Registration is now open for a one-day, in-person research workshop concerning the landmark British photo-magazine, Picture Post (1938-57). Picture Post was launched in the era of the Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front. Conceived for Hulton Press by Stefan Lorant (a Hungarian editor exiled from Nazi Germany), Picture Post had a transnational staff and a global outlook. It was the leading British example of an international phenomenon – the birth of photojournalism and the photo-essay. The equivalent of Life in the US and Paris-Match in France, the magazine achieved circulation figures of 1.7 million.
To mark the opening of a major exhibition at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Cardiff, we are hosting a research workshop bringing together an international cohort of researchers, curators, archivists and librarians to discuss the development and impact of Picture Post.
The workshop is co-hosted by the Tom Hopkinson Centre for Media History (School of Journalism, Media & Culture, Cardiff University) and Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales. It is organised by Dr Tom Allbeson (Reader in Media & Photographic History, Cardiff University) and Dr Bronwen Colquhoun (Senior Curator of Photography, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales).
Picture Post (1938-57): Genesis, History & Legacy of a Photo-Magazine
Cardiff, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University,
Two Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS, UK
13 June 2025, 0900- 1730
Free, In person
See the full programme and register here
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