DIRECTORY_1997#3841 new approved FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen conventionDeclaration ISAAR(CPF): Internationale norm voor archivistische geautoriseerde beschrijvingen van organisaties, personen en families, Antwerpen/Leuven/Amsterdam 2006. detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 created January 2, 2015 10:35:44 AM CET human revised July 30, 2025 11:30:55 AM CEST human Person (Male) person Selb, Victor conventionDeclaration Amateur conventionDeclaration Antwerp, 1838 - Brussels - Ixelles, 1914 1887 - 1899 Anvers 1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles Vienna, 1888 (small bronze medal); Antwerp, 1889; Berlin, 1889; Antwerp, 1890; Antwerp, 1891 (50 stereo views of Switzerland); Brussels, 1891 (gold medal); Vienna, 1891; Antwerp, 1892; Liège, 1892; Antwerp, 1893 ABP (studies in London); Geneva, 1893 (silver medal); Antwerp, 1894 (gold medal); London, 1894; Paris, 1894; Amsterdam, 1895; Ghent, 1895; Hamburg, 1895; Paris, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Hamburg, 1896; Lille, 1896; London, 1896 RPS; Louvain, 1896; Paris, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Dunkirk, 1897; Paris, 1897; Vesoul, 1897 (honourable mention in three categories: still lifes, stereos, enlargements); Brussels, 1898; Nancy, 1898; Paris, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Antwerp, 1903 ABP (25 three-colour slides, including flower studies); Ghent, 1903; Paris, 1904 CHR; London, 1909.

<b>1887 - 1899 Anvers</b> ° 16.6.1838; + 24.12.1914. "An inquisitive man and indefatigable researcher, a great traveller in the face of the Eternal, he scrutinizes and adores scenes swarming with life, scenes of which he is a past master" (Bulletin de l'ABP, 1896, p. 449). Extensive series of stereo views taken at the "Exposition Internationale" in Antwerp, 1894; also of boats and shipping on the Scheldt. Guided by his sharp sense of observation, he took snapshots in working-class neighbourhoods. Enlargements of his river scenes on the Scheldt. Patent of 16.2.1897 for "a circular holder and a shutter clamp intended to work simultaneously for inserting, fitting and removing slides on glass in projectors". Member of the photographic section of the "Cercle artistique, littéraire et scientifique d'Anvers". Member of the jury for the photography competition run by "Kring Lobelia" in November 1896. Member of the "Société Photogaphique de la Haute-Saone" in 1898. <b>1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles</b> Award winner in a photography competition organised by French newspaper "Le Figaro" in 1902. Selb devoted himself to three-colour prints for the stereoscope and projection. He went blind in the last years of his life.

 Association belge de Photographie 1887 1914