We're celebrating Black History Month by highlighting a book a day from the library.
Del Barrett1st October 2024
As we prepare our plans for Summer School, we're revisiting some of the Photo No-Nos of this great book. Do you have a favourite? Let us know!
Gabby Kynoch30th June 2024
Book Review: Historically, the practices of decorative and applied arts - including textiles and ceramics - have been regarded as better suited for women...
PlanetHeroines17th April 2024
Book Review: Face to Face: Portraits of Artists, by Tacita Dean, Brigitte Lacombe, and Catherine Opie, comprises photographic portraits of cultural icons.
PlanetHeroines18th March 2024
In her book "In Search of Frankenstein - Mary Shelley's Nightmare" Chloe Dewe Mathews draws parallels between the themes of Shelley's novel and the environmental crisis.
PlanetHeroines19th December 2023
Since the early 2000s, visual activist Zanele Muholi has used photography to re-envision the realities of Black LGBTQIA+ lives in South Africa. Published in tandem with a Tate exhibition held in 2020, the Zanele Muholi Exhibition Book showcases the breadth of their ongoing photographic and activist practice.
PlanetHeroines28th November 2023
In Dayanita Singh’s latest photo-novel, Let’s See (pub. Steidl, 26th May 2022), she revisits the earliest years of her archive – looking back at the images she created when she did not yet consider herself a photographer.
PlanetHeroines21st June 2022
Heroine Tereza Zelenkova’s haunting black and white images are re-released for the post-pandemic audience
Gabby Kynoch11th November 2021
