Obituary: Elizabeth Selby co-founder of Rex Features

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Read the full obit on our main industry news site PhotoArchiveNews.com: Obituary: Elizabeth Selby – “old age isn’t for sissies”

Elizabeth Selby, who co-founded Rex Features, one of Fleet Street’s longest running independent press photo agencies, with her husband Frank Selby, died peacefully aged 96 on Sunday 14th November 2021. See our report 22 November.

Elizabeths funeral took place on Wednesday 15^th December at West London Crematorium, with all her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren present.

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At the turn of the 20th century, there was vast growth in press agencies and photographers due to the massive thirst for images in newspapers. Many are still in existence but others have been sold, absorbed or simply disappeared, effectively leaving gaps in the history of this industry… many agency offices were bombed during the WWII London Blitz resulting negative and print files being water damage from the hoses quenching the fires …most archives were in the building basements.

Obituary: Elizabeth Selby co-founder of Rex Features

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