Photography and the Archive Research Centre‎

Val Williams is its director and Brigitte Lardinois its deputy director.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} The Centre has a core group of members including Tom Hunter, Alistair O'Neill, Patrick Sutherland, Wiebke Leister, Jennifer Good (née Pollard), David Moore, Paul Lowe, Corinne Silva, Paul Tebbs, Mark Ingham, Martina Caruso, Peter Cattrell, Monica Biaglioli, Anne Williams, Jananne Al-Ani, Sophy Rickett, Joanna Love and Sara Davidmann. Current staff are Corinne Silva (Research Fellow), Robin Christian (Projects Manager) and Melanie King (Research Administrator).{{fact|date= May 2024}}

Many of PARC's activities are conducted in conjunction with other arts organisations and universities including University of Sunderland, National Media Museum in Bradford, Library of Birmingham, Canterbury Christ Church University, Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Ffotogallery in Cardiff, Imperial War Museum in London, Photoworks in Brighton, University of Western Ontario in Canada, Expressions of Humankind and Max Ström publishers in Stockholm, Sune Jonsson Archive in Umea, Tate Modern and University of Wales, Newport.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Two of PARC's divisions are War and Conflict Research Hub and Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary Research Hub.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

PARC publishes Fieldstudy twice yearly, both in print and online, covering projects from PARC's staff, members and students.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

PARC and Bloomsbury co-host the journal Photography & Culture, co-edited by Kathy Kubicki, Thy Phu and Val Williams, published three times a year by Berg."[https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_119212018141597 Journal of Photography & Culture]", Journal of Photography & Culture. Accessed 6 August 2014.

PARC leads the Directory of Photographic Collections in the UK, a portal to UK institutions holding publicly accessible photographic collections.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

PARC currently houses three collections within its archive, ‘Camerawork’, ‘Photography Exhibition Posters’ and ‘The John Wall archive of the Directory of British Photographic Collections in the UK’. 'Photography Exhibition Posters' is a collection of over 300 posters dating back to the 1970s that features examples of partnerships between designers and galleries. The ‘Camerawork’ collection includes papers and objects from the Half Moon Photography Workshop and Camerawork’s early years, publication and touring exhibition programme. ‘The John Wall archive of the Directory of British Photographic Collections in the UK’ includes correspondence, research papers and file cards of this 1970s project.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

• 2002-2005: Retrospective, Martin Parr Photoworks 1971–2000, Barbican Arts Centre, London, 2002.{{cite web|url = http://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/london/art11178 | date = 7 February 2002 | accessdate = 31 March 2014 | last = Cribbin | first = Joe | publisher = Culture24 | title = Martin Parr: Photographic Works at the Barbican}} National Museum of Photography, Film, and Television, Bradford, 2002. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2003. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 2003. National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, 2003. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, 2004.{{cite web|url = http://www.martinparr.com/cv/exhibitions/ | accessdate = 31 March 2014 | last = Parr | first = Martin | title = Exhibitions}} Works 1971–2001, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, 2005.{{cite web|url = http://www.mep-fr.org/evenement/martin-parr/ | accessdate = 3 April 2014 | publisher = Maison européenne de la photographie | title = Martin ParrOeuvres 1971-2001| date = 18 May 2005 }} Curated by Val Williams and organized by Brigitte Lardinois. Photographs from the 1970s to 2001 from his series Butlins by the Sea, June Street, Home Sweet Home, The Last Resort, The Cost of Living, Small World and Autoportraits."[http://photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/exhibitions/martin-parr-photographic-works-2001 2001: Martin Parr: Photographic Works]", Photography and the Archive Research Centre. Accessed 6 July 2014.
• 2006: Magnum Ireland. Research into the Magnum Photos archive by Val Williams with Brigitte Lardinois resulting in an exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin."[http://www.imma.ie/en/page_139208.htm Magnum Ireland at the Irish Museum of Modern Art]", Irish Museum of Modern Art. Accessed 6 July 2014.
• 2013: A Day In The World curated by Val Williams, Brigitte Lardinois and Marcus Eriksson for the EOH Foundation at Kulturhuset Stockholm."http://www.aday.org/about"
• 2014: Life on the Road with photography from Tom Hunter and Dave Fawcett, films by Andrew Gaston and curated by Val Williams at London College of Communication, London."[http://worldphoto.org/news-and-events/wpo-news/life-on-the-road-featuring-images-by-tom-hunter-at-the-london-college-of-communication/ 'Life on the Road' featuring images by Tom Hunter at the London College of Communication]", World Photography Organisation. Accessed 6 July 2014."[https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/tom-hunter-le-crowbar This Guy Spent the Mid-90s Living in a Travelling Rave Van]", Vice (magazine). Accessed 6 July 2014.
• 2014: Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works. A Retrospective exhibition curated by Val Williams at the Library of Birmingham and touring to National Media Museum, Bradford; Ffotogallery, Cardiff."[http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/article/photography/danielmeadows Daniel Meadows: Early Photographic Works]", Library of Birmingham. Accessed 6 July 2014.

