Successful Meeting of EHRI Experts in Amsterdam

EHRI Experts in Amsterdam
Friday, 4 October, 2024

On 23 and 24 September, EHRI’s two expert groups held a successful joint workshop at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam.

It brought together about forty reference archivists, photo archivists, and photo researchers, who discussed concrete sets of images under the expert guidance of Professors Hilary Earl (Nipissing University, Canada) and Simone Gigliotti (Royal Holloway, University of London), who were also instrumental in planning the event. The discussions were about context (the circumstances in which the photos were taken, the identity of photographer, geolocation, and dating); content (what the photographs show and hide, and the stories they tell); and interpretation (such as intended use).