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Laura Brown
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Curator, Photography at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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Award News!!!

The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums.

👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Archival Studies ✔️ - Fun times this week graduating from recent studies, courtesy of University of Dundee. It’s been great going back to learning, increasing my knowledge of archives and of working with them. www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com/glasgow-base... #photoarchives #photography #Scotland #archives
Glasgow, Scotland-based documentary, editorial and portrait photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Photography Archive services offered by Scotland-based photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert - advising on the organisation, structuring, cataloging and finding a home for your career's photographic work...
www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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All the zines, all the fun - A complete set of zines shipped out this week, heading to an institution’s library. Nice to know the work will be available for study& use, & the photography will live on, have more of a life. A tribute to those in the photos. www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com/photography-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews?

Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November.

www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u...

@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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even when things are getting really tough at work, it's stories like this, a culmination of over two years of relationship building and planning, that keep me going. So proud of my team for helping the Sikh community celebrate a shared heritage:
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sikhs flock to see rare outing of ancient holy book in Edinburgh
The Guru Granth Sahib is so fragile it was taken to Edinburgh Gurdwara in a special convoy by curators for just a few hours.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The St  Andrews Chronicles, one of the most important manuscript histories of Scotland, is going on public display for the first time in its 500-year history, at the University's Wardlaw Museum.

Read more 👇

https://ow.ly/5hUn50XrP9P

#EverToExcel
November 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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It’s never just photographs, or documentation. It’s also people’s lives and memories. Always important to remember that. Here, memories of the ships they built: www.jeremysuttonhibbert.com/photography-... #Glasgow #Scotland #shipbuilding #FergusonMarine #shipyard #zine #photobook #photography
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange is all about photographic portraiture for the #PhotoPortraitPrize at National Portrait Gallery 📸

Boy, Maryhill, Glasgow by David Peat from University of St Andrews
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Looking forward to seeing this. Book folks, FYI — "An Extremely Un-get-atable Place is a lyrical reimagining of the time that writer George Orwell lived at Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura in Scotland."
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 24 hours to go to my Photo Oxford talk at the Weston Library or online, exploring the life of Constance Talbot. Join me to hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and her lifelong love of art. Wednesday 1-2pm Weston Library, Oxford:

photooxford.org/events/const...
Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November
photooxford.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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So lucky to have been in conversation with the amazing and pioneering photographer Joel Meyerowitz, for the 2025 Richard Benson Lecture in the Reproduced Image @bodleian.ox.ac.uk part of our contribution to PhotoOxford!
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The news of the untimely passing of the lovely Bill Schwab earlier this week is so very sad. Love goes out to all his close friends and family.
I remember fondly the interview we made with him a few years back.
Sharing it here by way of paying tribute.

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
#22 Bill Schwab, Photostock, LFPP Festival In The Forest...?
Podcast Episode · The Large Format Photography Podcast · 24/01/2020 · 1h 32m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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One week to go to my Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. Hear about her witnessing the birth of #photography and maintaining a love of art throughout her life. 5th November 1-2pm Weston Library:

photooxford.org/events/const...
Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November
photooxford.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Fabulous to see ‘The Camera Helps’ our new show @bodleian.ox.ac.uk that marks the arrival of the archive of the late great photographer Paddy Summerfield into the collection. Superbly curated by Alex Schneideman and Patricia Baker-Cassidy. Presented as part of PhotoOxford 2025!
October 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here:

photooxford.org/events/const...
Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November
photooxford.org
October 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Oxford people: a talk for the diary. @roseteanby.bsky.social has done brilliant research on C19 female photographers
Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here:

photooxford.org/events/const...
Constance Talbot, early photographer and lifelong artist Talk by Rose Teanby — Photo Oxford
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre, The Bodleian Library Wednesday, 5 November
photooxford.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Perfect — Abelardo Morell, Camera Obscura: Early Morning View of the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, 2014.
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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12km done, twice round Holyrood Park , up to the trig point. Paul Lowe liked a trig point on his runs. Great to run with friends today and talk of Paul! Thankyou for all donations this far. Never too late to help out. www.justgiving.com/page/paul-lo...
September 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Looking at this one again today. I love this picture: Minor White / Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, 1958.
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
‘tethers two worlds’
Or more…
for every immigrant tethers two worlds together with embroidered garlands of words, of sweets, of flowers, of children, of dreams, turning strangers into friends and planting seeds of incalculable good.
August 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Fun to be had this afternoon for my course @rarebookschool.bsky.social on ‘The photographic book from 1843’ from our amazing collections @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM