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Welcome to the British photographic history blog (BPH). Launched at the start of 2009 there are now over 4300 subscribers, in addition to regular readers. These range from museum and gallery curators, photography and history academics, students, collectors and dealers from around the world. The blog provides a forum for news of events and happenings within the BPH community. This includes lectures or meetings, exhibition news, jobs, reviews and general news affecting collections of photographic material or individuals within the field. The focus is on Britain but will 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. 
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PS. Thanks to George Eastman House (now George Eastman Museum) and History Today magazine blogs for recommending British Photographic History as one of their own favourite blogs. The Daily Telegraph made BPH one of its photography websites of the week

The National Stereoscopic Association is pleased to announce its seventh annual 'Sessions on the History of Stereoscopic Photography' at the 52nd annual 3D-Con on 16 July, 2026, to be held at the Clyde Hotel, 330 Tijeras Avenue NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Presentations are welcome on any art historical, visual studies, humanities or social historical scholarship in stereography from its inception to contemporary stereo-media. We project stereoscopically on the 3D-Con's big screen, and our…

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Bradford's Impressions Gallery has posted a notice on its website announcing that it 'is now closed to visitors as we prepare to leave Centenary Square when our lease ends in March. We are relocating to another city-centre venue while we work towards developing a new permanent home in Bradford. Following an incredible year, we are busy working behind the scenes and will be announcing our plans and programme for 2026 soon.'

BPH understands that more information will be made available…

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Auction: India and British Museum


31082722493?profile=RESIZE_400x Two lots of particular photography interest are being offered over the next few weeks. Stephen Thompson's Photographs of British Museum Antiquities (1872) be at Lyon and Turnbull on 25 February and estimated at £700-1000. In an online auction ending on 19 February property from the late Professor Malcolm Yapp (1931-2025) is being offered which includes John Forbes Watson &…

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A remarkable body of work by the late photographer Joyce Edwards is being unveiled for the first time in a new exhibition that reveals one of East London’s most extraordinary grassroots housing movements. Edwards, a Hampstead landlady turned passionate documentarian, ventured into the East End nearly 50 years ago to photograph the young squatters who were transforming derelict streets into vibrant, if precarious, homes.

Edwards passed away in 2023, just months…

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10×10 Photobooks is pleased to announce a new grant cycle and call for applications as part of its annual photobook research grants program to encourage and support scholarship on under-explored topics in photobook history. For this cycle, 10×10 is looking for submissions related to 10×10 Photobooks’ forthcoming publication on the history of photobooks from Africa and its diaspora. We invite proposals for photobook research on Black identity, Africa and the African diaspora. The concept of…

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Just passing on this rare opportunity at the National Library of Ireland, which is hiring an Assistant Keeper Grade 1 in Photographic Collections. This curatorial role involves looking after the largest Irish photography collection in the world, and the largest photographic collection on the island, totalling more than 5 million photographs. This is a heavily consulted and unparalleled photographic national collection. Salary (for new employees) is €74k-€91k. Closes on 27 February…

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PHRC is pleased to announce the second season of its Research Seminars in Photographic Cultures and Heritage, a free, online series of talks and discussions exploring photography’s intersections with politics, technology, and cultural production.

The series investigates the rich and evolving field of photographic cultures and heritage, bringing together researchers, practitioners,…

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