Photography and the Archive Research Centre

Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) is an organisation in London that commissions new research into photography and culture, curates and produces exhibitions and publications, organises seminars, study days, symposia[1] and conferences, and supervises PhD students. It is a part of University of the Arts London (UAL), is based at UAL's London College of Communication at Elephant & Castle[2] and was designated by UAL in 2003.

According to PARC's website its activities span the history and culture of photography, particularly post-war British photography, the documentation of war and conflict, the photography of fashion and style, the visualization of the counterculture and photographers as filmmakers.

Details

Val Williams is its director and Brigitte Lardinois its deputy director. The Centre has a core group of members including Tom Hunter, Alistair O'Neill, Patrick Sutherland, Wiebke Leister, Jennifer Good (née Pollard), David Moore, Paul Lowe, Corinne Silva, Paul Tebbs, Mark Ingham, Martina Caruso, Peter Cattrell, Monica Biaglioli, Anne Williams, Jananne Al-Ani, Sophy Rickett, Joanna Love and Sara Davidmann. Current staff are Corinne Silva (Research Fellow), Robin Christian (Projects Manager) and Melanie King (Research Administrator).

Many of PARC's activities are conducted in conjunction with other arts organisations and universities including University of Sunderland, National Media Museum in Bradford, Library of Birmingham, Canterbury Christ Church University, Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Ffotogallery in Cardiff, Imperial War Museum in London, Photoworks in Brighton, University of Western Ontario in Canada, Expressions of Humankind and Max Ström publishers in Stockholm, Sune Jonsson Archive in Umea, Tate Modern and University of Wales, Newport.

Two of PARC's divisions are War and Conflict Research Hub and Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary Research Hub.

PARC publishes Fieldstudy twice yearly, both in print and online, covering projects from PARC's staff, members and students.

PARC and Bloomsbury co-host the journal Photography & Culture, co-edited by Kathy Kubicki, Thy Phu and Val Williams, published three times a year by Berg.[3]

PARC leads the Directory of Photographic Collections in the UK, a portal to UK institutions holding publicly accessible photographic collections.

Collections held within the Photography and the Archive Research Centre

PARC currently houses three collections within its archive, ‘Camerawork’, ‘Photography Exhibition Posters’ and ‘The John Wall archive of the Directory of British Photographic Collections in the UK’. 'Photography Exhibition Posters' is a collection of over 300 posters dating back to the 1970s that features examples of partnerships between designers and galleries. The ‘Camerawork’ collection includes papers and objects from the Half Moon Photography Workshop and Camerawork’s early years, publication and touring exhibition programme. ‘The John Wall archive of the Directory of British Photographic Collections in the UK’ includes correspondence, research papers and file cards of this 1970s project.

Selected exhibitions organised by PARC

Exhibitions at PARCSpace

Publications originating at PARC

Fieldstudy

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References

  1. "The Big Conversation: Martin Parr and Grayson Perry ", Time Out (magazine). Accessed 7 July 2014.
  2. "Research to change the world". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. "Journal of Photography & Culture", Journal of Photography & Culture. Accessed 6 August 2014.
  4. Cribbin, Joe (7 February 2002). "Martin Parr: Photographic Works at the Barbican". Culture24. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. Parr, Martin. "Exhibitions". Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. "Martin ParrOeuvres 1971-2001". Maison européenne de la photographie. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  7. "2001: Martin Parr: Photographic Works", Photography and the Archive Research Centre. Accessed 6 July 2014.
  8. "Magnum Ireland at the Irish Museum of Modern Art", Irish Museum of Modern Art. Accessed 6 July 2014.
  9. "http://www.aday.org/about"
  10. "'Life on the Road' featuring images by Tom Hunter at the London College of Communication", World Photography Organisation. Accessed 6 July 2014.
  11. "This Guy Spent the Mid-90s Living in a Travelling Rave Van", Vice (magazine). Accessed 6 July 2014.
  12. "Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works", Library of Birmingham. Accessed 6 July 2014.
  13. "Camerawork: Posters and objects from the archive", PARC. Accessed 05 August 2014.
  14. "2014 Ken To Be Destroyed", PARC. Accessed 05 August 2014.
  15. "The artist who brought her uncle back to life as a woman", The Guardian. Accessed 05 August 2014.
  16. "2014 Paper Topographies", PARC. Accessed 05 August 2014.
  17. "2014 Single Saudi Women", PARC. Accessed 05 August 2014.

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