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)
I’m off to Basel soon for this:
October 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I’m off to Basel soon for this:
Doing my index- it’s a funny portrait of the book- here are some entries under p…
August 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Doing my index- it’s a funny portrait of the book- here are some entries under p…
I had a fantastic time at the terra.falmouth + sustainable darkroom conference “Sustainable Photography?” Last week- most relaxing conference I have ever been to possibly because of this location
July 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I had a fantastic time at the terra.falmouth + sustainable darkroom conference “Sustainable Photography?” Last week- most relaxing conference I have ever been to possibly because of this location
A sneak preview of Eileen Perrier's show A Thousand Small Stories at
Autograph, London. We're very lucky to have got Eileen for an online talk this Wednesday 28th May at 3pm BST- it’s free, book here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...
Autograph, London. We're very lucky to have got Eileen for an online talk this Wednesday 28th May at 3pm BST- it’s free, book here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...
May 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
A sneak preview of Eileen Perrier's show A Thousand Small Stories at
Autograph, London. We're very lucky to have got Eileen for an online talk this Wednesday 28th May at 3pm BST- it’s free, book here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...
Autograph, London. We're very lucky to have got Eileen for an online talk this Wednesday 28th May at 3pm BST- it’s free, book here - www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...
And an author photo courtesy of Maria Mochnacz.
April 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
And an author photo courtesy of Maria Mochnacz.
I have a book cover! Cover image is by Wolfgang Suschitzky of a woman jumping a puddle on Charing Cross Rd in 1937. Cover b/w and silver. Details of book now on @uchicagopress.bsky.social at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have a book cover! Cover image is by Wolfgang Suschitzky of a woman jumping a puddle on Charing Cross Rd in 1937. Cover b/w and silver. Details of book now on @uchicagopress.bsky.social at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I am doing a talk! Online (via zoom) on 24th April at 6pm CEST (Essen) which is 5pm GMT (Liverpool) or
12pm EDT (New York).
Please email tgf@folkwang-uni.de for the zoom link. Everybody is welcome!
12pm EDT (New York).
Please email tgf@folkwang-uni.de for the zoom link. Everybody is welcome!
April 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am doing a talk! Online (via zoom) on 24th April at 6pm CEST (Essen) which is 5pm GMT (Liverpool) or
12pm EDT (New York).
Please email tgf@folkwang-uni.de for the zoom link. Everybody is welcome!
12pm EDT (New York).
Please email tgf@folkwang-uni.de for the zoom link. Everybody is welcome!
Luxury communism
April 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Luxury communism
In the park this morning- someone knows how to chill.
April 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In the park this morning- someone knows how to chill.
When you should be doing marking but you are distracted because your book design has come through and it looks lovely (thanks University of Chicago Press…)
March 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When you should be doing marking but you are distracted because your book design has come through and it looks lovely (thanks University of Chicago Press…)
New acquisition!
February 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
New acquisition!
Going over manuscript corrections on the train, the old school way…
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Going over manuscript corrections on the train, the old school way…
This morning …
February 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This morning …
I give you the sunlight on the wall of my back porch.
February 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I give you the sunlight on the wall of my back porch.
The first photos I took, as far as I know - when I was 8, for a pinhole camera competition in the Guardian.
January 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The first photos I took, as far as I know - when I was 8, for a pinhole camera competition in the Guardian.
I wrote an article for this special issue on Darkrooms last year and it’s available open access www.eshph.org/journal/phot...
January 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I wrote an article for this special issue on Darkrooms last year and it’s available open access www.eshph.org/journal/phot...
Christmas gift - not a decorative table tennis bat but a glass slide holder. On the back it says “Thames, from Oxford to London Bridge” and the number 36. I don’t know if it was for inserting in a magic lantern or just holding up to the light.
December 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Christmas gift - not a decorative table tennis bat but a glass slide holder. On the back it says “Thames, from Oxford to London Bridge” and the number 36. I don’t know if it was for inserting in a magic lantern or just holding up to the light.
@john-parish.bsky.social ‘s album Screenplay is one of my favourite designs - on vinyl the best bit is when you open it up and it’s a double spread of the port of Athens.
December 22, 2024 at 7:02 PM
@john-parish.bsky.social ‘s album Screenplay is one of my favourite designs - on vinyl the best bit is when you open it up and it’s a double spread of the port of Athens.
I designed a record cover for Lee Scratch Perry, sort of. Sadly he had died by the time I made the image, but this Dot Allison remix was one of the last things he did.
December 22, 2024 at 6:55 PM
I designed a record cover for Lee Scratch Perry, sort of. Sadly he had died by the time I made the image, but this Dot Allison remix was one of the last things he did.
I do occasionally (on other accounts) post my photos taken from trains like this - I hope it confuses any AI being trained on my pictures.
December 13, 2024 at 9:37 AM
I do occasionally (on other accounts) post my photos taken from trains like this - I hope it confuses any AI being trained on my pictures.
I designed the (front) cover for this PJ Harvey live limited edition 7” record for Friendly Records - all proceeds to War Child. A/ I inside the Old Year Dying B/ The Glorious Land. Drawing by Polly Jean Harvey, mixed by John Parish and Oliver Baldwin.
November 30, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I designed the (front) cover for this PJ Harvey live limited edition 7” record for Friendly Records - all proceeds to War Child. A/ I inside the Old Year Dying B/ The Glorious Land. Drawing by Polly Jean Harvey, mixed by John Parish and Oliver Baldwin.
Nor is this one, but you get the gist. There’s also this
November 29, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Nor is this one, but you get the gist. There’s also this
It’s not the best…
November 29, 2024 at 8:04 PM
It’s not the best…
Do you need a picture of a double rainbow over the sea taken through a wet window in Cornwall? This I have.
November 29, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Do you need a picture of a double rainbow over the sea taken through a wet window in Cornwall? This I have.