he was taught photography by James Lawrence (1xxx-1xxx)
South Africa
William Lawrence & David McKenzie Selkirk (1829-1904): Khoisan Men and Group of Khoisan Prisoners (1870-1871) ; Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford) ;
Kemp 2006: 284 ; Marjorie Bull & Joseph Denfield: Secure the shadow: The story of Cape photography from its beginnings to the end of 1870 (Cape Town 1970: 209-210) ;
He emigrated to South Africa in the mid-1850s. He opened a photographic studio in Rondebosch in 1862. In 1863 he established photographic rooms in Simon's Town. Selkirk went into partnership with William Lawrence in 1866. They founded 'The Royal Photographic' Saloon at 14 Strand Street. When the partnership was dissolved in 1869, Selkirk continued the business under the same name. In 1880 he sold the business and went to Kimberley to open a studio. Lawrence and Selkirk dissolved their partnership in 1872.
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