We invite international submissions to be included in this forthcoming
book, The Photograph and the Album, to be published by MuseumsEtc
[www.museumsetc.com] in 2013.

The photograph album carries the potential to convey meaning beyond the
images contained within it. However, the long history of the photograph
and the album is currently changing because of the way in which we are
now making and using photographs. This could be seen as a challenge to
the album or viewed as an opportunity to take us in new directions and
offer alternative interpretations.

We welcome submissions of between 2000-6000 words from writers,
academics, curators, photographers, artists and other visual
practitioners. If your submission is of a visual nature it will extend
to 6-8 pages of the published book.

The Photograph and the Album will be edited by Rosie Miller, Jonathan
Carson and Theresa Wilkie from the School of Art & Design, University
of Salford, UK.

If you are interested in being considered as a contributor, please
submit a proposal of between 300-500 words with a short biography and
CV to the following address: J.Carsonsalford.ac.uk by Monday 1 October
2012. If you have any queries about this CFP please email:

J.Carsonsalford.ac.uk.

The full Call for Papers can be found here: http://bit.ly/AlbumCFP
where there is also a downloadable version.


We are seeking contributions that deal with a wide range of issues in
connection with the photograph and the album and the relationship
between them. This could encompass conceptual, cultural, historical and
visual concerns relating to:

- the album as home-made, hand-made and/or domestic artefact
- the album as art object
- the family album
- the travel album
- the commercially-made photograph album
- the digital album
- the photograph album and the museum
- the collecting of albums
- the photograph album as social memory and political document
- the presence and the absence of the photograph album

The book will be published in print and digital editions by MuseumsEtc
in 2013.
Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the publication and a
discount on more.

The Editors
Jonathan Carson is Associate Head (Academic) and Senior Lecturer in
Critical & Contextual Studies in the School of Art & Design, University
of Salford, UK. Rosie Miller is a Lecturer and Critical & Contextual
Studies Area Leader in the School of Art & Design, University of
Salford, UK. Theresa Wilkie is Director of Design & Culture and Senior
Lecturer in Critical & Contextual Studies in the School of Art &
Design, University of Salford, UK. All three previously edited
Photography and the Artist’s Book (MuseumsEtc, 2012).

Deadlines
ABSTRACTS DUE: 1 OCTOBER 2012
CONTRIBUTORS NOTIFIED: 1 NOVEMBER 2012 (provisional)
COMPLETED PAPERS DUE: 28 JANUARY 2013 (provisional)