Sad to learn of the death of Colin Ford, founding Director of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford (NMPFT, now the National Science and Media Museum) and a major contributor to our understanding of the history of photography kraszna-krausz.org.uk/in-memory-of...

For those interested, there's a free online talk TOMORROW by Hilary Roberts, former curator at the Imperial War Museum, on the history and manipulation of conflict photography: #photohist events.rps.org/en/4LrdQ66/h...

This is happening on Monday 8 December, 2.30 pm, online! It's going to be a fantastic seminar with Dr Ayra Thampuran, Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and @duncanwilson78.bsky.social, who will share short provocations on the topic of consent, followed by plenty of time for questions and discussion #photohist

This should be well worth attending - and the book will be reviewed in the next issue of 'Photographica World'. Those interested in previous book reviews on the subject of World War One photography should check out our online review section here: pccgb.net/new-book-rev...

Head to Paddington Reservoir Gardens to see the works on display there, including the Head On Exposure Awards, and this - the winning photo by Abdelrahman Alkahlout called Faith amidst genocide. Head On Photo Festival 2025 | 8–30 November Image credit: Abdelrahman Alkahlout #headonphoto

Foam talent deadline extended til 16 Nov. This prize has been career-changing for several former students. mailchi.mp/foam/foam-ta...

📸 Excited to share my first blog post! I’ve rounded up the best brand‑new film cameras you can actually buy in 2025, with real‑world pros & cons, and how they’ll fit into a serious film workflow. Check it out:  withframes.com/blog/buy-bes... #FilmPhotography #35mm #FilmIsNotDead

Throwback Thursday 📸 Penzance Promenade, c.1910 Gibson & Sons A photograph of the promenade with three stylish ladies approaching the photographer. The sea railings were replaced with a new design in 1896, and the whole area was paved in the following year.

A new biography explores the remarkable life and collecting legacy of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, the 19th-century heiress and ceramics scholar. buff.ly/qIiekc0

This should be excellent #photohist

Photography folks, a longread for your Sunday coffee. Enjoy! www.flakphoto.news/p/mugshots-a...

Home Darkrooms in Britian 📸🏠🏳️‍🌈 Oral History Project I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home. If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch:   📧 [email protected] 📞 +447902489831

Edinburgh-area photo history nerds! I'm giving a talk 17/9/25 @ the Edinburgh Photographic Society. It's not technically a public event but if you are interested in attending, PM me & I'll send a link. More below. #tintypes #photohistory #wetcollodion #photography #altprocess #Victorian #Edinburgh

Don't forget to book your free tickets to our Bill Douglas Memorial talk for Heritage Open Days by Geoff Brown - 'From Silent to Sound'! 👉 www.bdcmuseum.org.uk/.../lecture-... See you there! 🎬🎥 #heritagesky #museumsky @museumsandheritage.com #heritageopendays #billdouglas #filmsky #silentfilmsky

It’s one year this week since the publication of the Routledge Companion to Global Photographies. The 36 essays from around the world are free, open access to all: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

Photographica World No.180 is out now - contents include a look at the Diana F+ and Dan 35 cameras, seaside animal photography, fingerprints, Chinese missionaries, manufacturer E.H. Farrow, Johan Steenbergen & the Photorex, the life and work of Ernest Marriage FRPS, and much more #photohist

Peter was a speaker at the Club's AGM in Weston-super-Mare in 2013, talking about how he & Bill Douglas built up their unique collection of material on the history of the moving image. Many PCCGB members will recognise the truth of his comment: ‘collecting is the disease for which there is no cure’!

It’s #MosseWednesday! Join Mirjam Brusius on March 27th for her Mosse Lecture, “Skulls, Sculptures, and the Kaiser’s Museums: Global Entanglements, Colonial Race Science, and German Memory Culture (c. 1900-today)” at Columbia University’s Deutsches Haus.

Born #OTD 1837 #photographer Marie-Lydie Bonfils. Moved to Lebanon in 1867 and ran a studio with husband Felix. #WomenInPhotography #WomensHistoryMonth Interesting blog on BL website blogs.bl.uk/endangeredar...

The growing interest in collecting among the younger generation has been clearly noticeable at Photographica these last few years snapcracklephoto.substack.com/p/a-new-gene...

Que no nos pare la falta de creatividad, por favor! 😂 Hoy sale mi primer libro, #Retratadas. Fotografía, género y modernidad en el siglo XIX español, publicado por Cátedra. Estará disponible hoy en la Central del Museo Reina Sofía y a partir de mañana en vuestras librerías habituales!!

This looks a fun way to celebrate Anna Atkins' birthday

New research on autochrome pioneer and 'Photographic News' editor Percy Salmon FRPS #photohist pressphotoman.com/2025/03/10/a...

Susan Sontag admitted in 1978 that “On Photography” (1977) is not about photography, while also defended it as not against photography. She claimed that it is about how capitalist industrial society uses photography and its implications.

Happy Birthday #AnnaAtkins!

PW 179 is now at the printer and will be with subscribers soon - contents include Albert Kahn's autochromes, Captain John Baptist Lucius Noel on Mt Everest, in-depth looks at Riley Reflex & Salex Murer cameras, Johan Steenbergen, cameras in movies about war photography, and much more.. pccgb.net

Good news! If you missed this talk, you can now watch it over on YouTube: youtu.be/8bUzNsTlzRc?...

Ever fancied owning your own Victorian photographer's studio? Following the closure of Cornwall's Flambards theme park, the photographer's shop from the Victorian village is up for auction, with the shop front, mannequins, cameras & accessories #photohist

The 2024 Madrid edition of More Pictures About Dark Cities and Vacant Buildings is out now You can order a copy here:

Focus #1 2025! Don't miss this 116-page issue! American Photography, Staciii Samidin, icon: Saul Leiter. Test: Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Sigma 30mm and 56mm. focusmagazine.nl Cover: Anaïs Lopez #photography #focusmagazine #staciisamidin #saulleiter #foam #rijksmuseum #sigmaphotobenelux

Ever thought about studying history of photography? On Saturday April 5, I'll be in St Andrews to meet with anyone thinking of applying for MLitt History of Photography and MLitt @arthistorysta.bsky.social programs For a graduate's views bit.ly/41JaQ3F And to sign up bit.ly/3QM49Yf See you there!

We are setting up for a fascinating talk on the history of photography in Devon in the Folklore Library and Archive. And we have lots of toys to look at too

My latest article is out! It argues that the public subvention of photography in Parisian hospitals enabled the institutionalisation of photography and shaped the kind of photography that could be done #photohist #histmed 📷📸🗂️ It took me literal years to write!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting find inside a No1 Pocket Kodak - a reel of undeveloped film taken in Chipping Sodbury in the 1950s. #photography #photohist #camera #collecting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My new book! Photography and Making Bedouin Histories in the Naqab, 1906-2013: An Anthropological Approach |Routledge| #bedouin #naqab #photohist #visualanthro #anthropology #middleeasthistory

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Our last two issues have covered topics that include the Mimosa, Fujita & dry plate Ferrotype cameras, the Zenza Bronica, Victorian studios, musical CDVs, an incredibly rare SNAP subminiature, negatives from an 1888 Kodak, British lenses on Leicas, pictorialism, cameras in movies - and more...