Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history

All online Events (19)

Exquisite Reality: Photography and the Invention of Nationhood, 1851–1900

March 29, 2021 to July 1, 2021 – Cantor Center for Visual Arts Exquisite Reality: Photography and the Invention of Nationhood, 1851–1900 March 29, 2021– A Cantor Arts Center Curatorial Research Assistantship ExhibitionThis exhibition and accompanying publication… Organized by Danny Smith | Type: online, exhibition

From the Gallery: Nicky Bird Walk & Talk Tour

April 22, 2021 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – Livestreamed on Facebook From the Gallery: Nicky Bird Walk & Talk Tour6.30pm Thursday 22nd AprilLivestreamed through Facebook* In anticipation of Street Level’s reopening on Tuesday 27 April with Nicky Bird’s show Legacy… Organized by Street Level Photoworks | Type: online, talk

Shifting Photographic Grounds

May 20, 2021 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – https://www.facebook.com/streetlevelphotoworks Shifting Photographic Grounds Nicky Bird in conversation with Annebella Pollen 6.30pm Thursday 20th May Livestreamed through Facebook* For this special In Conversation event artist Nicky Bird will be… Organized by Street Level Photoworks | Type: online, talk

Close Up: Franki Raffles

May 27, 2021 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm – https://www.facebook.com/streetlevelphotoworks Close Up: Franki Raffles6.30pm Thursday 27th MayLivestreamed through Facebook* For our eleventh Close Up artist talk we will be exploring the enduring influence of feminist photographer Franki Raffle… Organized by Street Level Photoworks | Type: online, talk

In Search of Herbert Ponting in Japan, with author Anne Strathie

August 16, 2021 from 6:45pm to 8pm – Online BOOK HERE: https://www.japansociety.org.uk/event?event=250&eventcat=5***** Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) is now perhaps best known as photographer and filmmaker for Captain Scott’s second Antarctic… Organized by The Japan Society | Type: online, lecture

Radical Photography, Urban Change: The Exit Photography Group in LSE Archives

October 21, 2021 from 6pm to 7pm – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/radical-photography-urban-change-the-exit-photography-group-lse-archives-tickets-177087933777 Join Dr Noni Stacey and Indy Bhullar for an in conversation about the striking photographs of the Exit Photography Group and the social history they collected in late 70s urban Britain. A pre-recorde… Organized by Noni Stacey | Type: online, talk

Picturing Climate Change Forum

March 21, 2022 from 6pm to 7:45pm – https://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/picturing-climate-change Picturing climate change (March 21, 2022) is an upcoming online symposium that explores ‘what is seen and unseen’ in climate change from the viewpoints of the visual arts and photography, community a… Organized by Malcolm Dickson | Type: online, forum

Artist talk by Mark Neville NOW ONLINE!

May 9, 2022 from 5:30pm to 7pm – Zoom Kyiv-based, British-born artist and activist Mark Neville discusses his project 'Ukraine - Stop Tanks with Books', which he embarked upon in 2015. Monday, May 9th at 5.30pm. Join Zoom Meeting: http… Organized by Dr Juliet Hacking | Type: artist, talk, online

Online Symposium on Women and Early Photography 1 June

June 1, 2022 all day – Online For this online symposium focusing on photographs of and by women in the late-19th- and early-20th-century, we invite abstracts for papers dealing with an often-neglected aspect of photography histor… Organized by Áine Larkin | Type: online, symposium

Who's afraid of art and photography?

June 9, 2022 from 5pm to 6pm – Online Recent scholarly discourse on photographies has treated the subject of art and photography as a relic of the past. Has the aesthetic been delegitimized as a vital area of scholarly research? In this… Organized by Photography Network | Type: online, talk