{"id":3974,"date":"2026-04-28T11:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:59:27","slug":"collectors-photobooth-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/collectors-photobooth-tech","title":{"rendered":"Collector Perspectives: Photobooth Technicians Project"},"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=\"Collector Perspectives: Photobooth Technicians Project  \/\/ The People&#039;s Images\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zY1iFgVVECE?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\">Two collecting entities have been invited to bring a single photograph of particular significance to them and to speak about their personal connection to it. More than a showcase, this offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from collectors about what it feels like to encounter \u2013 and hold on to \u2013 an image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In the second video, the Photobooth Technicians Project \u2013 represented by Jen Grasso, photobooth technician and archivist at the University of Brighton Design Archives, and co-creator of the analogue photobooth community archive \u2013 offers an insight into their practice. Through the Photobooth Technicians Project, she reflects on the community it engages while presenting a photobooth strip by a lesser-known yet significant figure within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/everydayphotography.org\/journal\/the-mechanics-in-these-machines-are-temperamental-on-the-best-of-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this link<\/strong><\/a>, you can also read an interview with Jen Grasso and Marco Ferrari, founders of the Photobooth Technicians Project, conducted by Eidolon director R\u00f3za Tekla Szil\u00e1gyi.<\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoboothtechnicians\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoboothtechnicians\/\">Photobooth Technician Project<\/a><\/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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