By/For: Photography & Democracy is a collaborative partnership between three photographic historians, Dr Tom Allbeson, Dr Colleen O’Reilly, and Helen Trompeteler. The collective investigates photography’s assumed democratic credentials as an art form and a medium of mass communication. We believe a historical perspective on the complex relationship between…

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…

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…

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…

Heidi Hudson of the Kennel Club is speaking on the making of man’s best friend in early photography for the Mary Evans Picture Library on 26 September 2024. 

Promoting the Dog through Photography
with Heidi Hudson, curator, the Kennel Club
Thursday, September 26 · 1900-2000 (BST)…

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…

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…