Sometimes, it’s difficult for a photograph to embody the essence of a historic object. How have techniques developed when it comes to recording ancient artefacts?
Our summer exhibition, In Your Face, inspired us to go hunting for examples of ‘faces’ in some of our collection objects.
Some things never change—taking pictures of cute pets is a pastime as old as photography itself, as this image from our collection proves.
Among the more disturbing objects to be found in our collection stores is this pair of distinctive animatronic gorilla heads…
The Daily Herald Archive is packed with images that make you look twice, like this unusual photograph of a man walking a ‘pet’ haggis.