RPS Historical Group
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The Historical Group of the Royal Photographic Society. Promoting the history of photography through talks, visits and our journal, The PhotoHistorian.
Bristol UK
Joined January 2019
Interested in joining us? A new video presented by @mikeyp4 will tell you all you need to know about our activities and what @RPShistgroup membership offers
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The programme of speakers/talks for our joint Research Day with @wlvcreativeindustries in Wolverhampton on Saturday 29th March 2025 (1000-1630) has been published. Featuring a great line-up and range of subjects. Or via the link in our bio.
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Remember buying the first issue of 'The Face' magazine in 1980? Now it's being celebrated in an @NPGLondon exhibition starting 20th February 2025.
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RT @RoseTeanby: #InternationalWomensDay is 8th March. Please join me & Kris Belden-Adams in a unique 24hour online conference celebrating w…
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RT @RPShistgroup: 'Exploring the History and Impact of Photography.' Booking now open for our joint Research Symposium in Wolverhampton n…
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'Exploring the History and Impact of Photography.' Booking now open for our joint Research Symposium in Wolverhampton next month with @wlvsoci Please share with your networks.
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Two online talks added to our 2025 programme. Featuring photographers Ursula Clark (1940-2000) and Sam Hanna (1903-1996). Details on each talk via the link below.
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RT @lixmount: Dr. Sara Stevenson's "The Two-Way Gaze. David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson's Fishermen and Women of the Firth of Forth" i…
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RT @mikeyp4: Checking out "cfp: Sessions on the History of Stereoscopic Photography VI / " on British Photographic History:
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RT @mikeyp4: Checking out "Exhibition: True Colors. Color in Photography from 1849 to 1955 /" on British Photographic History. An exciting…
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A wonderful opportunity to join our day visit (1015-1600) to photography's home @lacocknt on Tuesday 4th March 2025. Including a talk by curator Andy Cochrane and presentation by the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy. Book your place via the link in our profile.
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RT @lixmount: A bit more following on from Tuesday's talk to @RPShistgroup on Hill and Adamson's 1846 album "A Series of Calotype Views of…
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RT @mikeyp4: Checking out "cfp: Picture Post (1938-57): Genesis, History & Legacy of a Photo-Magazine" https://t.c…
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RT @signetlibrary: The Signet Library team assembled a Zoom lecture on our 1846 album of Hill and Adamson calotypes for the Royal Photograp…
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RT @RoseTeanby: This week is a cautionary tale when using the census as a primary source of biographical information. The 1861 census recor…
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RT @RPShistgroup: Includes a 'live' page by page turning of the Hill & Adamson album by conservator @leithlinkz Breathtaking photographi…
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Includes a 'live' page by page turning of the Hill & Adamson album by conservator @leithlinkz Breathtaking photographic glimpses glimpses of 1840s St. Andrews.
Our latest talk about a newly-discovered 1846 Hill & Adamson album of calotype views of St. Andrews, Scotland is now online. Highly recommended.
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RT @mikeyp4: @sicunninghamBD @MediaMuseum And the rest of the museum too. Congratulations to everyone involved: htt…
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