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John Coster, Director, Independent Heritage Network, discusses personal archives left behind after a bereavement and the next Saturday Heritage Fair which provides an outlet for personal effects left behind, including photographs.

Imagine you’ve just experienced a bereavement. A box of personal belongings – school reports, passports, old photographs, perhaps mementos from a life once lived abroad due to war or economic necessity – has found its way to you. These items, quietly stored away for years, suddenly feel important. They might raise questions. They might offer clues. They might carry weight. But what do you do with them? Who do you turn to if you want to understand more, or contribute what you’ve found to a wider story?

The fair will have 25 themed heritage stalls, a talks programme, and an exhibition in the Basement Gallery.  

See: https://doc-media-centre.org/2025/08/10/who-will-help-challenging-the-narrative-around-personal-items-in-heritage-spaces/

Saturday Heritage Fair
10 October 2025, 1000-1500, cafe open from 0830
Leicester, Adult Education Centre, free

The date for Photographic 2018 is closing fast, as usual it will take place at the regular venue The  Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Hall, 80 Vincent Square, London SW1P 2PB on the 20 May 2018. Public entry is from 10am-4.00pm and admission is £5 on the door. This year there will be more than 100 stalls selling user and collectable cameras, consumables, lenses, literature and images. It is not a trade show for new equipment. If you fancy a table to clear that build up of photographic equipment phone 01684 594526 . Early buyers tickets can be obtained from the same phone number.

Any late updates and more information can be found at https://www.facebook.com/photographicafair ;

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Nigel

THE LONDON PHOTOGRAPH FAIR - the UK's only established vintage photograph fair - is delighted to announce the return of its Special Edition, to be held on Saturday and Sunday the 20th and 21st of May 2017 at The Great Hall, King’s College London, adjacent to Somerset House.

The boutique event will allow established international dealers specialising in vintage photographs and photo-books to present their own curated displays of their best vintage material.

The London Photograph Fair Special Edition coincides with the closing weekend of Photo London next door at Somerset House.


On display and for sale will be unique and original vintage works from the entire history of photography from the 1840s through the 20th Century. Vintage modern masters from the 1920s will rub shoulders with rare daguerreotypes and original 1960s film and fashion press prints.

Exhibitors bringing a their finest material are: Adnan Sezer - Bruno Tartarin, photovintagefrance - Christophe Lunn, Lunn Galerie - Clement Kauter, Le Plac'Art Photo - Daniella Dangoor - The Front, London - Ian Sumner - Linus Carr - Lisa Tao - Maggs Brothers - Pablo Butcher - Pierre Spake - Richard Meara

Photographs for sale - include works by: Richard Avendon - Norman Parkinson - Paul Strand - Brassai - Man Ray - Cecil Beaton - Roger Fenton - Lewis Carroll - Walker Evans - Bill Brandt - Edward Steichen - among many others.

Tickets are just £5, available from www.photofair.co.uk