The South Kensington Museum and Women Commercial Photographers
Lead Research Organisation:
De Montfort University
Department Name: School of Humanities
Abstract
This research investigates the relationship between the South Kensington Museum (SKM) and women commercial photographers. The research identifies previously unattributed photographs produced and supplied to the SKM by these photographers, which in turn, contextualises the social and economic systems within which women developed their commercial and institutional photographic practices. Using methods recently developed in archive studies that foreground photographic agency, examining the various influences at work in the compilation and interpretation of the V&A's Collection and Archive
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Kelley Elizabeth Wilder (Primary Supervisor) | |
| Erika Lederman (Student) |
Publications
Erika Lederman
(2018)
BLOG: V&A: David's Head
Erika Lederman
(2019)
BLOG: Isabel Agnes Cowper: Still Life
Lederman, E
(2018)
Feminism and Museums: Intervention, Disruption and Change, Volume 2
| Description | Collecting Photography/Photography as Collection |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a 'vignette' in this two day conference of renowned photographers, curators, scholars and collectors to celebrate the launch of the V&A's new Photography Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/BGnX1K7a/collecting-photography-photography-as-collecting-nov-2018 |
| Description | DMU Undergraduate Museum Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a talk on my research to visiting undergraduate students from De Montfort University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | DMU: PHRC Conference: The Business of Photography |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I attended this two day conference on the PHRC introducing me to a wide range of academics working in my field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://photographichistory.wordpress.com/annual-conference-2019/ |
| Description | Diversifying the Discourse: global Perspectives on Writing the Histories of Female Photographers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a paper at this symposium organised by the American HIstorical Society taking place in Chicago, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://aha.confex.com/aha/2019/webprogram/Session17635.html |
| Description | In Focus: V&A Institutional Photographers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of a series of public engagement activities in relation to the V&A's opening of a new photography centre, I delivered a talk to the public on the Museum's 19th century institutional photographers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Photography and Printed Matter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a paper at this symposium at University of St. Andrews. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://forarthistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pdf_SS_prog2019.pdf |
| Description | Professional Women: The Public, the Private and the Political |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a paper at this conference sponsored by the Women's History Network and taking place at the London School of Economics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://womenshistorynetwork.org/conference-report-professional-women-the-public-the-private-and-the... |
| Description | RCA Course: History of Photography: Pioneering Women |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Co-leadership with Curator Marta Weiss of V&A of module as part of Evening Course in history of Photography. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Vn1NRayw/history-of-photography-2017#intro |
| Description | RPS Journal: The Collection: Julia Margaret Cameron: 'I Wait' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I wrote an article on Julia Margaret Cameron for this regular column that appears in the RPS Journal, May 2018, vol. 158, p. 240 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://archive.rps.org/archive/volume-158/1584149?q=julia%20margaret%20cameron |
| Description | RPS Journal: The Collection: Madame Yevonde |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I wrote a short article on the female photographer Madame Yevonde for this regular column in the RPS Journal, vol. 159, June 2019. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | The Institutional Lives of Photographs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a paper at this conference that took place at the V&A Museum, bringing together new work on institutional 'photographic cultures'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Vvq9oLvj/the-institutional-lives-of-photographs-dec-2019 |
| Description | V&A/RCA MA Course Section: Female Institutional Photographers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered a talk on the V&A's 19th century female institutional photographers to students in the RCA MA Course in history of photography. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Women, Work and Commerce in the Creative Industries, Britain 1750-1950 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I along with Hannah Lyons and George Mind organised a two day student led symposium of 22 papers presented by an international roster of academics, museum professionals and independent scholars. The programme explored interdisciplinary perspectives on women's experiences of work and the gendered dynamics of commerce in the creative industries in Britain between 1750 and 1950. the symposium was divided into eight panels over the two days, focussing on a range of interdisciplinary themes such as '(In)Visibility and the Archive' and 'Making Materials: Industry and Trade'. Each panel was followed by lively discussion and questions led by Chairs from both academic and cultural institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ahrc-cdp.org/women-work-and-commerce-in-the-creative-industries-britain-1750-1950/ |