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Advent Calendar 2020

25th December

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Del Barrett24th December 2020

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24th December

It’s easy to get lost in Camera Girl. The autobiographical account of Doreen Spooner, Fleet Street’s first and finest woman photographer

Del Barrett24th December 2020

Featured Front Page Podcast Voices Watch & Listen

On Film Festival

In the latest episode of our podcast series, "Voices", Heroine Lisl Ponger, curator of our weekly Online Film Festival, talks about how her way of working and living has changed in 2020, as well as her favourite programmes from the festival.

Del Barrett23rd December 2020

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23rd December

Edith Tudor-Hart, Poodle Parlour, London, 1936-7 © Copyright held jointly by Peter Suschitzky, Julia Donat & Misha Donat. Courtesy National Galleries of Scotland.It's quiz time! In each pairing, the two artists have something in common. What is the connection? Most of the answers can be found on our website or click the…

Del Barrett23rd December 2020

Historical Heroines HPBlog LHBlog

Inge Morath

Austrian photographer Inge Morath left Nazi Germany to America to become an editor and then as assistant to Henry Cartier-Bresson.

Gabby Kynoch22nd December 2020

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Suite Number Seven

Suné Woods's commissioned contribution to Meshell Ndegeocello's project: Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Del Barrett22nd December 2020

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22nd December

Who are these three influential women on the UK photography scene? From the series Flora by Neeta Madahar. Click here for the answers

Del Barrett22nd December 2020

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Neeta Madahar: ‘Flora’

Neeta Madahar, Anna with Magnolias, Flora, 2009-2010 © Neeta Madahar Flora – Neeta Madahar Neeta Madahar’s 2009-10 series Flora is a fascinating exploration of femininity, empowerment, and performance, presenting carefully planned sets and costumes that are simultaneously exposed for their artifice. Neeta’s work was largely inspired by Madame Yevonde’s 1935 series Goddesses,…