[Commlist] CFP - Picture Post (1938-57): Genesis, History & Legacy of a Photo-Magazine

/Call for Papers/
*Picture Post (1938-57): Genesis, History & Legacy of a Photo-Magazine*
One-day workshop, Cardiff (UK), Friday 13 June 2025

The landmark British photo-magazine, /Picture Post/ (1938-57), was 
launched in the era of the Spanish Civil War and the Popular Front. 
Conceived for Hulton Press by Stefan Lorant (a Hungarian editor exiled 
from Nazi Germany), Picture Post had a transnational staff and a global 
outlook. It was the leading British example of an international 
phenomenon – the birth of photojournalism and the photo-essay. The 
equivalent of /Life/ in the US and /Paris-Match/ in France, the magazine 
achieved circulation figures of 1.7m.

Before the establishment of large television audiences, the photographs 
published in this general readership magazine offered audiences a shared 
perspective on the UK and its place in the world. /Picture Post/ 
reported extensively on the Second World War as it unfolded across the 
globe, as well as documenting both the Cold War and the wars of 
decolonization after 1945. It helped popularise a progressive attitude 
to society and politics, shaping the debate about postwar reconstruction 
and the establishment of the welfare state. Yet, its coverage also 
reflected sexist and racist ideas of the era, as well as patronizing or 
critical perspectives on disadvantaged communities and young adults.

To mark the opening of a major exhibition about /Picture Post/ at 
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, we will be hosting a one-day public 
workshop that aims to bring together an international cohort of 
researchers, curators, archivists and librarians to discuss the 
development and impact of /Picture Post/.

We invite proposals for 15-minute papers or panels of 3 to 4 
contributors. Please send a title, abstract (250 words) and short 
biography (150 words) to (allbesont /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(allbesont /at/ cardiff.ac.uk)>.

*Deadline for CFP*: Friday 14 March 2025
More info: 
https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13410308464 
<https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/13410308464>
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