W.W. Winter
Description
Nestling in the Railway Quarter of Derby, at the end of Midland Road, only a short walk from the railway station, is the World’s oldest still operational purpose-built photography studio.
Winters has photographed the people and places of Derby, documenting life and work in the city for over 170 years, resulting in an archive of over a million images. As a result, Winter’s has a unique and special relationship with the community, serving people of every class, age, orientation, social status and ethnicity.
The building was the vision of a Victorian photographer, being built in 1867 on what had been pasture land for horses stabled at the Midland Hotel. The brand-new building was in sight of the existing premises, which were located on the opposite side of the road, where the business was based from the mid 1850s.
Join one of our studio tours where you step back in time to see the workings of a Victorian photography studio, the original daylight studio, our 1st and 2nd class waiting rooms, as well as the retouching room on the second floor.
There is also a collection of domestic cameras which are displayed alongside our vintage photographic ephemera.
Tours of our unique building are held on the first Thursday of every month, £10 per head, starting at 11am. To book your place on the next available tour please telephone 01332 345224, or email: office@wwwinter.co.uk.
Please not that due to the age of our building, access can be difficult to negotiate for unsteady walkers or wheelchair users. The ground floor is accessible and we have a video presentation which can be viewed on a screen in our main reception area. Should you wish to make a group booking, please contact us using the above details.