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A Sámi male, Salomon Hedriksen Pilto. Lainiovuoma. Photograph by R. Bonaparte, 1884. RAI445. © RAIThe RAI photographic library is unique. Consisting of over 75,000 historic prints, negatives, lantern-slides, drawings, paintings and other images, the earliest of which date from the 1860s, it provides a scholarly service to a large number of academic researchers, students and responsible commercial users.

It contributes strongly to public awareness of the RAI, and provides a practical interface between the Institute and a wide range of audiences and disciplines. The anthropology of visual culture is becoming increasingly central to the discipline as a whole, and interest has correspondingly grown. The material contained in the photographic library is highly relevant to contemporary, as well as historical, concerns.

From time to time, the photographic library provides a focus for exhibitions, events and publications of interest to visual anthropologists and historians of anthropology. Enquiries should be addressed to the Archivist.

In this section:

  • Selected Holdings

  • Exhibitions

  • Presidents

  • Anthropology & Photography

  • Photo Salon

  • [Re:]Entanglements

List of articles in category The RAI Photographic Library
Title Author
Haddon and the Aran Islands: the beginning of visual anthropology Written by Amanda Vinson
GRID – anthropometric photographs and potential history Written by Amanda Vinson
Citizens of Photography Written by Amanda Vinson
Mridu Rai Exhibition: How Do I Bring You Home? Written by Amanda Vinson
Photo Salon Written by Amanda Vinson

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