Empire through the Lens – exhibition in Bristol

An exhibition has opened at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery displaying a selection of photographs and film relating to the British Empire and Commonwealth. The items come from the vast collection of images held at Bristol Archives and the selection has been made by 27 individuals, including artists, historians and relatives of the photographers, to … Read more

New Photograph and Film Collections available at Bristol Record Office

Bristol Record Office is undertaking a project to audit the photographic and film collections which it received from the former British Empire and Commonwealth Museum and to catalogue a selection of them. A number of collections, covering over 6,500 photographs and 70 films and including material on Africa, are now available for research. The catalogue … Read more

New exhibition: Rwanda in Photographs, Kings College London 21 March- 30 April

An exhibition of photographs from Rwanda has opened at Kings College London. The photographs have resulted from a workshop organised by international photographers Andrew Esiebo and Brendan Bannon, which asked people in Rwanda to take photographs representing their lives, and to present images of Rwanda to an international audience. The images show economic change in … Read more