Michelle Henning
@michellehenning.bsky.social
Prof at Uni of Liverpool and artist. I write on photography, media, museums, ISOTYPE, modernism, environment & atmosphere. Photography: The Unfettered Image (2018) & A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog & Empire, Chicago UP (Fall 2025)
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Combining images of fog & smog with ideas of British identity made the reality of pollution much harder to see, says @michellehenning.bsky.social
How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted air
London’s fog literally fogged photographs with the yellowish hue of the capital’s notorious ‘pea-soupers’.
theconversation.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Combining images of fog & smog with ideas of British identity made the reality of pollution much harder to see, says @michellehenning.bsky.social
I have had quotes from my writing recycled back at me - except I know that I was writing about a different subject - eg. Something I said about museums recycled as if I had said it about a photo! Looking forward to your news!
January 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I have had quotes from my writing recycled back at me - except I know that I was writing about a different subject - eg. Something I said about museums recycled as if I had said it about a photo! Looking forward to your news!
I’ve slowed down so much because I am checking every reference- latest thing seems to be page spans, i.e. so and so says “this” (pp. 40-44). That and ever-circling arguments.
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I’ve slowed down so much because I am checking every reference- latest thing seems to be page spans, i.e. so and so says “this” (pp. 40-44). That and ever-circling arguments.
If you’d like to know more about my new book A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire, I am talking about it on the New Books Network @NewBooksNetwork podcast with Dr. Miranda Melcher here - newbooksnetwork.com/a-dirty-hist...
Michelle Henning, "A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog, and Empire" (U Chicago Press, 2026) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:48 AM
If you’d like to know more about my new book A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire, I am talking about it on the New Books Network @NewBooksNetwork podcast with Dr. Miranda Melcher here - newbooksnetwork.com/a-dirty-hist...
I am indeed! Will publicise as soon as they are confirmed
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I am indeed! Will publicise as soon as they are confirmed
I don’t know if it counts but Under the Skin?
January 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I don’t know if it counts but Under the Skin?
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Dr. Jordana Blejmar is giving a virtual talk entitled “Cold War Toys in South America” for the Royal Anthropological Institute on February 10. Registration via the link below! therai.org.uk/events/anthr...
January 16, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Dr. Jordana Blejmar is giving a virtual talk entitled “Cold War Toys in South America” for the Royal Anthropological Institute on February 10. Registration via the link below! therai.org.uk/events/anthr...
It couldn’t be clearer that this was never even about immigration.
Tensions are rising between the Department of Homeland Security and indigenous tribal leaders who say they believe federal agents have arrested several Native American men amid the immigration-enforcement surge in Minneapolis.
Native Americans are Caught Up in ICE Crackdown in Minneapolis
Oglala Sioux tribal officials say they are searching for several homeless members of the tribe they believe were detained.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM
It couldn’t be clearer that this was never even about immigration.
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They’ve arrived! It’s out!
January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
They’ve arrived! It’s out!
They’ve arrived! It’s out!
January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
They’ve arrived! It’s out!
I’m sorry to hear that, but thankyou for passing it on.
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM
I’m sorry to hear that, but thankyou for passing it on.
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⚫ Le maître du cinéma hongrois Béla Tarr s’est éteint des suites d’une longue maladie.
Le réalisateur hongrois Béla Tarr est mort à 70 ans
Connu pour son œuvre mélancolique et sombre, le maître du cinéma hongrois s’est éteint des suites d’une longue maladie.
www.liberation.fr
January 6, 2026 at 11:55 AM
⚫ Le maître du cinéma hongrois Béla Tarr s’est éteint des suites d’une longue maladie.
Goodness! It looks suspiciously like someone glued walnuts to the outside of a model elephant rather than constructed it out of them. Anyway I remain astonished!
January 5, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Goodness! It looks suspiciously like someone glued walnuts to the outside of a model elephant rather than constructed it out of them. Anyway I remain astonished!
I am enjoying the discussion of photography but completely arrested by the elephant made of English walnuts.
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I am enjoying the discussion of photography but completely arrested by the elephant made of English walnuts.
Wow that looks beautiful! And so colourful!
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Wow that looks beautiful! And so colourful!
It looks yellow because of the lighting - 1970s pattern
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
It looks yellow because of the lighting - 1970s pattern
I strongly approve. I have been handling the geopolitical chaos by knitting a black and white striped waistcoat- mainly because the image illustrating the pattern is black and white and I lack imagination.
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I strongly approve. I have been handling the geopolitical chaos by knitting a black and white striped waistcoat- mainly because the image illustrating the pattern is black and white and I lack imagination.
Thankyou! I did it because I was so excited when I received my copy and so happy with how the University of Chicago Press had designed and printed it! So as much for my own pleasure as anything!
December 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thankyou! I did it because I was so excited when I received my copy and so happy with how the University of Chicago Press had designed and printed it! So as much for my own pleasure as anything!
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We’re doing a photography conference! Please circulate!
A single-stream 2 day International Conference hosted by the Centre for Culture and Everyday Life, School of the Arts, University of Liverpool.
Full CFP at www.ccel.uk
Full CFP at www.ccel.uk
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We’re doing a photography conference! Please circulate!
Thank you Matt! I’ve just been listening to your interview on the New Books Network about your Seven Dials book - I really want to read it now!
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thank you Matt! I’ve just been listening to your interview on the New Books Network about your Seven Dials book - I really want to read it now!
Thankyou Jeremy - you are featured in the acknowledgements…
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thankyou Jeremy - you are featured in the acknowledgements…
Thankyou Siobhan! And congratulations on your own book being the Photography Network 2024 book prize winner!
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Thankyou Siobhan! And congratulations on your own book being the Photography Network 2024 book prize winner!
It’s arrived!
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It’s arrived!