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Welcome to the British photographic history blog which was launched at the start of 2009. There are now nearly 4100 members, in addition to regular readers. These range from museum and gallery curators, photographic academics, students, collectors, dealers and representatives from the photographic press from around the world. The blog provides a forum for news of events and happenings within the British photographic history community. This can include lectures or meetings, exhibition news, jobs, reviews and general news affecting collections of photographic material or individuals within the field. While the focus is on Britain it may, on occasion, include material that is of wider interest from Europe, the United States, Africa and Asia.

A summary of the previous week's posts is usually emailed to signed up readers each Monday. 

Dr Michael Pritchard

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12938999264?profile=RESIZE_400x The Bibliotheca Hertziana, the Max Planck Institute for Art History in Rome, and Folkwang University of the Arts will host a photo-historical seminar for doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. The seminar is generously supported by Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Stiftung, Essen. It will take place in Rome from March 17 through 21, 2025.

As in previous years, the seminar will be…

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Considered one of the most important photo historians of the 20th century, Peter E. Palmquist (1936 - 2003) had a keen interest in the photography of the American West, California, and Humboldt County before 1950, and the history of women in photography worldwide. He published over 60 books and 340 articles and was a strong proponent of the concept of the independent researcher-writer in the field of photohistory. With co-author Thomas…
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Paying homage to one of Britain’s leading photographers of protest, a new exhibition showcasing David Hoffman’s work, titled Endurance & Joy in the East End, has been curated by The Gentle Author and will open at the Museum of the Home in Hoxton this October. The exhibition coincides with the publication of David Hoffman’s monograph by Spitalfields Life Books, Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971–1987.

In 1973, when David Hoffman was a young photographer, he…

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ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners’ Strike 1984 – 85 explores the vital role that photography played during this bitter industrial dispute. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike, Four Corners is delighted to tour this exhibition from the Martin Parr Foundation. One of Britain’s longest and most violent disputes, the repercussions of the miners’ strike continue to be felt today across the country.

The exhibition looks at the central role photographs played during…

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The exhibition Lumière: Discovered represents the discovery of eighteen short rolls of 35mm movie film that were produced by the Lumière brothers, who were among the originators of motion pictures. Auguste and Louis Lumière were French inventors who developed the Cinématographe, an all-in-one device featuring a movie camera, film developing processor, contact printer, and projector. This invention enabled the Lumières to emerge at the forefront of the development of cinema as a new…

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In 1999, Paul Messier analyzed two prints by the renowned photographer Lewis Hine that were suspected of being forgeries. A photo conservator in private practice at the time, Messier wrote a report laying out the evidence he had gathered, which strongly suggested that the prints, purportedly created in Hine’s lifetime and bearing the late artist’s signature, were fakes. (For example, the prints appeared to contain brightening agents that were thought to be used many years after Hine’s…

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12933586284?profile=RESIZE_400x John Winstone writes... yesterday, eighty years ago, the RAF 'airmen photographers', otherwise known as Mobile Field Photographic Section (124 Wing), landed at a secured Gold Beach. On 11th September lorries in the four landing craft unloaded fourteen vehicles, ten of which were articulated mobile darkrooms, plus the MFPS personnel. The mobile darkrooms, previously based on…

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