Back in February I had purchased a small bundle of carte de visite (CDV) from a second hand shop in Gamla Stan, Stockholm, two of which were taken by female owned photo studios. Hallgren was the first of the collection I had explored and today I am sharing what I found about the second photographer, Josefina Franke. Like the Hallgren post, I wanted to share a little insight into the way I work and research so buckle up because this is a bit of a long post!
Read MoreHappy International Women’s Day! A bit of a short one today. I was recently approached by Llantarnam Grange to put together a guest post for their blog and I decided that it would best to, rather than repeat myself over here, point you in the direction of some other blogs and sites which were interesting to me, so might be to you too!
Read MoreThe whole point of this blog is not only to keep you all update with what I’m doing artistically and historically, but to share resources with you. Exhibitions, archives, publications, people, you name it. To be used for research, be that historical, social, family history or artistic research and inspiration! I know this is a little late, but yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day. I figured this would be an ideal time to share with you an archival resource and an exhibition which are historical, and photographic, Jewish resources
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