Library Home: Filmmaking and Film Production: Photography resources

Photography Resources

Photography Websites and Organisations
Collections and Galleries

Web sites of Roehampton staff and former staff.

General photography resources

AnOther Art & Photography
Online art and culture magazine.
ArtBabble photography
Showcases high quality art-related video content from more than 50 cultural institutions worldwide.
British Photography History
Information and discussion on all aspects of British photographic history.
Eadweard Muybridge: Defining Modernities
Online research resource from Kingston University on the work of this pioneering 19th century photographer.
Fast Forward: Women in Photography
Showcases the best of emerging and established photography by women.
Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
Index and information on the printed works of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of photography.
The Gender Spectrum Collection.
The Gender Spectrum Collection is a stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models. These photos can be used under CC BY-NC-ND license. Please read the guidelines.
Photography Commons
Open access articles.
Photography Life
Articles, news and reviews from professional photographers.
Photomonitor
Images and articles from contemporary British and Irish photographers.
Places Journal - Photography
Free online journalism, criticism, and photography from the US. Includes reading lists on decolonisation and black history.
Screening the Past
Open access journal for the history of photography, film, television and multimedia.
Spruce Crafts Photography page
A DIY craft and hobby site full of helpful tips, step-by-step tutorials, and historical information.
VADS (Visual Arts Data Service)
Over 140,000 images from over 300 art collections, free for educational use.

Professional organisations and services

Association of Photographers
British Institute for Professional Photography
British Press Photographers' Association
The Independent Photobook
A free distribution tool for independently published photo books or zines that have no other standard outlets.
National Photographic Society
Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project
An international curatorial programme that supports women in photography, based at the V & A.
Photofusion
Based in Brixton, south London, this exhibition space and training centre provides support and career progression to photographers of all abilities.
Photo London
Annual trade fair of international photography held in the UK capital.
Press Photo History Project
Aims to record every news photographer and agency operating in the UK since 1904; explores the working relationship between photographs, agencies and newspapers.
Royal Photographic Society

Physical and online collections, archives, galleries, museums...

Art360 Foundation
Aims to preserve and promote previously overlooked aspects of the UK’s cultural heritage, including the work of Vanley Burke, known as the “Godfather of Black British photography.”
Bishopsgate Institute Photographic Collections
Over 1,000,000 images relating to London and protest, in both physical and digital format.
British Culture Archive
Web presence of the crowdsourced People’s Archive, recording British society and subcultures through documentary photography since the 1930s.
British Library: Photography collections
British Photography: The Hyman collection
A private collection based in London and open to researchers by appointment.
Eadweard Muybridge: Defining Modernities
Online research resource from Kingston University on the work of this pioneering 19th century photographer.
Europeana Photography Collections
Mixture of public domain and under copyright photos from several European heritage collections
Center for Creative Photography
Museum and study centre for the history of photography, based at the University of Arizona.
Fast Forward: Women in Photography
Showcases the best of emerging and established photography by women.
London Photography Diary
Online guide to London’s photography scene, with details of exhibitions, events, and reading material.
Luminous Lint
Indexes and collates material relating to the history of photography (requires a subscription).
Martin Parr Foundation
Supports photographers whose work focusses on the diversity of everyday life in the British Isles.
National Portrait Gallery photograph collection
The UK's national gallery, based in central London, houses over 250,000 portrait photographs.
Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project
An international curatorial programme that supports women in photography, based at the V & A.
Photofusion
Based in Brixton, south London, this exhibition space and training centre provides support and career progression to photographers of all abilities.
The Photographers Gallery
The UK's first public gallery dedicated to photography is in London's West End.
Photography Now
Established 1998 in Berlin, a leading international online portal for photography and video art.
Sands Films
Independent film studio, costumier, cinema club and picture library in Bermondsey, south London.
Science and Media Museum
This Yorkshire museum's collections are dedicated to the science and history of images and sound.
Tate Digital Archives
Browse the digital archive of items in the Tate's collections (you can refine by Format > Photograph).
UNESCO digital archives project
Films, photographs and sound recordings from the United Nations.
V & A Museum Photography collection
Founded in 1852, now one of the largest and most important collections in the world.