Happy 195th birthday Robert Howlett, photographer of this 1858 masterpiece @V_and_A Howlett travelled to Saltash, Cornwall, in 1858 to photograph construction of the revolutionary tubular bridge designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel -now the Royal Albert Bridge. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O143380...

The latest issue of our three-times-a-year research journal 'The PhotoHistorian' (No.204/Spring 2026) is now available. Free to RPS Historical Group members, but subscriptions also available to #photohistory enthusiasts and institutions Details via the link in our bio.

Happy 227th Birthday #AnnaAtkins! Take a look at my 2025 blog about her visit to Chatsworth House in 1851. Her two volumes of Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions were part of the Gorgeous Nothings exhibition at Chatsworth last year. chatsworth.org/news-media/new…

Join us at midnight tonight UK time to celebrate #InternationalWomen’sDay with our 2026 online #Women of #Photography conference-athon. 72 speakers from all over the world over 24 hours, beginning with women's photography of Antarctica. Registration is free for this unique event! womenofphoto.com

'Lessay Abbey, Normandy, France' by Ursula Clark (1940-2000). Two of the recently-discovered images by the Newcastle upon Tyne photographer. The full story in my latest Pressphotoman blogpost. Link below.

Next Sunday we will be celebrating #InternationalWomen’sDay with our 2026 online #Women of #Photography conference-athon on 8th March. Join 72 speakers over 24 hours starting at midnight on Saturday in the UK, beginning with women's photography of Antarctica. Registration is free! womenofphoto.com

2 weeks today we will be celebrating #InternationalWomen’sDay with our 2026 online Women of Photography conference-athon on 8th March. Join 72 speakers over 24 hours starting at midnight on Saturday in the UK, beginning with photography of Antarctica. Registration is open and free. womenofphoto.com

Registration open! Women of Photography 24 hour Conference-a-thon 2026. 8th March International Women’s Day. I’ll be joining the amazing Joyce Campbell, Anne Nobel & Geoff Batchen to discuss photography &Antarctica. Convened by the brilliant Rose Teanby & Kris Belden Adams. womenofphoto.com

4 weeks today we will be celebrating #InternationalWomen’sDay with our 2026 online Women of Photography conference-athon on 8th March. Join 72 speakers over 24 hours travelling across the world beginning with photography of Antarctica. Registration is open and free. womenofphoto.com

Registration is open for the 2026 Women of Photography conference-athon on 8th March. Join 72 speakers over 24 hours celebrating International Women’s Day - starting with photography of Antarctica & travelling across the world. womenofphoto.com

Grateful thanks to Photo Oxford for recording my recent talk about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot held at @bodleian.ox.ac.uk The talk is available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fmB...

@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 24 hours to go to my Photo Oxford talk at the Weston Library or online, exploring the life of Constance Talbot. Join me to hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and her lifelong love of art. Wednesday 1-2pm Weston Library, Oxford: photooxford.org/events/const...

One week to go to my Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. Hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and maintaining a love of art throughout her life. 5th November 1-2pm Weston Library: photooxford.org/events/const...

Delighted to receive the new biography of Anna Atkins by Corey Keller. It's a fascinating study of Anna’s life and work within the wider context of women’s 19th century lives. Highly recommended read and, of course, stunning illustrations.

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here: photooxford.org/events/const...

Join me on 5th November for a talk about early photographer and artist Constance Talbot at the Bodleian Weston Library, Oxford, over lunchtime (1pm - 2pm). The talk is part of Photo Oxford and reveals new research into her fascinating life. Details here: photooxford.org/events/const...

Take a look at my new blog about Anna Atkins and her visit to Chatsworth House in 1851. Her Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions are currently on display within the Gorgeous Nothings exhibition at Chatsworth - a must visit! www.chatsworth.org/news-media/n...

Two weeks to go before the deadline for papers celebrating women photographers. Building on our March 24 hour conference-athon, a FREE online conference will be held on International Women’s Day 2026. We invite proposals for talks or panel discussions - details at: womenofphoto.com

Visited two Anna Atkins volumes at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, on display in The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth exhibition. Always a pleasure to see her Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions.

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025. 🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections. 🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h... #WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

One month to go - call for papers celebrating women photographers. Building on our March 24 hour conference-athon, a FREE online conference will be held on International Women’s Day 2026. We invite proposals for talks or panel discussions - details at womenofphoto.com

At the home of photography #Lacock Abbey with the amazing Jo Gane re-creating a Photogenic Drawing taken by Constance Talbot in May 1839. Over 3 hours to register an image in sunny weather! This project will feature in my talk for Photo Oxford 2025. Photo by Andy Cochrane.

Returning to former posts, this week features early English photographer Miss Jane Halksworth and the origins of a photographic dynasty. In 1857 she advertised her portrait service from the family home in Shepherds Bush and also from her father's watchmaking premises at 58 Fleet Street, London. 1/3

Over on our blog, Digital Resources Manager Louisiane Ferlier takes a look at the history of women in the Royal Society library and finds they undoubtedly worked and studied there long before they became eligible for election to the Fellowship in 1945: royalsociety.org/blog/2025/04...

