The Liszt Institute is hosting an exhibition featuring a a new selection of works by Czech-born British photojournalist, John Sadovy (1925-2010) showing the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Sadovy was on assignment to cover the events of the revolution by Life magazine as a freelance photojournalist in Budapest. Having spent only four days in Hungary between the 29 October and the 1 November, primarily in Budapest and also at the Hungarian-Austrian border, he produced nearly 700…

To celebrate the 2026 Photography Book Awards, KKF is delighted to be presenting our annual photobook symposium in partnership with the V&A Museum. The programme includes presentations by prizewinner Sasha Kurmaz, shortlisted artist Janet Delaney and Lewis Chaplin (founder of publisher Loose Joints), who designed and published Hoda Afshar’s book ‘The Fold’.

As of 1 January 2027, the German Documentation Center for Art History – Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (DDK) will offer an annual fellowship for doctoral researchers in photography for the first time. The research fellowship supports early-career scholars and provides close links to both the Dr. Rolf H. Krauss Research Library and the DDK’s activities as a research center at Marburg University.

In 2016, the DDK acquired a remarkable collection: the Bibliothek zur Photographie, Collection Dr.…

A remarkable collection of photograph albums have gone on display at Belton Estate near Grantham. Crafting Memory: Marian's Photograph Albums offers a rare opportunity to see original albums and photographs created and compiled by Lady Marian Alford (1817-88) during the 1860s, and are being shown publicly in the house for the first time.

The exhibition includes a wide…

Hello!  Karen Vandermeulen here from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I am not actually sure this would be the correct historical site for my inquiry, but I will post and you can let me know.   I sincerely appreciate your time.

I am working on my husband’s genealogy, particularly his great grandfather, Isidore Joseph Breda, born 1881 in Mira, Venice, Italy.  At some point he came to Belgium, where he married and was the proprietor of a highly regarded hotel/restaurant named Le Regal in…

Back in 2024 BPH noted that the Bodleian had acquired work from the Handsworth Self Portrait project and earlier this year reported the death of Brian…

As part of France's commemoration of the bicentennial of photography publishers have produced a number of books linked to the event and the French Ministry of Culture and the National Book Centre (CNL) have also supported a number directly. These have been published, or will appear during 2026-2027. A short selection of interest to BPH are highlighted below: 

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This event celebrates the publication of Dr Flora Dunster’s Hurled Towards the Future: Lesbian Photography and Queer Imagination in 1980s London (Paul Mellon Centre 2026). 

Hurled Towards the Future is the first art-historical account of photography from London’s lesbian sex-radical scene.…