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.
We began with a glittering opening night, and followed suit with some magnificent special guests over the weekend.
Tom Vincent considers the death of film as a distribution format, and why it’s more important than ever to keep film history alive.
In the second part of his quest to find out ‘What is Cinema Now?’, Chris considers whether mainstream film can be considered art.
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.
Irna Qureshi traces the history and meaning of a fascinating variety of movie marketing: the unique, hand-painted Bollywood poster.
Photographer Ian Beesley attended the Bradford v Swansea Capital One Cup Final, and brought back some photographs of this historic occasion.