The MFO is delighted to present this new display as part of the conference 'Love and Lenses: Photographic Couples, Gender Relationships, and Transatlantic Networks in the Long Nineteenth Century'
(12 and 13 October, Maison Française d'Oxford and Rothermere American Institute) convened by Emily Brady (Rothermere American Institute) & Martyna Zielinska (Université Paris Cité - LARCA/MFO).
Since the invention of the medium in the early 1830s, men and women — spouses, friends, members of the same family — have learned and practiced photography together for business, pleasure, educational and scientific purposes.
This exhibition aims to shed new light on how an interest in photography — be it amateur or professional — has had an impact on gender relationships in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
To introduce the themes of the accompanying conference “Love and Lenses: Photographic Couples, Gender Relationships, and Transatlantic Networks in the Long Nineteenth Century ”, the following case studies explore the intersections of gender, photographic practice and race.
Texts by Emily Brady (Rothermere American Institute) & Martyna Zielinska (Université Paris Cité)
