Thesis:ÌýThe Séeberger frères’ ‘reportage photographique de mode’, 1919-1939Ìý: temporality and experience in early twentieth century fashion photography
Supervised by Dr Rebecca Arnold
Funded by the
Between 1909 and 1939, the Séeberger frères, photographers based in Paris, documented high fashion as it was worn by society figures and celebrities. Originally published in magazines, over 37,000 images are preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. This extensive archive of early fashion photography has received remarkably little scholarly attention, yet it offers a rich resource with which to explore themes of fashion and fashion photography in 20thcentury modernity.
Through analysis of the Séeberger work, this project explores the relationship between fashion and time. Key questions that it tackles include: What is the nature of the temporality of fashion? How is this represented and experienced through photography?
Education
2016 ÌýMA History of Art: Documenting Fashion, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art (Distinction)
2014 BA (Hons) History of Art, University College London (First Class)
Scholarships
2017-2020ÌýDoctoral Studentship, Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts South-East England
2015-2016ÌýMichael G. Wilson Scholarship, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art
Research Interests
- Fashion Photography
- Time and Temporality
- ‘Street Style’ Fashion Photography
- Early Twentieth Century Fashion
Conferences and Publications
2019, Associate Editor,ÌýImmediations: The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art Journal of Postgraduate Research
2018,Ìý‘F²¹²õ³ó¾±´Ç²Ô¾±²Ô²µÌýLe Bonheur’, in a limited edition publication for The Experimental Library: Agnès Varda, Café OTO and Curzon ÌýÌý
2018Ìý ‘Temporality’ Panel Chair,ÌýWording Art History, Postgraduate Colloquium at The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art, 17 March 2018
2018Ìý Addressing Images Chair, Public Discussion Group Seminar, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art Research Forum, January and June 2018
2017Ìý‘Nothing changes yet everything changes. Temporality and couture in La Mode rêvée (1939): a Bergsonian analysis’, inÌýImmediations: The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art Journal of Postgraduate Research,Ìývolume 4, number 2
Teaching
2018/19Ìý Associate Lecturer, BA and MA History of Dress, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art
2018/19Ìý Teaching Assistant, BA Frameworks for Interpretation, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art
2017 ÌýVisiting Lecturer, BA and MA History of Dress, The 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art