The neglected work of the distinguished photographer Harold Haliday Costain (1897-1994) has received more attention in group and solo exhibitions since his death twenty years ago.  His  black and white work - commercial products, architecture and gardens, industrial WWII imagery, and his photos of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - are familiar to those who have studied his photographs.

Receiving even less recognition is the wonderful work he did in color - and there is a lot of it.  He developed his own style of making tri-color carbros; the photos have unusually even surfaces and were printed with white borders , making them appear almost pristine. Some of these carbros picture flowers and vegetables in still lifes and in gardens.  The pictures of interiors and interior details, like this image of a coved china cupboard, are blasted with high wattage studio lighting.

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Untitled (China Cupboard)

Harold Haliday Costain, 1937
vintage tri-color carbro print
8.875″ × 12.25″