Henry Mullins 

Henry Mullins was a Jersey Photographer in the mid nineteenth century. He produced thousands of portraits of islanders between 1848 and 1873 at his studio, located in the Royal Square, St Helier. Mullins was part of a circle of photographic pioneers at the Royal Polytechnic institute, London where the first photographic studio in Europe was opened in 1841. The first record of his professional practice is in Edinburgh in 1843. He arrived in Guernsey in 1847 and decided to live in Jersey the following year. While a number of photographic studios opened across the town of St Helier in the 1850s and 1860s, Henry Mullins continued being a photographer for the members of Jersey Society. 

Emile Guiton

Emile Guiton was born in Jersey in 1879. He was an active member of the Société Jersiaise. He was a keen amateur photographer and practiced throughout his life. He experimented with colour at the beginning of the twentieth century in “Autochromes”. His subjects include the recording of archaeological excavations and he was one of the few people in Jersey who was allowed to take photographs during the German Occupation. He also recognised the importance of collecting photographs, both as a valuable historic resource and as interesting artefacts. He donated several images to the Société Jersiaise.

Thomas Sutton

Thomas Sutton, who opened a photographic studio in Jersey in 1847, is one of the most important people in the history of world photography. He took the world’s first permanent colour photograph in 1861 and invented the single lens reflex camera in the same year. He also developed the first panoramic camera with a wide angle lens.