1/2 Parts, written by Amy Crawford (MGS Funded Museum Engagement Officer and Pete McConville, Museum Volunteer) When Pete and I first met we discovered a mutual love of photography. I suggested that he use our University of Dundee Museum collections…
A congratulations is in order for Emily Cassidy, Art & Design student as Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, for winning Scottish Nature Photography Award’s, Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2020. Entrants were asked to submit…
As a part of the “Thinking Photography” group, Zhaneta Zhekova, a student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design has been looking at statuary in Dundee and how has often overlooked. As a result, she has taken incredible…
Alex Coupar has worked as a photographer in and around Dundee since 1955, documenting the areas and events which reflect both our culture and history. During his career, stretching over fifty years, Alex has recorded the intricacies of every day…
While the ongoing need for social distancing means that physical exhibitions are still not possible. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design have made their Masters show available virtually providing an opportunity to browse their work remotely. …
To mark what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday on 9th October Archive Services have been showing some of their remarkable photographs of the Beatles. Taken by Hungarian photo-journalist Michael Peto the images include the Beatles being awarded the…
The exhibition Moving Jamaica: Scottish-Caribbean Connections & Local-Global Journeys – first shown in the Lamb Gallery in 2018 – has been restaged at the St Andrews Preservation Trust Museum. As part of Black History Month, a special online event is…
The Doctoral Academy’s first Images of Research competition received 25 eligible submissions for consideration by our expert panel. PGRs were asked to portray their research in a single image along with a 50 word description, providing a great way to showcase…
For her River Deep Mountain High contribution, Patricia Ramaer has stepped away from typical photographic methods to employ an intriguing technique to burn, not print. This little girl is Margot Cox on Lossiemouth beach, 1909. Margot 1908 by Patricia Ramaer Carbon on paper …
The Doctoral Academy’s first Images of Research competition received 25 eligible submissions for consideration by our expert panel. PGRs were asked to portray their research in a single image along with a 50 word description, providing a great way to showcase…