The PHRC conference at De Montfort was tremendous and provided a lot of insights for me to go away and think about. In particular there was a lot of discussion about what is missing from an archive and what that tells us - sometimes as much as the extant material. Things for me to think about include:
- How colour photography creates a new sensory experience - maybe tying this into the work that Lynda Nead has done
- Who are the keepers of corporate memory - the business or the people who work in it?
- How posed are the images - are they pictures of work in progress or staged
- Do the images sanction and "testify" to a particular (curated?) history
I was also pointed at other work that I need to read - the pile keeps getting higher!
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