Category Archives: Videos

Mobile Photography (no, not telephones)

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Richard

This coming week, as part of the new Wave season we have two blog posts about organisations that run mobile photography facilities (Fotonow and Photomobile). They both mentioned Daniel Meadows and some other pioneers in this field but were apparently … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Photography 3

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Richard

The three films we have released and the latest issue of Source have tried to discover what the term 'conceptual photography' means. After all, it is used quite widely, from the Tate Gallery to national newspapers. What we have found … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Photography 2

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Richard

In some versions of the story of conceptual photography, it is about images that are preconceived and explore a pre-existing idea or plan. Another version of the story is that conceptual photography exists in opposition to other traditions, that it … Continue reading →

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What is Conceptual Photography?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Richard

In Tate Modern there is a timeline listing chronologically the artists and movements that make up modern art. Rather surprisingly 'Conceptual Photography' appears in the late 70s. I don't remember the term ever being used even ten years ago, but … Continue reading →

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Post Potshow

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Emma

After speaking with Kate Nolan before the first ever Slideluck Potshow Dublin, one of the featured Irish artists, Miriam O'Connor speaks with her about realising a multimedia version of her own work for the project. Interview: by Kate Nolan, Director of Slideluck Potshow Dublin. … Continue reading →

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Anthropology and Photography

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Richard

The Royal Anthropological Institute began its life as the Aborigines' Protection Society in 1837, its inception neatly coinciding with the birth of photography. We went to visit the Institute to speak to its archivist Sarah Walpole and the anthropologist Chris … Continue reading →

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Conserving the Archive

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Richard

A photographic archive serves to preserve collections of photographs. Inevitably one of its responsibilities is therefore to conserve those pictures. In 2001 Elizabeth Martin and Martin Barnes of the V&A wrote an article for Source about the underlying conservation challenges that face … Continue reading →

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Photographs of Animals

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Richard

     We went to visit London Zoo Library. The library itself is a galleried room decorated with small animal sculptures and lined with books and journals relating to zoology. Ann Sylph, the helpful librarian, explained that the photographic collection relates … Continue reading →

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