I’m in the final few days of my 3 month fellowship at the Science History Institute, Philadelphia. I have been researching the work of the chemist Elizabeth Fulhame who began her photochemical studies in 1780 Edinburgh and by 1798 was a corresponding member of the Philadelphia Chemical Society.

If you're in Edinburgh this summer, I am running the Darkroom Photography: Introduction to Colour Photography course at Stills Gallery. Saturday 9 & Sunday 10 August, 11am-5pm. A few places still left. More info here: stills.org/product/dark...

In January I was honoured to be given the Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund for Historical Photographic Research. I began my research in spring at Yale University Library Palmquist Collection: Women in Photography.

Hard to imagine Robert Burns in proximity to the invention of photography. Yet here is his sister, Isabella, captured in her older age by the photographic partnership of Robert Adamson and David Octavius Hill. Image: National Galleries of Scotland @nationalgalleries.bsky.social

More photography writers arriving all the time, welcome @justinmcarville.bsky.social @klloyd.bsky.social @kathrinyacavone.bsky.social @miraanneli.bsky.social @mrautzenberg.bsky.social @fabianroe.bsky.social

Still more photography writers to follow: @nathanjurgenson.bsky.social @olgaasmith.bsky.social @michellehenning.bsky.social @carolinedouglas.bsky.social @katerinakorola.bsky.social

This autumn I had the pleasure of being the Fedwa Malti-Douglas Fellow at the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, exploring the pre-photographic chemical networks of Elizabeth Fulhame. Thanks to all staff at @amphilsociety.bsky.social for their assistance in this research. More to follow!