From albumen negatives in the 1840s to the gelatin dry plate, which was in use until the 1970s, learn about the history of glass photographic negatives.
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.
Simon Roberts, whose We English exhibition is on display until 5 September 2010, returned to the museum yesterday to sit in conversation with Greg Hobson, curator of photographs.
Photographer Simon Roberts visited Bradford to finish the photographic series created for his exhibition We English. We joined him on his search for the perfect shot.
On 19 November 2009, we’ll play host to an intriguing event with the two authors of A Village Lost and Found, a new book dedicated to the stereoscopic imagery of 19th century photographer TR Williams.
William Henry Fox Talbot’s The Pencil of Nature was a photographic milestone, and we’re taking steps to republish this seminal book.
Around 150 people descended on the museum to talk, teach and learn about all things photography at the sold-out Photocamp event.
We’ve been members of Flickr Commons for one year today—here’s a look back at some of our most-loved images.
Meet Julien Faure-Conorton, whose research in our archives uncovered a previously unseen Robert Demachy photograph.
Once a year, our Reminiscence Sessions group goes on a trip to explore photographic collections beyond the museum. This year, the venue was the beautiful Harewood House.
Daimler AG have commissioned us to digitise a huge archive of car and motor racing photographs taken by Zoltán Glass.
Back in Bradford after travelling around the world on loan, this 150-year-old daguerreotype of the Moon is just one of our collection’s hidden treasures.
We’ve added new photographs to our Flickr Commons sets, including babies and animals—some cute and some distinctly not.