• 2014: Camerawork: Posters and Objects from the Archive."[http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/exhibitions/2014-camerawork-posters-and-objects-from-the-archive Camerawork: Posters and objects from the archive]", PARC. Accessed 5 August 2014.
• 2014: Ken To Be Destroyed by Sara Davidmann."[http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/exhibitions/2014-ken-to-be-destroyed 2014 Ken To Be Destroyed]", PARC. Accessed 5 August 2014."[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/15/the-artist-who-brought-her-transgender-uncle-back-to-life-as-a-woman The artist who brought her uncle back to life as a woman]", The Guardian. Accessed 5 August 2014.
• 2014: Paper Topographies by Patrick Sutherland."[http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/exhibitions/2014-paper-topographies 2014 Paper Topographies]", PARC. Accessed 5 August 2014.
• 2014: Single Saudi Women. Photographs by Wasma Mansour."[http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/exhibitions/2014-single-saudi-women 2014 Single Saudi Women]", PARC. Accessed 5 August 2014.

• Derek Ridgers: When We Were Young: Club and Street Portraits 1978–1987. Brighton: Photoworks, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1903796139}}. Photographs by Derek Ridgers, text by Val Williams. About the emergence of new style cultures in London in the late 1970s and early 1980s.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/publications/2004-when-we-were-young-street-and-club-photographs-by-derek-ridgers here] within PARC's site.
• Anna Fox Photographs 1983–2007. Brighton: Photoworks, 2005. {{ISBN|978-1903796221}}. Edited by Val Williams. With texts by David Chandler, Val Williams, Jason Evans and Mieke Bal.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/publications/2007-anna-fox-photographs-1983-2007 here] within PARC's site.
• Magnum Ireland. London: Thames & Hudson, 2005. {{ISBN|9780500543030}}. Edited by Val Williams with Brigitte Lardinois.
• Glyndebourne, a Visual History. London: Quercus, 2009. {{ISBN|9781847248657}}. Edited by Val Williams and Brigitte Lardinois. Includes an essay by George Christie.
• The New Gypsies. Frankfurt, Germany: Prestel. By Ian McKell.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/publications/2010-new-gypsies here] within PARC's site. Essay by Val Williams.
• Hardback, 2010. {{ISBN|978-3791345192}}.
• Paperback, 2014.
• Daniel Meadows: Edited Photographs from the 70s and 80s. Brighton: Photoworks, 2011. {{ISBN|1-903796-46-6}}. Authored by Val Williams. Edited by Val Williams and Gordon MacDonald.
• I belong Jarrow. Amsterdam: Schilt, 2012. {{ISBN|978-9053307809}}. Photographs by Chris Harrison. Essay by Val Williams.
• Marjolaine Ryley: Growing up in the New Age. Hillsborough, NC: Daylight Press, 2013. {{ISBN|978-0-9832316-8-4}}. Essays by Malcolm Dickson (StreetLevel Photoworks), Brigitte Ryley, Peter Ryley, Val Williams. Additional photographs by Dave Walking.
• Martin Parr, Phaidon, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0714865669}}. Authored by Val Williams.
• Sune Jonsson: Life and Work. MaxStrom, Stockholm. Text by Val Williams

• Fieldstudy 1 London: Stories.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy here] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717221152/http://photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy |date=17 July 2014 }} within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 2.
• Fieldstudy 3: Charged Atmospheres. London: PARC. By Alison Merchant.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-3 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 4: Unfolding the Tissue: The Fashion and the Archive Study Day. London: PARC.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-4 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 5: Archives from the New British Photography London: PARC.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-5-histories here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 6: Private Museum. London: PARC. Researched by Val Williams and Lorna Crabbe, photographed by Laura Thomas.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-6 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 7: Marjolaine Ryley: Résidence Astral: 1993-2005. London: PARC. Photographs taken over a twelve-year period in her grandmother's apartment in Brussels.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-7 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 8: MAP Reading. London: PARC. Catalogue of work from LCC's MA in Photography, 2006The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-8 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 10: Visible London: PARC.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-10-visible here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 11: Lovers, Liars & Laughter. London: PARC by Wiebke Leister.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-11-lovers-liars-laughter-wiebke-leister here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 12: Fashion & Food London: PARC.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-12-fashion-food here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 14: Daniel Meadows, Butlin's by the Sea, 1972. London: PARC.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-14 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 15: Growing Up in the New Age. London: PARC, 2011. By Val Williams, Marjolaine Ryley (University of Sunderland) and Dave Walking. Features photographs by Dave Walking and essays by Val Williams, Marjolaine Ryley, Zoe Lippett and Malcolm Dickson.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-15 here] within PARC's site.
• Fieldstudy 16: From a Distance. London: PARC. Photographs by Paul Reas.
• Fieldstudy 19: Ken. To be Destroyed. London: PARC, 2013.The publication is reproduced [http://www.photographyresearchcentre.co.uk/what-we-do/fieldstudies/fieldstudy-20-ken-to-be-destroyed-sara-davidmann here] within PARC's site.

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• [http://www.directoryphotographiccollectionsuk.org/pub/apps/resources/ Directory of Photographic Collections in the UK], which is led by PARC
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20180522114918/http://www.arts.ac.uk/research/ual-research-centres/parc/ PARC's page at University of the Arts London]

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