Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
The Directory of Travelling Photographers. Part 1: 1841-1881 and the new Part 2: 1882-1921 are now both available online via the Romany and Traveller Family History Society (RTFHS) website. The website has just been updated with part 2. Additional…
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The receipients of the Archives Revealed Scoping Grant programme for 2025-26 managed by The National Archives have been announced. Inevitably photography is integral to many of the recipients' collections. The programme is funded by The National…
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Apparently from Virginia, Birt Acres appeared out of nowhere in Britain aged 35, without a trace of his former life. Yet immediately he became a prominent figure in the late Victorian photographic world. He soon teamed up with Robert Paul to make a…
Apr 26
Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
The National Portrait Gallery, which owns twelve volumes of Camile Silvy's studio daybooks, has published a blog by Paul Frecker tracing the story of the daybooks and the missing volume 11 (July 1863-June 1864). Frecker also explores the importance…
Apr 25
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Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
Source magazine is relocating offices and is making backsets of Source available at a discounted price. The sets include 100 print issues published from 1992 to 2024. In addition an exclusive back set of Creative Camera magazine is also available…
Apr 20
Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
As part of Photo Museum Ireland's Through the Lens lecture series, noted photography collector and historian William Fagan will explore the pivotal role of French photographers and techniques in shaping the early photographic landscape in Ireland.…
Apr 17
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Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
The National Archives has updated its Records at Risk Grants programme and information and added details of past recent recipients. The scheme is delivered in collaboration with the British Records Association and the Business Archives Council, to…
Apr 11
Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
BPH has just learnt of the passing of John Chillingworth yesterday, aged 97 years.  As his website notes: 
As a teenager, he made a traditional entry into Fleet Street at the height of the Second World War. His initial ambition had been to make the…
Apr 7
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Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
The French Ministry of Culture has issued a call for projects to commemorate the bicentenary of photography in 2026/27 and is issuing an official label for those projects. Photography is almost 200 years old. On this occasion, the Ministry of…
Mar 31
Michael Pritchard posted a blog post
For 140 years, The Camera Club has been at the heart of photographic excellence, innovation, and artistic exploration. As the longest continuously running photography club in the world, we are proud to present The Art of Seeing – 140 Years of…
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