Continuing the focus on Mrs Atkinson, travelling photographer in 1860, by August she reached Northallerton in North Yorkshire. The Stockton Herald advertised 'Atkinson’s Photographic Van' centrally located near the church, offering large & small portraits 'taken by a Female'. 1/2

This week introduces one of the least visible of all early British women photographers but possibly one of the most significant. Mrs Atkinson was an itinerant photographer travelling with her 'Photographic Van' in her 1860 Richmond and Ripon Chronicle advertisement. 1/2

Kingston upon Hull was the location for a third early woman photographer, Mrs Hannah Hardey. Her primary occupation had been as portrait painter in oils, but in 1857 she branched out into photographic portraiture located at her husband’s studio on Jarratt Street. 1/2

Continuing our focus on early women photographers in Kingston upon Hull, today looks at another widow, Mrs Mary Overend. Near Ann Cooke’s former studio, Mrs Overend appeared in trade directories at Saville Street from 1861-1867 & described as 'Artist Photo' in the 1861 census.

This week looks at the city of Kingston upon Hull and its pioneering women photographers. Widow Mrs Ann Cooke took over the photographic studio of Edward Holmes on George Street in 1845. She became the first woman to appear in a census as a Photographic Artist in 1851. 1/2

#WomensHistoryMonth Celebrating the 226th birthday of photographic pioneer #AnnaAtkins by revisiting my 2024 blog for the @linneansociety.bsky.social. A rare photo of all three volumes of Photographs of British Algae, Cyanotype Impressions courtesy of Linnean Society. www.linnean.org/news/2024/12...

#WomensHistoryMonth Following our global online celebration of #women #photographers, let's focus on early English photographer Mrs Jane Emma Massey, a name found in the 1861 census & 1862 London Post Office Directory. She was listed as a Photographic Artist in both records. 1/2

A huge thank you to all presenters and attendees who celebrated #InternationalWomensDay by supporting our #Women of #photography conference-athon. It was an amazing opportunity connecting with researchers to highlight fantastic dedicated research in all corners of the world.

What better way to spend International Women's Day than attending, and participating in, a 24-hour Conference-A-Thon organised by the wonderful @roseteanby.bsky.social and Kris Belden Adams! So many interesting papers and always a pleasure to talk about the Kodak Museum Collection 📸

Happy International Women’s Day! Marking the day by attending the wonderful 24-hour conference «Women of photography» organized by @roseteanby.bsky.social and Kris Belden-Adams 🙌🏼🫶🏻👏🏻 📷Ørnelund/Oslo museum

Enjoying the online Women of Photography conference marking #InternationalWomensDay. Amazing work by @roseteanby.bsky.social & Kris Belden-Adams in planning this mammoth 24-hour event. Presentations already include Jillian Edelstein, Deborah Ireland, Stéphany Onfray, Catlin Langford and Meg Dolan.

It's #WomensHistoryMonth Join us for a unique, free 24hr online conference celebrating #women of #photography starting at midnight UTC going into 8th March #InternationalWomensDay. 60 fantastic speakers in 17 countries from New Zealand to USA. Register here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphoto...

Last chance to view our current exhibition "Still Life"! An exhibition on the techniques devised to capture nature on paper from the 16th century to today. We are open from 10 am to 5 pm, Tuesdays to Fridays. Come by! www.linnean.org/research-col...

2 weeks to go...Join me & Kris Belden-Adams for a unique 24hr online conference celebrating #women of #photography starting at midnight UTC going into 8th March #InternationalWomensDay. 60 speakers in 17 countries from New Zealand to USA. Register here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…

This week I return to women in allied trades, focusing on Birmingham Photographic Case manufacturer Mrs Isabella Clarke. Early Daguerreotype photographs were presented in a protective case and, to make these, Mrs Clarke employed 12 women according to the 1861 census. 1/2

3 weeks to go...Join me & Kris Belden-Adams for a unique 24hr online conference celebrating #women of #photography starting at midnight UTC going into 8th March #InternationalWomensDay. 60 speakers in 17 countries from New Zealand to West coast USA. Register here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…

Welcome to my weekly post about early women photographers. This is a bit different - no photographs to share. I will post details about the lives of female pioneers who contributed to our photographic heritage but often forgotten by history. Let's shine a light on these wonderful women. 1/3

William Henry Fox Talbot, British polymath and eminent pioneer of photography, was born today, on the day, 225 years ago. In the mid-1830s, he embarked on an endeavor that eventually led to pictures he called “photogenic drawings”—photographic representations made with and without a camera. /1

#InternationalWomensDay is 8th March. Please join me & Kris Belden-Adams in a unique 24hour online conference celebrating women of #photography. 60 speakers from 17 countries across multiple time zones from New Zealand to West coast USA. Registration here: egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotogr…