Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history
All Events in British Library (18)
January 6Wednesday
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Points of View: The 19th Century Close Up
January 6, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Our panel select and dissect some of the remarkable images being shown in the Points of View exhibition. With Geoff Dyer, novelist and author of The Ongoing Moment, photographic historian and writer… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
January 12Tuesday
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Charles Dickens: Man, Writer and Fanciful Photographer
January 12, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Michael Slater, world-renowned Dickens expert, whose new biography of the novelist was published in September, will explore the complex personality and dramatic history, both personal and professiona… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 1Monday
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The Man who stopped Time: Eadweard Muybridge
February 1, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library Muybridge's work is iconic: his stop-motion pictures of boxers, wrestlers and, most famously, racehorses frozen in time are some of the most famous images in the history of photography. His personal… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
February 6Saturday
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Points of View walk through and curator talk
February 6, 2010 from 2:15pm to 5pm – British Library The Royal Photographic Society's historical group has arranged a tour of the British Library's Points of View exhibition following by a session with curator John Falconer. John will be showing materi… Organized by RPS Historical Group | Type: exhibition
February 20Saturday
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Capture King's Cross: A photography treasure hunt
February 20, 2010 from 10am to 6pm – British Library Join us for a day exploring this vibrant part of the city through photography. Teams are given clues and sent out into the local streets to find inspiration and construct photos that respond to, or r… Organized by British Library | Type: event
February 24Wednesday
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Preserving photographic materials training day
February 24, 2010 from 9:45am to 5:30pm – British Library Photographic collections are found in libraries, archives and museums all over the world. Their sensitivity to environmental conditions, and the speed with which images can deteriorate present specia… Organized by Preservation Advisory Centre | Type: workshop
February 27Saturday
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Capture Kings Cross
February 27, 2010 all day – British Library A mass participation event, creatively photographing the area around the British Library and the Kings Cross development. Organized by British Library | Type: workshop
March 1Monday
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Photography and the Changing City
March 1, 2010 from 6:30pm to 8pm – British Library From the earliest days of photography, when William Fox Talbot captured the construction of Nelson’s Column, the city of London has been a dramatic subject for images of all kinds. Some of our finest… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
March 6Saturday
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Lewis Carroll and Photography: Exposing the Truth
March 6, 2010 from 2:30pm to 4pm – British Library Globally celebrated under his pen-name of Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), was also a mathematician and a truly important pioneer p… Organized by British Library | Type: lecture
July 1Friday
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Street Markets of London in the 1940s - Walter Joseph
July 1, 2011 to July 31, 2011 – British Library Recently acquired by the British Library, LSPF is proud to present this work to the public for the first time. Walter Felix Abraham Joseph (1922-2003) was born in Darmstadt to an Orthodox Jewish coup… Organized by British Library | Type: exhibition
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