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michellehenning.bsky.social
Prof at Uni of Liverpool and artist. I write on photography, media, museums, ISOTYPE, modernism, environment & atmosphere. Photography: The Unfettered Image (2018) & A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog & Empire, Chicago UP (Fall 2025)
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Forget the word “trump”- call him Krasnov from now on…

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Last summer I spent way too long thinking about whiteness in The Zone of Interest: the result is out now in World Picture Journal. It's informed by my conversation with the colour grader and explores those thermal camera sequences: worldpicturejournal.com/article/whit...

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Our PhD Placement Scheme is BACK! Call for applications for 3-6 month placements at The British Library. All current PhD students registered with a UK university are eligible. Deadline 21st Feb, 5pm. For more information, & how to apply, please see our temporary website: www.bl.uk/more/researc...

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New acquisition!

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Going over manuscript corrections on the train, the old school way…

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I love this! I write about my great grandad, who was also a stoker, in my forthcoming book A Dirty History of Photography. What does it have to do with photography? Maybe I just have a soft spot for stokers. Great Grandad survived the Battle of Jutland.

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@pjharveyofficial.bsky.social is now on here!

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I’m very excited (and a bit nervous) to be doing this…

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We have until 25 Feb to gather opposition to a proposed U.K. change in copyright law that default allows AI to use our creations. Please consider adding your name here www.aitrainingstatement.org #ai #art #academia #writing #creative #HE

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Musk fellowship ‘debases’ Royal Society, warns climate scientist @michaelemann.bsky.social “I do feel it is problematic that Musk remains a fellow, given his efforts to undermine basic bedrock principles of democracy”, he tells me. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

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A new compilation benefiting musicians who have been affected by the Los Angeles wildfires features previously unreleased cuts by the likes of PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Devo, Primal Scream, Gary Numan and Yeah Yeah Yeahs https://buff.ly/3WSJC7A

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My latest article is out! It argues that the public subvention of photography in Parisian hospitals enabled the institutionalisation of photography and shaped the kind of photography that could be done #photohist #histmed 📷📸🗂️ It took me literal years to write!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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You are invited to the Photoecologies Study Group, a new space for exploring photography as an environmental, elemental and energetic assemblage. To find out more about and register to attend our upcoming events, see our eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.com/o/photoecolo... .

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I’m very excited (and a bit nervous) to be doing this…

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NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe. ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.

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🎓 Three fully-funded PhD positions for a project on "Visual Cultures of Fascism" - as timely as it can be in this age of anxiety. @liverpooluni.bsky.social #FascismStudies #Fascism #AcademicSky www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/postgr...

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Having flashbacks to 1990. It’s so upsetting that these photos could be read as “deeply disturbing” and “Sexual exploitation of a minor”. I think that tells us more about the filthy mind of the judge than about the photographs themselves.

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Got my copy-edits back and I am still able to be surprised by the difference between the way I write (which may or may not be correct British English) and American English. No. 1 - I am 5 foot 7 but apparently it’s 5 feet 7, no. 2 - in the past I dived but it turns out I dove.

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Bibbers everywhere! As one of the first bibbers said, when Humphry Davy gave him nitrous oxide in the 1790s “my teeth are thrilling”

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Why are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira Donegan

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Some exhibition news. Rave On: An exhibition celebrating the legacy and lasting impact of rave culture in Liverpool throughout the 1980s and 90s. Curated by Ezra McConachie, with an exhibition of photography by Mark McNulty, and supported by The Museum of Youth Culture.

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Trump censoring not just what researchers can work on in the future, but also the publication of past research already completed.

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Authors, if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book. It was conceived in a storm and in darkness, born within sight of coal mines.

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Fantastic opportunity here! Not only is Dr Oman a sector-changing scholar overflowing with integrity and clever, she is one of the most compassionate and lovely people I know. Like I said, fantastic opportunity

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As it’s now advertised, I can officially say that I am moving on from my role at GSA. If you are thinking of applying and would like to informally talk about it — drop me a message. It’s a wonderful job in many ways: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLQ366/p...

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