Find help about how to search for a photograph under the following categories,
introduction • keywords • place search • category search • index • contact
Introduction
There are four ways to search for a photograph.
Each method will provide small, 'thumbnail' images from which you can select a larger image and text, and then a full size image without text.
- On the search page you can type words into a 'keyword' text box which describe the photograph you are seeking.
See keywords below.
- On the search page you can select place categories which describe the photograph through selecting pre-defined text boxes.
See place search below.
- On the search page you can select subject categories which describe the photograph through selecting pre-defined text boxes.
See category search below.
- On the search page you can select links which will provide index lists of titles of photographs in the main 'Wanderings' archive and also the supporting
'Xtra' archive, from which you can link directly to the image & text page, and then a full size image without text.
You can use the keyword, place and category search individually or together.
Link here to the search page.
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Keywords
Each photograph has keywords assigned to it in the database.
Type words in the text box which describe the photograph you are searching for, placing a comma and space after each word and select SUBMIT to view small, 'thumbnail' images of all the photographs bearing your keywords.
Click a 'thumbnail' image to view a larger image with text information,
click again to see a full size image without text.
Keywords do not contain aesthetic descriptions (colour, tone, texture etc.) but do contain subject titles, categories, names (place, people, groups) and other information such as time of day (morning, evening, sunrise, sunset etc.) or weather conditions (snow, sand storm etc.), if relevant .
Link here to keywords index.
Link here to use the keyword search.
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Place search
Each photograph has a place description assigned to it.
Places are described by their country, or region within a country ie. Namaqualand, South Africa.
On the search page, select your place in the pre-defined text box and then select SUBMIT.
The text boxes are pre-defined, therefore you will always have a result from your selection. You will be able to view the photographs as small, 'thumbnail' images. Click on the 'thumbnail' image to view a larger image & text information, click again to view a full size image without text.
You may use the keyword, place and category search individually or together.
Link here to the search page.
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Category search
Each photograph has categories assigned to it.
Use the image search on the search page by selecting subject categories in the text boxes. The categories are further divided into types within the category which you can choose to refine your search. Click SUBMIT to view all photographs your chosen category or type.
You will be able to view the photographs as small, 'thumbnail' images. Click on the 'thumbnail' image to view a larger image and text information, click again to view a full size image without text.
You may use the keyword, place and category search individually or together.
Link here to the search page.
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Index
The index pages, which you enter from the search page, provide lists of all keywords, subjects and titles of photographs in the archive. You can link to the image & text page of a photograph from the title in index title. Use the other index to help you select keywords, place and subject categories.
Link here to the search page.
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Xtra archive
This archive contains documentary, 'background' photographs to the main 'Wanderings' archive. You can view subjects such as photographs of the guides, the photographer, site camps, Bedouin, Nama and Sami people, monasteries, landscapes etc. All Xtra photographs are available to buy (link to buy a photograph) and hold the same copyright (link to copyright) as the main 'Wanderings' archive.
The Xtra archive is not available through the main search.
It is ONLY available through entering the Xtra index link on the search page,
or link here to Xtra index.
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Contact
If this page has failed to help you, please send an email giving a description of
your problem in finding a photograph, and we will try to help.
