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I.X.L. Studio
Benjamin Taylor set up a photographic studio in Ipswich with Arthur Mouland in 1883 and honed his photography talent. Arthur left the business in 1888, while Ben became an official Government Photographer based in Ipswich, travelling all over the state to photograph scenes.
In 1893 Ben established his own business; the I. X. L. Photographic Studio located in Greenham’s Chambers, Nicholas Street. His wife, Laura, an accomplished photographer herself assisted him with colouring and photography projects. From here Ben Taylor and his studio I.X.L became one of Ipswich’s most well-known photographers. He photographed weddings, family gatherings, community events, landscapes and streetscapes, some becoming postcards and some of which were published in various pictorial view books, such as the government prescribed illustrated book, ‘The people, products and industries of West Moreton’. Ten thousand copies were printed by the Queensland Government for distribution in England at the Greater Britain Exhibition, and for sale in the Ipswich area.
References (online)'The Opening and Christening of the Coyne Bridge Rosevale', The Brisbane Courier, Saturday 29th March 1909, p.13Ipswich and West Moreton, The Brisbane Courier, Thursday 10 May 1906, p.2A View of the Hon. F.I. Power's Farm, Tarampa, The Queenslander, Saturday 24 March 1906, p.28George Whiteway and His Fourteen-Foot Crop of Corn, The Queenslander, Saturday 10 February 1906, p.23Girls' Central State School Concert, Queensland Times, Thursday 30 November 1905, p.4The West Moreton Coal Industry, The Queenslander, Saturday 27 January 1906, p.23Picturesque Boonah and District, The Brisbane Courier, Saturday 19 May 1906, p.12Three Pioneers of West Moreton, The Queenslander, Saturday 16 December 1905, p.32Progress on Lake Clarendon Repurchased Estate, The Queenslander, Saturday 10 February 1906, p.24Under the Oaks - Among the Sheep at Burnside, Laidley, The Queenslander, Saturday 31 March 1906, p.27"King Coal" Among the West Moreton Collieries, The Queenslander, Saturday 4 November 1905, p.24Progress on the Tarampa Repurchased Estate, The Queenslander, Saturday 24 March 1906, p.21"The Man Upon the Land" In West Moreton, The Queenslander, Saturday 17 February 1906, p.22The Rush for Tarampa, The Queenslander, Saturday 24 March 1906, p.24The First Council of the New Shire of Rosewood, The Queenslander, Saturday 30 September 1905, p. 26The Queenslander, Saturday 30th September 1905, p,27Some Coal Miners of West Moreton in Working Trim, The Queenslander, Saturday 27 January 1906, p. 24Taylor's Photographic Studio, Queensland Times, Saturday 2 June 1906, p. 11