CALL NOW OPEN for academics interested in co-supervising Collaborative Doctoral Partnership projects with The British Library (deadline 29 November, 12pm): www.bl.uk/more/researc...
The British Library offers opportunities for researchers to collaborate to create new knowledge, with a particular focus on the British Library’s collection, services and infrastructure.
UK colleagues: does anyone have a successful/unsuccessful bid through the BA’s slightly mysterious ‘Academy Research Project’ stream that they’d be willing to share? Always happy to reciprocate.
Excited to be in Paris next week for the Blinded by Light conference (Oct 17-18)! I'll be giving a keynote lecture that considers the experience of visuality of the flash in conjunction with that of the fixing of the latent image. More here: flashsrevelations.weebly.com
Just in time, a September blog from me: I went to Wallington, a National Trust property with links to slavery (though you wouldn't know it from visiting), John Ruskin, and the coal and iron wealth of Newcastle. Of course I spotted a Victorian camera, too. 🗃️📜📷📸🎨 christinariggs.com/2024/09/30/t...
My new article, "Photography and Early Motor Touring in Britain", is out in History of Photography. I look at the automobile’s early relationship with photography, and why it polarised photographers’ opinions like no other means of transport before. Open Access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨 Reminder: we are offering a fully funded PhD studentship under the @ahrcpress @CDPConnect scheme to research LGBTQ+ photographic practices at home in collaboration with @MuseumoftheHome 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 The full project description is here - please share! www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
🚨 Reminder: we are offering a fully funded PhD studentship under the @ahrcpress @CDPConnect scheme to research LGBTQ+ photographic practices at home in collaboration with @MuseumoftheHome 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 The full project description is here - please share! www.westminster.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Huge thanks go to the contributing authors: Jennifer Tucker, Junko Theresa Mikuriya, Michelle Henning, Michael Pritchard, Franziska Lampe, Nuria F Rius, Kelley Wilder, Uschi Klein, Lucy Rogers, The Gate Dakroom. Cover image courtesy of the talented Caro Gervay
Special issue on "The Darkroom: Chemical, Cultural, Industrial" now out! You can read my introduction open access here: www.eshph.org/journal/phot...
