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Selb, Victor
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Amateur
Details
Life dates
Antwerp, 1838 - Brussels - Ixelles, 1914
Activity
1887 - 1899 Anvers
° 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.
1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles
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.
° 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.
1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles
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.
Locations
1887 - 1899 Anvers
1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles
1900 - 1914 + Bruxelles - Ixelles
Exhibitions
Antwerp, 1889; Antwerp, 1890; Antwerp, 1891 (50 stereo views of Switzerland); Brussels, 1891 (gold medal); Vienna, 1891; Antwerp, 1892; Antwerp, 1893 ABP (studies in London); Geneva, 1893 (silver medal); Antwerp, 1894 (gold medal); Paris, 1894; Amsterdam, 1895; Ghent, 1895; Hamburg, 1895; Paris, 1895; Brussels, 1896; Hamburg, 1896; Lille, 1896; Louvain, 1896; Paris, 1896; Courtrai, 1897; Dunkirk, 1897; Paris, 1897; Vesoul, 1897 (honourable mention in three categories: still lifes, stereos, enlargements); Brussels, 1898; Paris, 1898; Ghent, 1899; Antwerp, 1900 ABP; Antwerp, 1903; Antwerp, 1903 ABP (25 three-colour slides); Ghent, 1903; Ghent ABP, 1903; Paris CHR, 1904.
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Bibliography/Webography
Context
Affiliations
Affiliated entity
Association belge de Photographie
Type of affiliation
Member of
Dates of affiliation
1887 - 1914
Description of relationship
Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3841
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Level of detail
Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 25.4.2017, 27.6.2018, 27.2.2019 & 22.10.2020; SFJ revised 31.10.2020, 6.4.2021, 31.5.2021, 1.3.2023 & 7.3.2023 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; SFJ revised 23.1.2024 & 26.1.2024 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 13.11.2023, 20.2.2024, 15.3.2024 & 21.3.2024