My name is Luke McKernan. I am a film historian and former news curator.
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Great images Luke!
Thank you Chris. Great to hear from you again. A happy new year to you, and congratulations on the forthcoming poetry book.
Thank you so much.
Hi Luke
I noticed you did an obituary for Stephen Herbert. I did reply to one of your addresses but had no reply.
I was a big fan of his enormous back catalogue of , mainly zoetrope strips (!) as I make phenakistoscope disks from them and gifs etc..
Do you know where they are now archived as his websites seem to have been closed down.
Hopefully someone is keeping his work alive!
I look forward to hearing from you and I’m sorry for the loss of your dear friend.
Regards
Tom
Hi Tom
Sorry it has been difficult getting in touch. Using the contact form on this site should always work.
There are things underway to preserve Stephen’s archive (physical and digital). I can’t say more about them as yet but plan to write a blog post about Stephen’s legacy hopefully soon. Meanwhile, do look at the new website for him that has just been published, https://www.stephen-herbert.co.uk.