is a cabinet photograph of what appears to be a group of four sisters. The mount is dark grey with white impressed text "Kenerell Borough Studio York Row Wisbech.". The reverse is blank apart from a manuscript negative No 1335, believed to be late 1880s. Below this is a cabinet portrait of an unknown couple, possibly an engagement photograph as the lady has a small ring on her ring finger. The reverse has the Borough Studio address with the Wisbech cross keys emblem, negative no 4473, probably from the late 1890s. Lilian Ream was a pupil of John Kennerell, later an assistant, then manageress of his Borough Studio. Later Lilian Ream and Mr J.L Brown ran the business there as Brown and Ream. Lilian Ream acquired Borough Studio in 1921 when J L Brown retired.

One of John Kennerell's notable achievements was obtaining a picture of the World Championship skating match between Fish James Smart of Welney and George See on the River Nene at Wisbech. He also took studio portraits of the two champion Fen Skaters in their skating costumes and in the Morning Post 5 March 1888 p1 advertised copies of these at 1s 1d cabinet size and 7d cartes de visite. (Thanks to Garry Monger for this reference).

References: Mike Petty, The Photographers, (a handlist of local photographers), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Collection, 1992
Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, Kelly and Co London April 1883, April 1888, Aug 1892, Sept 1896, July 1900.
Powell, Roger and Bell, Robert, Britain in Old Photographs – Wisbech, Budding Books 2000, p63 (1920-37), p84 (1887)
Wisbech Standard 24/8/1923 p5.

Carte de Visite J KennerellReverse of carte de visite by J Kennerell

Kenerell cabinet photograph of four sisters

Cabinet Portrait by KennerellReverse of Kennerell cabinet portrait

Name: KENWORTHY, Frank      b:     
Address: 38 Derwent Close, Cambridge
Working Dates: 1960s
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Frank was a photographer employed by Stearns in Cambridge in the 1960s
References: Referred to in Frank Bird's autobiography

Name: KERWIN, John b:1883 Lambeth London d:
Address: Permanent address not known.
Working dates: 1911
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: In the 1911 Census John was shown as a photographer who worked from home on his own account, and a visitor at Station Cottages, Longstanton - the home of Harry Chapman, railway signalman b: 1884 Ramsey and his wife Edith Chapman b: 1880 Lambeth, London.

Name: KETTON, George      b: 1870 Sheffield      d:1933
Address: 79 High Street Ramsey and Westwood Road St Ives
Working Dates: 1912-1921
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: George trained as a letterpress printer. In 1901 and 1911 he was working as a printer, living at Westwood Road, St Ives, with his wife Nellie Edith (b:1869 Ollerton Notts) and daughter Nellie Edith (b:1893 at St Ives). He appears as a photographer in trade directories from 1914 to 1920. A number of his photographs are preserved in the Norris Museum Collection, St Ives.  PH/S .IVE/East.St/06a and b, of the August 1912 floods. PH/S.IVE/Waits/12  and 13, more 1912 flood postcards dry stamped “Ketton, St Ives and Ramsey”. PH/S.IVE/West.St/03, 06, 07a-b are all 1912 floods in West St. (These have SWH on the front of the card).  PH/S.IVE/ Waits 16 WW1 is a postcard of the Red Cross Hospital in a schoolroom behind the Methodist Church in The Waits, St Ives. In the 1921 Census George was living with his wife and daughter at Westwood Road, St Ives. He was a photographer working on his own account from his home address.
References: Kelly's Directory of Huntingdonshire 1914, 1920.

Name:  KIDD & BAKER         
Address: 2 St Marys Passage, Cambridge
Working Dates: c.1907-1939
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: The following photographers were the partners in this firm which appeared in local trade directories from 1907 to 1939. James Henry Kidd was born in 1869 at Old Chesterton Cambridge; in 1891 he was living with his parents at Chesterton and was working as an employee as a photographer. By 1901 James had married Sarah Agnes (née Loader b:1866 Gt Shelford), and they were living at 197 Victoria Road Cambridge. By 1911 James was working as a photographer on his own account and was living with his wife at 22 Clare Street Chesterton. Harriett Louisa Baker was born in 1868 in Cambridge and in 1891 was a photographer's assistant in Cambridge, living with her parents who had a confectioner's shop in Station Road. In 1901 Harriett was still a photographer's assistant living in Cambridge. Her parents then kept the hotel where the family resided, the Warwick Hotel in Hills Road Cambridge. In 1911 Harriett was still living at her parents' hotel and was a photographer working, not from her home, but in a studio. She was single. In the 1921 Census James and his wife, Sarah Agnes Kidd, were living at 22 Clare Street Chesterton and Harriett was a visitor. James and Harriett were shown as photographers and employers and their workplace was shown as 3 St Mary's Passage, Cambridge. The 1921 Census lists as employees of the firm: MALTBY, Elsie Elizabeth; TALLOP. Ernest and WILDERSPIN, Winifred. In the 1939 Register James Henry Kidd, widower and Harriett Louisa Baker, single, were living together at 167 Chesterton Road, Cambridge. James died in 1941 and Harriett died in 1950. The studio at St Mary's Passage had been previously used by Nichols Bros, Hills and Co and Clements Arnold Shaw.

