Amateurs, Scientists, Tradesmen, and Artists: The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) 1853-1914

皇家摄影学会(RPS)与摄影知识和实践的传播，1853-1929年。本提案针对皇家摄影学会历史上宣布的博士项目，重点关注皇家摄影学会在摄影方面的教育作用及其通过1891年启动的远程学习计划的广泛影响。这与我之前在圣安德鲁斯大学附近对早期专业摄影师的研究有关。这一博士学位将是一个令人兴奋的机会，可以发展我在19世纪关于摄影创新、知识交流和摄影自主的研究，并成为伯克贝克和维多利亚与阿尔卑斯加州大学团队的一员，有多种机会与公众分享这个故事。

The Royal Photographic Society (RPS) and the dissemination of photographic knowledge and practices, 1853-1929The present proposal addresses the announced doctoral project on the history of the RPS by focusing on the RPS's educational role in photography and its broad reach through its launch of a distance learning program in 1891. It relates to my previous research on early professional photographers around the University of St Andrews. This PhD would be an exciting opportunity to develop my research on photographic innovation, knowledge exchange, and photographic autonomy in the nineteenth century and to be part of a team at Birkbeck and the V&A with multiple opportunities to share this story with the public.