Early Photography

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a sepia toned photograph of a young girl with a fringe holding a bouquet of flowers

Julia Margaret Cameron Photographs of Children at the V&A Museum of Childhood

The V&A Museum of Childhood is hosting the first exhibition devoted solely to Julia Margaret Cameron's pioneering photographs of children.

A photo of a group of people in suits of armour bearing weapon

Ways of Looking aims for Berlin and Bienniale feel in inaugural Bradford photography festival

Douglas Gordon, Jeremy Deller and Donovan Wylie headline the boutique Bradford festival full of exhibitions, events and trails based on a theme of Evidence.

a photo of a delicate leaf stems

Lightning and Fox Talbot: Hiroshi Sugimoto at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Experimental Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has been using his unusual techniques to capture lightning and to revisit the earliest negatives of William Henry Fox Talbot.

a black and white photo of a snowy street scene at night

Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth Century at the Royal Academy

The Royal Academy is celebrating the birth of modern photography by looking at the giants of Hungarian photography and their infuence thoughout the 20th century.

A black and white photo of a man in a cap and suit on a cobbled urban street

The North: John Bulmer's shots capture a moment in time at Third Floor Gallery Cardiff

The revered photography pioneer presents shots snapped up by The Sunday Times Magazine from the 1960s and 1970s.

a black and white photographic negative showing fields and a horizon with a church and large buildings

Linnaeus Tripe and early photographic pioneers of the South West at Plymouth Museum

Early pioneers of photography from the south west are brought to the fore at Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.

A black and white photo of two young girls in dresses sitting on a bench in a garden in the 19th century

Royalty star photographers Roger Fenton and Julia Margaret Cameron enter Blackwell House

Rarely-seen black and white portraits from two pioneering 19th century photography stars have debuted in Cumbria.

A photo of an analog machine

Richard Nicholson brings the age of Analog back through darkroom departure at Riflemaker

Photographer Richard Nicholson spent three years watching darkrooms disappear for his anachronistic Riflemaker show.

A black and white photo of an actress fighting with pigeons

Love from London: A City of Stars at Getty Images Gallery

Elizabeth Taylor, Harrison Ford, Frank Sinatra and friends star in a show of the world's greatest actors against a London backdrop.

a sepia toned photo of a man with a beard

The Culture24 Crystal Ball: Top Photography Exhibitions to see in 2011

Richard Moss takes a look at some of the top photography shows lined up for UK museums and galleries in 2011.

An early photograph of a cantering horse followed by a running man

19th century pioneer Eadweard Muybridge photos earn place in history at Tate Britain

Tate Britain pays tribute to the artist famous for 360 degree panoramas, Zoopraxiscopes and stop motion horse photos.

MERL historical photographic exhibition offers birds-eye view of Reading past and present

The Museum of English Rural Life is contrasting Victorian and modern photographs in a 360 degree panorama of Reading.

a sepia toned photographed of a ruined ecclesiastical building with a man wearing a top hat sitting in an archway

Guest Article: Francis Bedford's vision at the Royal Institute of British Architects Library

RIBA Assistant Director Robert Elwall explains the work of leading Victorian picturesque photographer Francis Bedford.

Guest article: Bedford Lemere & Co and the RIBA Library Photographs Collection

Robert Elwall, assistant director at the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, on Bedford Lemere & Co.

a photograph of a building covered with scaffolding

Guest article: Edouard Baldus and the RIBA Library Photographs Collection

Robert Elwall, assistant director at the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, discusses the work of famous French photographer Edouard Baldus.

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