Below is a Kidd and Baker carte de visite of an unknown man with moustache, with plain background. The reverse of the mount is blank. (We are most grateful to Brett Payne for allowing us to use this image from his personal collection). Next below is a scan of an oval mounted portrait in the author’s collection which has the name of the sitter, Annie Freelove, and the date 1912 added in manuscript by a previous owner. The mount states “Kidd and Baker 2 St Mary’s Passage, Cambridge". Photo height 3.5 width 2.5 inches, mount 8 x 5 inches. Below this is a portrait of a mother and baby, 133 x 85mm (postcard sized), with an impressed mark, bottom right, "Kidd & Baker Cambridge" made by a hand embossing machine. This portrait, taken on 3rd June 1918, is of baby Jack Casbolt, b.1916 and his mother. The photograph was a reminder of his family for Jack's father, a prisoner of war in France - German censor's stamps appear on the reverse where it is written "Our darling boy and his little Mum have just popped over to keep dear Daddy company." Below this are two other examples of postcard backed prints from the 1930s. On the reverse these have "Kidd and Baker Cambridge" printed beside the dividing line between the address and correspondence panels. Both have also been embossed with a hand embossing machine "Kidd and Baker Cambridge".
References: Mike Petty, The Photographers, (a handlist of local photographers), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Collection, 1992
Spaldings Directory of Cambridge, 1907-39
There is a cabinet photograph from Kidd and Baker in the carte de visite collection in the Cambridgeshire Collection c.65.5

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Portrait 1912 Kidd and Baker

Portrait by Kidd and BakerReverse of Kidd and Baker portrait

Detail of impressed mark Kidd and Baker

1930s Portrait by Kidd and Baker Cambridge

1930s Wedding group by Kidd and Baker Cambridge

Name:  KING, Audrey Irene. (later STOKES)  b: 11/01/1902 Hull   d:
Address: 77 Hills Avenue, Cambridge
Working Dates: c.1921 - 1939
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: In the 1921 Census Audrey was living with her parents and four siblings at 83 Mawson Road Cambridge. She was a Photographic Assistant with J Palmer Clarke at Post Office Terrace, Cambridge. The 1939 Register lists Audrey as a photographer's assistant living at 77 Hills Avenue. At the same address was hairdresser Florence M West. Audrey married Arthur H Stokes in 1943
References: 1921 Census, 1939 Register.

Name:  KIRKUP, Doris b: 1904 Cambridge d:
Address: 77 King Street, Cambridge
Working Dates: 1921
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: In the 1921 Census Doris was living at 77 King Street Cambridge, home of her grandparents and five other family members. She was a Photographic Assistant with J Palmer Clarke at Post Office Terrace, Cambridge
References: 1921 Census

Name:  KLICKS PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO
Address: 1995 at 19 Wulfric Square, Bretton, Peterborough. In 1997 and 2000 at 32 Coningsby Road, Merlin Business Park, Bretton, Peterborough
Working Dates: c.1995 – still in operation in 2016,
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: 2000 sq ft drive in studio in 1997. Now specialising in video.
References: Cambridge Yellow Pages 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, http://www.klicksstudio.co.uk/
Peterborough Yellow Pages 1999

Name: KNMAR,  Sunil     b:       d:
Address: 2a Free School Lane Cambridge
Working Dates: c.1965-66
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information:
References: Kelly’s Cambridge 1965/66

Name: KNOTT,  Michael J.    b:       d:
Address: Walton Highway, Norfolk, near Wisbech in 1970, Wisbech (Tel 5303 in 1976, tel 5115301 in 1986), 20 High Street Downham Market in 1980
Working Dates: c.1970 - 99
Subjects, styles, advertising, other relevant information: Wedding photographer and photographer for one of the local newspapers. He also ran an art supply and framing business in Downham Market.
References: Wedding photos by Michael Knott appear in the Spalding Guardiian in 1970. Fenland Citizen 8 September 1976 has two examples of wedding photographs by Michael J. Knott. Another example is in the Fenland Citizen 16 July 1986 p4 (Thanks to Garry Monger for these references) Another example is in the Fenland Citizen 23 Feb 1977.

 

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