@mollycaenwyn.bsky.social
PhD researcher of The Home Darkroom and the Freedom of Photographic Production in Britain, 1950s - Present. LGBTQIA+ photographic history. Photographic artist and avid cross stitcher (they/them)
Black and white, portrait oriented image of a lurcher sitting on the sofa in a living room. There light coming through the window on the bottom left to the top right which illuminates the dogs face. The light creates hard shadows, making the image appear with a strong contrast.
When you finally develop 5 films you've had sitting around and you find out you have taken the best photo of your parents' dog to ever exist. Love you Bob
21.11.2025 18:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Twenty-two years ago today Section 28 was repealed.
But we're seeing history repeat itself as some in the media and in politics spread bigotry and misinformation about trans people.
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A woman riding on her broomstick with her hands on her head while her black cat in top hat and white tie sits behind her.
Yes, yes we may have posted this before, but he is the most handsome 'groom' and she the most fab look-no-hands witch! From Old King Cole's Nursery Rhymes, 1901 for #BlackCatDay πββ¬
@librarydmu.bsky.social @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYASpooky #NurseryRhymes #illustration #Halloween
@isabelsantos.bsky.social please tell the folks in USA there is hope. A small town in a small country threw out hatred when the party imitating Trump's divisive politics was resoundingly beaten in Wales. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
24.10.2025 08:56 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you! I promise I am usually more articulate than I was yesterday haha I look forward to reading the Rainbow Trap!
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The Absolute Units art. Three giant sheep hover over the English countryside.
π New Absolute Units π
Same-sex relationships have always been part of rural England, but they've been underrepresented in our collections.
In the first of 2 episodes, @timjerrome.bsky.social shares his work tracing queer rural lives in The MERL archives.
merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
To celebrate the recent relaunch of Visual Culture in Britain, we are delighted to announce an ESSAY PRIZE for original research articles @vcib.bsky.social For more information please visit: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rvc... Thank you for sharing!
18.10.2025 09:16 β π 5 π 10 π¬ 0 π 0
Really fantastic talk yesterday at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social by @kevinguyan.bsky.social on his latest book Rainbow Trap. I am now spending the rest of the week untangling all my thoughts on Queer data. Truly fascinating!
24.10.2025 07:37 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Another wonderful talk last night at the @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social @ukfetisharchive.bsky.social yesterday on the underground porn/reelers industry in soho!
02.10.2025 07:30 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Resharing as many people thought was about a different kind of darkroom π
πΈπ π³οΈβπI wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom/using a darkroom (in Britain) that felt like home.
If you are interested please get in touch:
π§ m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
π +447902489831
Image: On a dark blue background are white and light blue impressions of two pansies. At the bottom are the logos for the Arts and Humanities Research council, the Museum of the Home and the University of Westminster. Text at top left reads - Are you LGBTQIA+ or non-heterosexual? Do you have experience of darkrooms in the home or spaces thatΒ feel like home to you? If so, then this project is for you!
Home Darkrooms in Britian πΈπ π³οΈβπ Oral History Project
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch: Β
π§ m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
π +447902489831
Image: On a dark blue background are white and light blue impressions of two pansies. At the bottom are the logos for the Arts and Humanities Research council, the Museum of the Home and the University of Westminster. Text at top left reads - Are you LGBTQIA+ or non-heterosexual? Do you have experience of darkrooms in the home or spaces thatΒ feel like home to you? If so, then this project is for you!
Home Darkrooms in Britian πΈπ π³οΈβπ Oral History Project
I wish to speak to LGBTQIA people who have experience of having a home darkroom or used a darkroom that felt like home.
If you are interested in learning more, please get in touch: Β
π§ m.warren@westminster.ac.uk
π +447902489831
Probably have asked before, but does anyone know where the archives of Jan Pienkowski are held? (or if they are private?)
04.08.2025 10:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
I'm really excited to finally share my article "Colouring and Crafting 19th-Century Science," awarded the 2024 Nuncius Prize.
It's available in open access: brill.com/view/journal...
The other day I was at an archive and thought I had come down with a bad cold. Turns out it was just my hayfever combined with the dry air of the reading room π I have heard eating honey made from bees local to you can help!
12.06.2025 14:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0πππ#photohist π·πΈποΈ
29.05.2025 08:33 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
It's f***en wimdy @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social
25.05.2025 20:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
After an early start, I'm now at the Women's Archive of Wales event 'Out of the Shadows' at Glamorgan Archive. Check out the tech for live Welsh to English translation for speakers speaking in Welsh π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώβ€οΈ
16.05.2025 09:43 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
DON'T MISS: This FREE Sporting Heritage & Fashion Study Day.
Where: DMU
@dmuleicester.bsky.social
When: 06-Jun-25
Registration: OPEN buff.ly/Bh3kd1t
@sportingheritage.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social
#sportshistory #sportswear @icshc.bsky.social
β¨Home Darkroom Photos of the Dayβ¨ Today I came across an article in the 1976 issue of "The Army Reserve" on How to build a nickel-dime photo darkroom. This particular article looked how how to build your own enlarger using 'everyday' objects including coffee cans!
09.05.2025 15:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This worrying as, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to perpetuate issues asserted by the supreme court ruling on the definition of a woman? Masc cis women are begin to be policed because they don't 'fit' criteria on how 'women' should look and this type of technology may reinforce this?
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Join us on the 27 May, 5-6.30pm (GMT) for the next event in the Photoecologies online seminar series:
Siobhan Angus & Jennifer Raab: Cultivating Empire: Photography and Fertilizer
To attend, please register via our Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/siobhan-an...
This Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the Channel Islands, Liberation Day after the German occupation during WWII. Here is a tiktok I made about 4 years ago on the Collotype cake sent into the @jerseyeveningpost.com.web.brid.gy in 1941.
www.tiktok.com/@mollycaenwy...
3RD BIRTHDAY π
This weekend we celebrated three years since we opened the doors to our museum!
Weβre so grateful to everyone whoβs visited, donated, volunteered, and believed in our museum. Thank you for helping us preserve and uplift queer voices - now and always β€οΈ
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Images From Queer Britain
May 6th this year is the 92nd anniversary of the Nazi raid on the world's first gender and sexuality clinic π
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-people-belong-here-and-were-not-going-anywhere/
Emailing Welsh archives ahead of a visit (to see the famalam). I sent off an email to one asking if they knew of any collections that may be relevant to my research and then I realised, I am in that archive. I am the relevant (albeit it tiny and probably not accessioned properly) collection.
02.05.2025 13:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Grand Theft Auto VI might be delayed until 2026 but the good news is we remain open every single day but Monday
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OPEN LETTER: HISTORIANS FOR TRANS RIGHTS
Are you a historian in the UK or working on UK history fed up at seeing the history of LGBTQIA+ discrimination repeat itself? Sign this open letter to MPs demanding they stand up for trans rights now!
Letter: tinyurl.com/879vuver
Sign: tinyurl.com/4p7wktrn
A free Welsh History Postgrad conference in Cardiff 3-4 June. Everyone welcome!
01.05.2025 10:03 β π 10 π 10 π¬ 1 π 0
Sending my dad today's darkroom prints: "why are you spending the hottest day of the year in the dark??" π₯Ή
Because my brain has been full and busy and the darkroom is peaceful and still?
