Have technological pursuits replaced more traditional virtuous intentions? We take a look at what inspiration can be found for this year‘s resolutions in our collection.
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.
Late last year we lost two major figures associated with the cinema, both of whom had links to the Museum: the photographer Cornel Lucas and the composer Richard Rodney Bennett.
In a case that dragged on for decades, how did a relatively unknown clergyman and amateur photographer take on the Goliath of Eastman Kodak Company?
As part of Parliament Week 2012, curator Colin Harding has made a special selection of photographs from our collection showing the Houses of Parliament.
Roy Exley explores the art of the still life photograph and its 200-year history.
In the third and final post of the series, Colin Harding looks at the role played by celluloid in the invention and development of moving pictures.
Brian Liddy investigates the still life in art and photography—with its roots in the vanitas tradition, is the genre inherently morbid?
For Remembrance Day, we’ve chosen a series of images of Australian servicemen photographed during the First World War.
Today we remember those that died on the battlegrounds of the First and Second World Wars, and all members of the armed forces who have ever given their lives in the line of duty.
In the second of a series, Colin Harding investigates the role celluloid played in the invention of ‘rollable’ film.
Bonfire Night is one of the most popular and enduring British traditions, so it’s no surprise to find this event represented in plenty of photographs throughout our collection.
In the first of a series of three posts, Colin Harding looks at the development of celluloid and how early photographers experimented with it.