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The Camera and Vernacular Postmemory in the Philippine Archipelago by Gaia Bernabe-Belvis Introduction The difficulty of tracing the chronology of vernacular photography in the Philippines is as disorienting as locating the physical images that …
Old vernacular photographs of nightlife and drinking by David Ford In the final essay in this series, David Ford looks at how developments in photography changed the way social lives were recorded. Silver gelatin …
How the Home Darkroom Facilitated Everyday Queer Image Making by Molly Caenwyn This essay is published in conjunction with Eidolon Club Vol. 12: The People's Pictures, an afternoon of talks on vernacular photography held on …
US Military Aerial Photography and the Fractured Family Archive by Jennifer Good Jennifer Good set out to trace the aerial reconnaissance photographs her grandfather made for the US Navy in World War II – …
Interview with artists Klara Källström and Thobias Fäldt on their recent Graz exhibition titledThe Space Between by Endre Cserna At Camera Austria’s gallery in Graz, the exhibition The Space Between by Klara Källström & …
Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People’s Pictures – Photoworks and Eidolon Centre celebrate all photographs vernacular Photoworks and Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography organised an afternoon of talks celebrating vernacular photography and the importance …
Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People’s Pictures – Photoworks and Eidolon Centre celebrate all photographs vernacular Photoworks and Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography organised an afternoon of talks celebrating vernacular photography and the importance …
Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People’s Pictures – Photoworks and Eidolon Centre celebrate all photographs vernacular Photoworks and Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography organised an afternoon of talks celebrating vernacular photography and the importance …
Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People’s Pictures – Photoworks and Eidolon Centre celebrate all photographs vernacular Photoworks and Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography organised an afternoon of talks celebrating vernacular photography and the importance …
On the exhibition of Bruno Decharme’s photo/brut collection at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center By Dorottya Balkó How can an exhibition negotiate the mystique of artistic genius that inevitably takes shape within both …
a visual essay by Laura Paloma In pet-cake-prank-revenge-train (2025), Laura Paloma reimagines the dataset behind the viral AI slop, Pet Cake Prank. [“AI slop” is an informal, pejorative term used to describe low-quality content …
Interview with Martin WágnerCollectors & their collection vol. 9 by Diana Ghazaryan Martin Wágner (1980, Prague) is a Czech documentary photographer and collector recognized for his impressive photos of daily life in Eastern Europe, …
by Kelly Midori McCormick This essay by historian Kelly Midori McCormick is the result of her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. Drawing on newly discovered archival materials, McCormick illuminates …
Interview with Jen Grasso and Marco Ferrari, founders of the Photobooth Technicians Project by Róza Tekla Szilágyi For nearly a century, analog photobooths have offered fleeting yet intimate moments of self-expression – now rapidly …
Interview with visual artist William Mokrynski by Endre Cserna William Mokrynski is a Canadian-born visual artist whose practice centres on found photographic negatives, exploring their value as both historical records and creative material. Combining …
by Sándor Kardos Originally written for the current exhibition of the Horus Archives—on view at 2B Galéria in Budapest until 20 June 2025—the following essay, reflecting on the decalog by founder Sándor Kardos, is …
by Róza Tekla Szilágyi & Endre Cserna An interview with Kata Martincsák, project leader of Jelenarchívum—the Hungarian Museum of Ethnography’s new initiative: a community photo and story collection dedicated to preserving Hungarian family and …
Over the past few weeks, we have been releasing weekly videos from our event, Talks on Everyday Imaging Vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked, held on 13–14 February 2025 at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. …
Collectors & their collection vol. 8 by Júlia Alma Kerekes Bence Földvári Varga, also known as “Husi,” has a passion for old digital cameras, which has also evolved into his business practice. He travels …
The boxes of family photos and threadbare hand-me-downs at the back of your closet have as much to say about the history of fashion as the fine antique gowns in museums and textbooks. by …
