theories of the vernacular
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 …
This new edition of Photography+ is dedicated to vernacular photography We’re pleased to share that Photoworks has released a new edition of its Photography+ online magazine, The People’s Pictures, with a dedicated focus on vernacular …
by Pelin Aytemiz This essay by Pelin Aytemiz emerges from her research supported by the inaugural Eidolon Grant, awarded in 2024. As she writes, “Exploring different practices of photographing and representing the dead, my …
In this article, you can read the editorial from our last newsletter of this year written by Eidolon-editor Endre Cserna, which was sent out on September 18, 2025. We publish our monthly editor's letters, …
With the Eidolon Grant deadline approaching, we posed a question to our jury that our team has been returning to again and again, curious to hear their perspectives. Read their inspiring answers and do …
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 …
“Digital is better. If there’s an issue, we can edit it digitally. With film, we could only apologise for mistakes.” by Lukas Birk Lukas Birk and Matthieu Paley are recipients of the Eidolon Grant …
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. …
We release a weekly video from our talk event, Talks on Everyday Imaging Vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked, held on 13–14 February 2025 at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. This week, you can …
In the coming weeks, we release a weekly video from our talk event titled Talks on Everyday Imaging vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked held on February 13–14, 2025, at The Photographers' Gallery, …
In the coming weeks, we release a weekly video from our talk event titled Talks on Everyday Imaging vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked held on February 13–14, 2025, at The Photographers' Gallery, …
Starting this week, we will release a weekly video from our talk event titled Talks on Everyday Imaging vol. 2: The Self-Centred and the Networked held on February 13–14, 2025, at The Photographers' Gallery, …
Interview with Melissa Catanese by Dorottya Balkó Obscure figures emerging from distant or recent pasts, appearing within or next to ambiguous places. Flipping through the pages of visual artist Melissa Catanese’s photo-books, we experience …
Watch the video of Mattie Colquhoun's lecture and the following discussion from our fifth Eidolon Club event, held on 13 November, 2024. Mattie Colquhoun’s latest book, Narcissus in Bloom: An Alternative History of the Selfie, …
Eidolon Shelf represents a collaborative effort between Eidolon and one of our favourite places in Budapest: the newly reopened ISBN+ contemporary art bookstore and gallery space. This initiative showcases a monthly selection of books closely aligned with the …
A video essay On October 24, during the 4th Eidolon Club event, we screened Pál Zolnay’s documentary drama Fotográfia at the Cirko-Gejzír cinema in Budapest, accompanied by a video essay created by us. Watch the video …
Interview with Claire Raymond, author of the book The Selfie, Temporality, and Contemporary Photography by Róza Tekla Szilágyi Claire Raymond is a poet, scholar, and educator based in coastal Maine. Her book about the …
