Dr Geoffrey Belknap, a historian of photography, visual culture and Victorian science, has been appointed Curator of Photography and Photographic Technology at the National Media Museum.
Under the Dark Cloth: Working with photography studio archives symposium are calling for papers which deal with all forms of studio archives and which describe and discuss the planning, funding, organisation and outcomes of archive projects.
Redeye, the Photography Network will be working in partnership with Open Eye Gallery to deliver Culture Shifts, a new and exciting socially engaged photography programme. Working with 10 national and international photographers embedded in communities across 7 areas of Liverpool City Region it aims to support communities to explore their stories in a way that is meaningful to them.
Redeye joins Impressions Gallery and Open Eye Gallery on fieldeditions.org, a new contemporary photography consortium, working with photographers to produce benefit limited edition photographic prints in support of Northern photography.
Arts Council England has announced its support for a new organisation supporting collections and archives of photography. The Photographic Collections Network will launch in late 2016 to provide research, knowledge exchange, events and advocacy.
