🪄 Watch this photo disappear.

Contemporary photographer Phil Chang created a series of pictures that darken upon exposure to light.

Each week, a new photograph will be displayed in Nineteenth-Century Photography Now. Watch the photos dim until July 7: gty.art/4b81P61

☀️ Why don't we have old photographs on display often? 💡

Many are sensitive to light. When we do, they're in dimly-lit galleries for short periods of time.

So, how do we decide if it's safe to bring an old photo out of storage? gty.art/4aZZxpm

Now online: Tony Richards engaging and insightful presentation 'Contemporary Wet Plate Collodion Photography.'

Including his work on hit TV dramas and documentaries.

youtu.be/WaptZvg8oJY?si…

Although I can't bear to watch it myself, my RPS presentation from Tuesday Evening just went live on YouTube...

John Rylands Research Institute and Library welcomes applications for Early Career fellowships and Pilot grants! All details can be found here: bit.ly/3ZBYrM3

Extra funding for the Imaging Lab fourtoes.co.uk/iblog/extra-fu…

#heritageimaging John Rylands Research Institute and Library #010424

A papyrological retweet, please? 🙏 😊

📸: Tony Richards

Decorrelation Stretch is an image enhancement technique first used on aerial photographs. We use it to visualise our paper watermarks using ImageJ and the DStretch plugin developed by Jon Harman for use with Pictographs. #paperwatermarks #heritageImaging Tony Richards

Remember, my prints on display at The National Maritime Museum are the same as those available via the project's website.

They cost £195 each or £495 for three.

I’ve made this special page to save searching through the entire archive:

lifeboatstationproject.com/national-marit…

#WomenOfTheRNLI

Inspiring afternoon at the Rylands listening to a dazzling array of MA placements from maps, nuns and beatnik monks to railways, humanitarianism, Trevor Key & Manchester student life. Great enthusiasm for special collections🙂
Aya Van Renterghem @ICP John Rylands Research Institute and Library School of Arts, Languages and Culture Tony Richards

We are hiring.

Senior Photographer John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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I've been invited by the RPS Historical group to give an online talk about wet plate collodion and my journey over the past 14 years or so. This could go off in so many directions as wet plate has provided me with so many opportunities. Book now :)

As we move closer to spring, you might start thinking about green projects or even a bit of guerrilla gardening 🌿Either way, you'll find plenty of inspiration in our #zine collection including these pocket-sized pamphlets. Search the catalogue for more: bit.ly/ZineCollection

The Imaging Team @thejohnrylands had an amazing visit and tour Chetham's Library this morning. Thank you, Fergus and Laura, for your time and knowledge. It is an amazing library in the heart of Manchester.

#OnThisDay 1800, William Henry Fox Talbot - English scientist, inventor, & photography pioneer was born.

Fox Talbot's The Pencil of Nature, published between 1844 - 1846, was the first commercial book to be illustrated with photographs.

Find out more: buff.ly/3wh1pee

That's the final MSI image stack of Demotic Papyrus 9 John Rylands Research Institute and Library. So we took the opportunity to open the Spencer Room doors for an hour. Inviting visitors in to chat about the project. Thanks to all that stopped by.
#demotic #papyrus #rainbowmsi #phaseonech #thenmct

An archive of 10,000+ photographs capturing everyday life in England’s north-west now available to the public in the Sankey Photography Archive. 

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It's been two years to the day since we first MSI'd this damaged 4m long papyrus on location in the Spencer Room John Rylands Research Institute and Library
This will collect comparison data following extensive treatment by our Collection Care team and Papyrologist Dr Marina Escolano-Poveda 🌊🪔
#multispectral #papyrus

Are you studying pre-modern manuscripts and wanting to improve your skills? IES has summer school courses for you! 👇📖✍️ ies.sas.ac.uk/events/london-…

We were about to exhibit renowned local artist, Max Ayres’ art collection before a fire took hold in his Leigh flat.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help restore some salvaged paintings and get Max doing what he loves most, painting!

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