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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · 7d

Another wonderful talk last night at the @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social @ukfetisharchive.bsky.social yesterday on the underground porn/reelers industry in soho!

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · 13d

Resharing as many people thought was about a different kind of darkroom 😂
📸🏠🏳️‍🌈I 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:
📧 [email protected]
📞 +447902489831

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · 27d

Home Darkrooms in Britian 📸🏠🏳️‍🌈 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:
📧 [email protected]
📞 +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 that feel like home to you? If so, then this project is for you!

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · 27d

Home Darkrooms in Britian 📸🏠🏳️‍🌈 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:
📧 [email protected]
📞 +447902489831

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Probably have asked before, but does anyone know where the archives of Jan Pienkowski are held? (or if they are private?)

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Dr Francesca Strobino @francescastrobino.bsky.social · Jun 12

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...

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · Jun 12

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 😭 I have heard eating honey made from bees local to you can help!

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Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · May 29

👇👇👇#photohist 📷📸🗂️

Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social · May 2

Registration for our PHRC25 Conference Photography, Value, History is open! We have two amazing keynotes, Catherine Troiano (V&A) and Donna West Brett (University of Sydney) and a wonderful line up photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-confe... It's hybrid so come to Leicester or attend online!

Annual Conference 2025

Photography, Value, History Photographic History Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK When: 16-17 June 2025 Where: Hybrid event, Online and at De Montfort University, Leicester. *…

photographichistory.wordpress.com

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 25

It's f***en wimdy @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 16

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 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

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DMU Archives and Rare Books @dmuspecialcolls.bsky.social · May 15

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

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 9

✨Home Darkroom Photos of the Day✨ 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!

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 9

This 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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Philosophy of Photography journal @philo-photography.bsky.social · May 2

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...

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 7

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...

A Collotype Cake for Liberation Day! #fyp #collotype #foodhistory #photographichistory #jerseychannelislands #liberationday #jerseyci

TikTok video by Molly

www.tiktok.com

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Queer Britain @queerbritain.bsky.social · May 6

3RD BIRTHDAY 🎂
This weekend we celebrated three years since we opened the doors to our museum!
We’re so grateful to everyone who’s visited, donated, volunteered, and believed in our museum. Thank you for helping us preserve and uplift queer voices - now and always ❤️
–
Images From Queer Britain

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · May 6

May 6th this year is the 92nd anniversary of the Nazi raid on the world's first gender and sexuality clinic 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/trans-people-belong-here-and-were-not-going-anywhere/

Trans+ people belong here, and we’re not going anywhere

The primary power of Trans+ History Week is the potential to instil a great sense of wellbeing among the Trans+ community itself.

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · May 2

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.

a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck sweater is holding his hands to his head .

ALT: a man wearing glasses and a turtleneck sweater is holding his hands to his head .

media.tenor.com

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · May 2

Grand 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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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · May 1

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

Historians for Trans Rights - Open Letter to MPs

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

tinyurl.com

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Martin Johnes @martinjohnes.bsky.social · May 1

A free Welsh History Postgrad conference in Cardiff 3-4 June. Everyone welcome!

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · Apr 30

Sending my dad today's darkroom prints: "why are you spending the hottest day of the year in the dark??" 🥹
Because my brain has been full and busy and the darkroom is peaceful and still?

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · Apr 30

Celebrating my first (year) major PhD hand in (about home darkrooms) with getting in the darkroom 😅

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Molly Caenwyn @mollycaenwyn.bsky.social · Apr 29

Obsessed with this University of Glasgow and the British Library PhD AHRC CDP studentship “Fanfiction and Online Fan Communities: Collecting Practices and Inclusion in a National Collection”!! Sounds so interesting!
www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

University of Glasgow - Scholarships & funding - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD StudentshipsearchSearch iconClose menu iconMenu icon bar 1Menu icon bar 2Menu icon bar 3

www.gla.ac.uk

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · Apr 24

Featuring curators, photojournalists, and artist-photographers, including Lebohang Kganye - great that it's available online, and those lucky to attend in person can also see current exhibitions by Carrie Mae Weems and the well-reviewed 'American Photography' show. 📜📷📸

ʙᴜᴅɪ ɴ. ᴅ. ᴅʜᴀʀᴍᴀᴡᴀɴ @budinddharmawan.bsky.social · Apr 23

Symposium Future Memories: How Photography Shapes Our Understanding of the World | 14 May 2025 at The Rijksmuseum | A one-day international symposium exploring the impact of photojournalism and documentary photography on our perceptions of the world | Live & online
www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...

Symposium Future Memories - Rijksmuseum

www.rijksmuseum.nl

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