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Photography

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Archive of John Hungerford Pollen and the Pollen Family

The archive of John Hungerford Pollen (1820-1902), decorative artist and Roman Catholic convert, and the Pollen family, 1828-2017.
Extents: 6.0 Linear metres (44 boxes; 2 digital shelfmarks)
Dates: 1828-2017
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Archive of Richard Shirley Smith

This collection comprises material relating to Richard Shirley Smith (b 1935), including original artwork.
Extents: 7.85 Linear metres (150 boxes)
Dates: 1950-2022 and n.d.
Single Item

The Brighton Cats Cartes de Visite

Carte de Visites of cats by Henry 'Harry' Pointer
Shelfmark: MS. 23500 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1860-1870
Collection

Collection of photographic portraits by Mariana Cook

15 silver gelatin photographic prints by Mariana R. Cook. 6 works depicting tools, and 9 portraits of notable figures.
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1987-2021
Collection

Collection of Photographs by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh

The archive comprises: 62 prints of images featured in the series Come Out (2024) by Sunil Gupta, documenting Pride marches in London from 1985 to 1995. 37 prints of images featured in the series Delhi: Communities of Belonging (2016) by Sunil Gupta and Charan Singh, chronicling contemporary LGBTQ life in Delhi amidst a surge of…
Extents: 0.13 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1985-2016
Collection

Collection of prints and maquettes by Arturo Soto

Prints and maquettes from the series A Certain Logic of Expectations, in which Arturo Soto photographs the liminal spaces of the city of Oxford. Soto aims to document a counter-narrative of the city that resists the overbearing iconography of the university. The work challenges the city's established narratives of tradition, influence, and power. Soto's visual narrative is structured around several thematic strands: notions of home and homelessness, the looming…
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (7 boxes)
Dates: 2015-2021
Single Item

Daguerreotype Portrait of a Woman

Daguerreotype of a woman.
Shelfmark: MS. 23407 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 item
Dates: c. 1840
Collection

Early photographs and ephemera collected by Geoffrey Batchen

Daguerreotypes and ephemera collected by Professor Geoffrey Batchen, relating to the early history of photography in Britian and with particular emphasis on the relationship between photography and printing.
Extents: 2 Linear metres (10 boxes)
Dates: 1825-1950; Majority of material found within 1825-1873
Single Item

Four photographs from waste developer by Andrés Pardo

Four photographs made from waste developer by the Uruguayan alternative photographer Andrés Pardo.
Shelfmark: MS. 22909 photogr.
Extents: 4 items
Dates: 2018-2023
Collection

The Michael and Jane Wilson Collection of Nineteenth Century Photographs

A collection of over 1,000 photographic items from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Comprises loose prints, photographically-illustrated books, albums and photographic portfolios.
Extents: 8.71 Linear metres (198 boxes)
Dates: 1830-1986
Single Item

Nine Photogravures by Cornelia Parker

'Fox Talbot's Articles of Glass.' Nine photogravures by Cornelia Parker. Made in 2017, using the glassware of William Henry Fox Talbot.
Shelfmark:
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 2017
Single Item

Photograph album relating to the Oxford University Dramatic Society production of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts

Photograph album relating to the Oxford University Dramatic Society production of Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts, Feb 1920.
Shelfmark: MS. 20016 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: Feb 1920
Collection

Photographic collection of Tony Skyrme

The personal albums of Tony Skyrme, containing photographs and associated negatives, Dec. 1945- May 1961
Extents: 1 Linear metre (15 boxes)
Dates: 1945-1961
Single Item

Photographs by Markéta Luskačová documenting the Oxford Schools Sculpture Project

32 black and white silver bromide photographs documenting the Oxford Schools Sculpture Project by Markéta Luskačová. Commissioned in 1983 by the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford and exhibited at MOMA between 1 April and 20 May 1984. Also included are various documents relating to the project.
Shelfmark:
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1983-1984
Single Item

Photographs of Clouds Hill taken by Geoff Bagwell

Photographs of Clouds Hill taken by Geoff Bagwell, 1966-1970.
Shelfmark: MS. 8288 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1950-1970
Single Item

Set of 7 photographs by Francis Olschafskie with related correspondence

Photographs of the Bodleian Library and the History of Science Museum in Oxford, taken by Francis Olschafskie in 2007.
Shelfmark: MS. 10249 Photogr. 1
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Mar 2007, 2014
Single Item

Silver gelatine print by Henri Cartier-Bresson and associated documents

'Sunday on the Banks of the River Seine'; a silver gelatine print by Henri Cartier-Bresson; signed and dedicated to Dr. Hazel Rossotti, as thanks for her nomination of Cartier-Bresson for an honorary doctorate at Oxford University. Also included are the order of proceedings from the 1975 Encaenia ceremony and transcripts of the address that the university orator John G. Griffith gave to Cartier-Bresson.
Shelfmark:
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1974-1975; 1938-1975
Collection

Small Town Inertia by J.A. Mortram

Photographs, writings, audio, and video content from J.A. Mortram's project Small Town Inertia, a documentary study of the impact of austerity on the people living around Dereham in Norfolk.
Extents: 0.5 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 2006-2023
Single Item

Two photographs of the Tiananmen Square protests

Two photographs of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, taken by Edgar Huang. Mounted on black board, with a description written on the reverse by the photographer.
Shelfmark: MS. 22903 photogr.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1989