{"id":3945,"date":"2026-04-23T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:40:41","slug":"parallel-pictures-everyday-images-circulation-and-the-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/parallel-pictures-everyday-images-circulation-and-the-archive","title":{"rendered":"Parallel Pictures: Everyday Images, Circulation and the Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People\u2019s Pictures \u2013 Photoworks and Eidolon Centre celebrate all photographs vernacular<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/photoworks.org.uk\">Photoworks<\/a> and Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography organised an afternoon of talks celebrating vernacular photography and the importance of everyday image-making, developed in collaboration with the University of Westminster and in conjunction with Photoworks' publication, <a href=\"https:\/\/photoworks.org.uk\/photography-plus\/\">Photography+<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The event took place on March 23, 2026, at Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, in London.<br>In the coming weeks, we will publish the two roundtable discussions and two presentations from the programme, one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parallel Pictures: Everyday Images, Circulation and the Archive \/\/ The People&#039;s Images\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9z2YviMk5bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">This week, we are publishing the first panel, titled <em>Parallel Pictures: Everyday Images, Circulation and the Archive<\/em>. The panel, convened by Photoworks, brings together Photography+ contributors Laura Havlin and Carolina Semprucci to explore how vernacular photography reveals gaps and silences in photographic archives, and how digital images are reshaping authorship, amateurism, and memory. The discussion is moderated by Amin Yousefi, assistant curator and editor of Photography+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/centre\/eidolon-club-vol-12-the-peoples-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can find the original event description of <em><strong>Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People\u2019s Pictures<\/strong><\/em> here.<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLy3LTfKB71moeHJRmNZPcdIqKM5SlQbtC\">You can watch all videos of the one-day event at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover image: \u00a9 Chrissy Beckett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eidolon Club vol. 12: The People\u2019s Pictures \u2013 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 of everyday image-making, developed in collaboration with the University of Westminster and in conjunction with Photoworks&#8217; publication, Photography+. 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