Michelle Henning

@john-parish.bsky.social

Photo of a hardcover book with a black and white photograph of a woman walking across a cobbled road in the rain on the dustjacket.

We were pleased to receive @michellehenning.bsky.social’s exciting new book ‘A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire’, largely based on research into the Ilford Limited archive held at Redbridge Heritage Centre.

Inimitable New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding has detailed her upcoming fifth studio album, Train on the Island ✏️ due may 8th, via @4ad.com

"One Stop" is out now ❤️
aldousharding.ffm.to/onestop

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announces new album

Train On The Island

on @4ad.com

5 June - Vicar Street, Dublin

first single out now

‘One Stop’

Video directed by Michelle Henning ⬇️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyKa...

Maybe we need a Gen Z translation for all the key Benjaminian terms…

A couple of weeks ago, when I asked a class what they thought Benjamin meant by aura , one student responded “grand vibes”

Talk: Michelle Henning on Photography's Dirty History Rethink photography as a ma

@michellehenning.bsky.social is giving a talk as part of her book launch at The Photographers Gallery on March 26 in London! More info at the link below. thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/tal...

Episode 88: Sonya Bonczek Gives Us the Scoop on Book Publicity Kate Carpenter interviews Sonya Bonczek, director of publicity at UNC Press, about how book publicity works and what authors can do to promote their books.

Usually, I chat with historians about writing. But this week we're pulling back the curtain on book publicity! @sonyabonczek.bsky.social, dir of publicity at @uncpress.bsky.social, joined me to demystify the work of publicists and give some advice to authors. Listen: tinyurl.com/sonyabonczek 🗃️ 📚

Sign the Petition Save Goldsmiths as a critical, experimental space for Art and Politics!

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DARKNESS: A Photography Conference - School of Digital Arts (SODA) – Manchester Metropolitan University This conference examines the significance of darkness, proposing to invert our thinking about photography and remind us of the image’s many entanglements and

19-20 March: at the Darkness conference in Manchester
www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/darkn...

3 March Goldsmiths hosted by MA Art and Politics, lunchtime - 12-1pm MRB 10(2).

Talk: Michelle Henning on Photography's Dirty History Rethink photography as a ma

I have a few book launches/ talks coming up:
26 March, London The Photographers'​ Gallery - talk, thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/tal...
28 April, Liverpool, Open Eye Gallery - in conversation with Prof. Sarah E. James. openeye.org.uk/whatson/book...
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WEBINAR SERIES ARCHIVO | Photography and Visual Culture Research Platform

www.archivoplatform.com/webinar my talk just about to start and it’s free!

How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted air London’s fog literally fogged photographs with the yellowish hue of the capital’s notorious ‘pea-soupers’.

I’m in The Conversation- theconversation.com/how-romantic...

How romanticised images of London fog shaped the way we see polluted air London’s fog literally fogged photographs with the yellowish hue of the capital’s notorious ‘pea-soupers’.

Combining images of fog & smog with ideas of British identity made the reality of pollution much harder to see, says @michellehenning.bsky.social

I have had quotes from my writing recycled back at me - except I know that I was writing about a different subject - eg. Something I said about museums recycled as if I had said it about a photo! Looking forward to your news!

I’ve slowed down so much because I am checking every reference- latest thing seems to be page spans, i.e. so and so says “this” (pp. 40-44). That and ever-circling arguments.

If you’d like to know more about my new book A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire, I am talking about it on the New Books Network @NewBooksNetwork podcast with Dr. Miranda Melcher here - newbooksnetwork.com/a-dirty-hist...

I am indeed! Will publicise as soon as they are confirmed

I don’t know if it counts but Under the Skin?

Dr. Jordana Blejmar is giving a virtual talk entitled “Cold War Toys in South America” for the Royal Anthropological Institute on February 10. Registration via the link below! therai.org.uk/events/anthr...

It couldn’t be clearer that this was never even about immigration.

A picture of a pile of my books which have just arrived, complementary copies destined for copyright holders and kind friends.

They’ve arrived! It’s out!

A picture of a pile of my books which have just arrived, complementary copies destined for copyright holders and kind friends.

They’ve arrived! It’s out!

I’m sorry to hear that, but thankyou for passing it on.

Le réalisateur hongrois Béla Tarr est mort à 70 ans Connu pour son œuvre mélancolique et sombre, le maître du cinéma hongrois s’est éteint des suites d’une longue maladie.

⚫ Le maître du cinéma hongrois Béla Tarr s’est éteint des suites d’une longue maladie.

Goodness! It looks suspiciously like someone glued walnuts to the outside of a model elephant rather than constructed it out of them. Anyway I remain astonished!

I am enjoying the discussion of photography but completely arrested by the elephant made of English walnuts.

Wow that looks beautiful! And so colourful!

It looks yellow because of the lighting - 1970s pattern