Victoria and Albert Museum announces new section for photography

by Redazione , published on 08/04/2017
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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London announces the expansion of its photographic collection with the accession of more than 270,000 pieces from the Royal Photographic Society.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced the expansion of its collection of historical and contemporary photography: more than 270,000 new photographs (including the world’s oldest photographs dating back to the 1920s, and works by British pioneers of photography such as William Henry Fox Talbot, Hill & Adamson, Roger Fenton, and Julia Margaret Cameron), 26,000 publications, and 6,000 pieces of photographic equipment, all from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), will be added to the existing collections. The new material will make the V&A Museum one of the world’s most important museums for photography, and to accommodate it, the museum will create a new Center for Photography: scheduled to open in fall 2018 and accompanied by a photography festival.

With the new section, the V&A will double its space dedicated to photography. The new Photography Center is designed by David Kohn Architects and will be used for the display of photographs, negatives, equipment, books and archival materials. In addition, dedicated rooms for events and activities are planned.

“Photography will become one of the V&A’s landmark collections of the 21st century,” said Tristram Hunt, director of the museum. “We have been preserving and interpreting photographic images since 1852, and now we are pleased to welcome the RPS collection. [...] We want to share this important collection with the public and photography enthusiasts around the world, both live and through our digital resources.”

Pictured: a 1926 photograph of Rudolf Koppitz from the RPS

Victoria and Albert Museum announces new section for photography
Victoria and Albert Museum announces new section for photography


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