Migration of digital photography
The University of St Andrews Library’s photographic collection comprised traditional media up until the 1990’s, when digital photography became popular. Part of that collection is regularly augmented with material…
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Call for Papers: Science and Photography Symposium
Science and Photography Symposium Hosted by: University of St Andrews Library’s Special Collections Division Wednesday 23rd October 2019 09:30 – 17:00 Lawrence Levy Studio, Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews KY16…
For those taking the plunge…
On the 1st of May many St Andrews students choose to take part in the tradition of the May Dip. Taking a dip in the freezing North Sea at dawn on the 1st of May is said to promote good luck in exams. For those students…
THE ORIGINS OF PHOTOGRAPHY GREAT BRITAIN: ST ANDREWS, PART 2. PREPARING FOR JAPAN
In the first part of this blog, we told you about a major exhibition featuring loans from the Library’s photographic collections that opened earlier this month in Tokyo, Japan. It is standard practice for items…
The Origins of Photography Great Britain: St Andrews
Last week a major exhibition, The Origin of Photography Great Britain, on the birth of British photography opened in Japan at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Curator Keishi Mitsui had been working on this exhibition…
Pioneering Photographs: Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ‘Idylls of the King’, photographically illustrated by Julia Margaret Cameron (1875)
Thanks to a most generous grant from the Friends of the National Libraries’ B. H. Breslauer Fund, the Library has recently been able to acquire a beautiful copy of one of the most famous nineteenth-century…
A New Acquisition: J Pugh’s Photographic Documentation of Scottish Cultural Heritage
Joining the Library’s Special Collections Division last September, Weitian Liu is the Enlight Foundation scholar. Weitian is currently pursuing an MPhil in History of Photography and working with the photo team in…
John Ruskin and James David Forbes
Today is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Victorian art critic John Ruskin (8 February 1819-20 January 1900). Born in London, John Ruskin was the only son of John James Ruskin, a sherry importer and Margaret…
Daguerreotypes in the Library’s Special Collections
To start off the new year, our Photographic Collections Manager takes a look at the daguerreotypes in the Library’s photographic collections on the anniversary of Daguerre’s announcement to the world of his new…
Advent Calendar: 20 December – Christmas Post
Photographs of postman Andrew Kirk delivering Christmas parcels and of the Christmas rush at the post office depot in St Andrews, December 1936 (GMC-EA-324 and GMC-EA-331-A). These photographs were taken by George…