Flickr is rebooting the Commons, and they’ve just launched two brand new institutions.
From the very first photographic images to the work of contemporary photographers, photography is one of our major areas of expertise and is represented throughout our collection.
Paul Salveson’s work, Between the Shell, uses commonplace items and objects within domestic environments to construct absurdist images.
In this week’s post about dating your photographs, Colin Harding shows you how to identify a collodion positive, also known as an ambrotype, using just a few simple clues.
Dating early photographs by process and format can be a useful skill, especially if sitters’ clothing offers no clues. Colin Harding provides some expert advice on how to unlock their secrets.
For the next stage of Colin Harding’s alphabetical journey through the collection, he has chosen one of the most important British architects of the 19th century, who also happened to be an innovative camera designer.
Robbie Cooper’s Immersion project captures images of people as they become immersed in different types of media—and now you can get involved.
A few weeks ago we asked you to submit your photographs from the Capital One Cup Final. Curator of Photography Greg Hobson chose this black-and-white photograph.
Helen Messinger Murdoch (1862–1956) was a remarkable woman—one of the earliest colour photographers and one of the first female aviators. Colin Harding tells her story.
Emily takes a tour of our Collections and Research centre and finds out that there are thousands of objects just waiting to be uncovered.
Our curators have chosen their favourites from new additions to the Flickr Commons: wheels at sea, a portrait of a photographer, and an intriguing image of a dog and his best friend.
Photographer Ian Beesley attended the Bradford v Swansea Capital One Cup Final, and brought back some photographs of this historic occasion.
Today, we take correct exposure for granted, but things were very different in the past. Colin Harding sheds some light on the murky world of exposure meters.