Doctoral Placement

The Royal Photographic Society collection contains an estimated 270,000 photographs; 10,000 items of technology, including cameras; a library of some 27,000 books and journals; and around 5,000 other archival items. It charts the invention and development of this multifaceted medium over the last two centuries. With the completion of the Photography Centre, the V&A’s next priority in photography is to unlock the international significance and vast potential of the RPS collection through an ambitious and well-planned and managed workflow of digitisation and conservation concentrating mainly on the objects in the RPS collection.

This placement is separate to the wider project but runs parallel to it. It focusses on the RPS archive, a rich and relatively untapped research resource which includes minute books, correspondence, press cuttings, reports and other documents recording the history and activities of the Society from its foundation in 1853. Current research surrounding the archive relates to the early history of the RPS, the development of colour techniques, and women photographing architecture.
- Archival cataloguing and arrangement.
- Public engagement: blog writing and public talks.
- Enhanced oral presentation skills

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