The School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) at Cardiff University has announced two funded PhD studentship opportunities in the field of photographic history.
The Valleys Archive at Ffotogallery: Community, Photography & Democracy in South Wales, 1978-2028 (with Ffotogallery)
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-valleys-archive-at-ffotogallery-community-photography-and-democracy-in-south-wales-1978-2028/?p184218
Application Deadline: 16 May 2025
Cardiff University and Ffotogallery are delighted to offer a fully funded Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) (ESRC DTP) studentship under the Journalism, Digital Media and Democracy Pathway. This co-creative interdisciplinary doctoral project is focused on a collection of historic documentary photographs commissioned by Ffotogallery in the 1980s known as ‘The Valleys Project’. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Ffotogallery in 2028, the studentship will examine how historical photographic archives can be harnessed to address pressing issues of community disenfranchisement and cohesion, of visibility and representation, and of visual literacy and skills development in the digital age. The project will be jointly supervised by Siân Addicott (Ffotogallery), Alix Beeston (Cardiff University) and Tom Allbeson (Cardiff University).
Social Inequality and British Documentary Style: Bert Hardy’s photographs for Picture Post magazine, 1940-57 (with V&A)
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/social-inequality-and-british-documentary-style-bert-hardy-s-photographs-for-picture-post-magazine-1940-57/?p183989
Application Deadline: 23 May 2025
The V&A and Cardiff University are pleased to announce a fully funded Collaborative Doctoral Studentship from October 2025 under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) scheme. The project will explore the work of photojournalist Bert Hardy for the photo-magazine Picture Post. Research will engage with material only recently made available by the Bert Hardy estate: over 2,000 prints donated to the Department of Photography, V&A; and his personal archive, now lodged at Special Collections & Archives, Cardiff University. The project will be jointly supervised by Martin Barnes (V&A) and Tom Allbeson (Cardiff University).
Image: © William Tsui from ffotogallery's The Valleys project
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