Two new jobs at De Montfort University have been advertised. De Montfort University has a well established reputation for providing web access to primary research sources in the history of photography. You will help to shape and to realise our long term plan to establish us as a centre of excellence, by delivering this ambition in partnership with other organisations that share our zeal for the subject.
Research Fellow in Photographic History (0.2FTE). Part Time. Grade F: £30,594 - £33,432 per annum (pro rata).
With a recently completed PhD (or equivalent), or currently undertaking one, you will contribute to the teaching of the MA in Photographic History and Practice, developing and delivering a module in Photography and Industry. You will undertake personal research related to the subject area.
Senior Research Fellow in Photographic History (0.6 FTE). Part Time. Grade G: £34,435 - 43,622 per annum (pro rata). With a PhD (or equivalent) and teaching experience at Masters level, you will contribute to the teaching of the MA in Photographic History and Practice, including a module related to Photographic Ethnographies. You will pursue personal research and undertake Photographic History bid writing.
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The Museum of English Rural life at the University of Reading (UK) would lke to invite you to visit the Farmer and Stockbreeder collection online exhibition at http://www.reading.ac.uk/merl/research/countrysideimages/merl-list.aspCategories include: Agricultural Labour and People; Cattle; Children and Young Farmers; Crafts; Crops and Fruit; Harvesting and Picking; Haystacks, Ricks and Thatching; Horses; Land Cultivation; Machinery; Marketing and Packaging; Milking and Dairying; Pigs; Poultry; Rural Buildings and Landscape; Second World War and Agriculture; Sheep;Shows and Competitions; Women in Agriculture; Women's Land Army.In September 2008 the Museum started the Digitisation of Countryside Images Project to digitise and catalogue 13, 000 glass negatives from the Farmers Weekly and Farmer and Stockbreeder photographic collections. Images date from 1920 to 1965 and represent the two most comprehensive collections of documentary photogrpahy relating to British farming and the countryside in the 20th century. The project is funded by JISC as part of the Enriching Digital Resources programme, a strand of the Digitisation programme.The Farmers Weekly collection online exhibition will be available in September 2009.
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This publication will be available from November 2009 to coincide with the British Library's major autumn exhibition highlighting photography within the Library.The book, for the first time, brings together a selection of images from the Library's collections. It examines the history, diversity and influence of photography from its invention and early years up to the growth of a popular amateur market in the early twentieth century. Begining with the work of William Henry Fox Talbot and other influential pioneers, the book includes many of the celebrated names in nineteenth-century photography from across the world including Francis Frith, Felix Teynard, Samuel Bourne and Peter Henry Emerson, as well as numerous lesser-known names who made significant contributions to the medium. Organised by subject matter in a broadly chronological arrangement, it asks: Who was taking the photography and why? Section by section, items are presented within their cultural contexts, exploring some of the major themes of the nineteenth century, from imperial expansion to industrialisation and the emergence of new scientific and social disciplines in an era of rapid social change. The final sections of the book will examine the ways in which the development of simplified cameras and accessible technology responded to the demands of a developing mass market for photography, which continues up to the present day.
Points of View. Capturing the 19th century in photographs
Edited by John Falconer and Louise Hide
British Library, London
Hardback, £29.95 / Paperback £15.95
ISBN 978 0 7123 5081 5 / 978 0 7123 5082 2
176 pages, 100 colour illustrations
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Evelyn George Carey Forth Bridge | Testo di Michael Gray & Angelo MaggiFederico Motta Editore | Milano 2009 | 144pp 260 x 290 mm | Duotone | Hardback | Italian & EnglishQuoting from the text:"The building of the Forth Bridge was marked and controlled through photography; the official photographer: Evelyn George Carey, a young engineer and personal assistant to the designer, Benjamin Baker worked on the project over a period of eight years between 1882 to 1890. His pictures capture, clearly and lyrically, the scale, tensions and inherent dangers of such a project.""In a sense, the scale and importance of Carey’s achievement has yet to be fully appreciated. The body of work created by this young engineer-photographer between 1882 and 1890 as an employee of Fowler & Baker stands as an exemplar for all photographers working within this increasingly complex ever evolving domain. The photographs are pre-eminently sequential, tracing and recording the progress of the bridge’s construction, with an informed and critical eye. According to Patrizio, “Carey’s photographs are the visual expression of a very particular engineering ambition which is fully understood by the photographer.” The later, modernist fascination with such structures may be understood through a study of his series as a whole; the Forth Bridge shows, in Michael Baxandall’s terms, ‘a kind of expressive functionalism’ "University of Venice, Department of Engineering | Ordine degli Ingeneri di Padova | National Archive of Scotland
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Although this blog is not intended as a buying/selling forum, BPH members might be interested to learn that a UK bookseller has the following books available. As most of you will be aware these volumes are very useful sources for the period:
British Journal Photographic Almanac - 1871, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1880 (all paper covers); plus 1892, 1894 (lack covers)
Year Book of Photography - 1880, 1882, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1891 (all paper covers)
The bookseller is: Modern First Editions which can be reached on 01943 608596.
If you go after them please mention Michael Pritchard sent you.
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Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is launching its call for the Guest Curator for the 12th presentation of the international biennale of contemporary photography that will take place in September 2011.Every two years since 1989, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal produces an innovative photography event that serves as a catalyst for artists, other specialists of the image and the general public. This event promotes different tendencies in contemporary photography and creates international exchanges between photographers, the public at large, curators, the media and collectors. Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal works with artists, museums, galleries, artist-run centres, universities, and a large group of other partners to present a stimulating event that, by virtue of a series of mostly solo exhibitions spread across the city, transforms Montréal into one immense coherent group exhibition organized around a single unifying concept or theme.Since 2003, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal has invited a Guest Curator to elaborate the theme of each new presentation of the biennale. All the exhibitions, educational activities, the colloquium and the publication are all organized around a singular theme defined by the Guest Curator. For information regarding the curators and themes of previous events, please consult our Web site at www.moisdelaphoto.com where you can also find more information on the organization, its history, and mandate.The Guest Curator for 2011 will develop a, new, bold and innovative theme that lends itself to a coherent program of exhibitions, publication, colloquium, etc., that will distinguish Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal internationally and provide opportunities for our visitors to develop a better understanding of the theme and issues in contemporary photography in general.For more details, please http://mail.moisdelaphoto.com/appel/Guest_Curator2011_fr_eng.pdf.Please let us know by e-mail if you do not want to Mois de la Photo à Montréal's E-Bulletin at info@moisdelaphoto.comLe Mois de la Photo à Montréal www.moisdelaphoto.com661 rue Rose-de-Lima Local 203 | Montréal (QC) | Canada | H4C 2L7 | (514) 390-0383 | (514) 390-8802
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Hello everyone,As a result of unfortunate circumstances we've lost our summer intern and are seeking a post graduate level student or recent graduate to work with our team in the Photographic Collection of the University of St Andrews library.This placement would begin in mid-July and last for 6-8 weeks. Candidates must have training or keen interest in working directly with photographic materials, and have in-depth knowledge of photographic history. The work would consist of preventive conservation, rehousing historic photographic material, participating in a negative freezing programme, conducting historic research for attribution and dating, as well as creating indices and finding aids for photographic collections. It will be a well rounded experience.Those interested in finding out more, please feel free to contact me directly.Many thanks!Marc
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