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Visual Delights
Visual Delights is a tri-annual event held in conjunction with the National
Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield and the Le Prince Centre at the University of Leeds.
Organised by Dr Vanessa Toulmin and Simon Popple, it covers themes on the
history of visual culture and popular entertainment. Three conferences
have been held since 1999, 2002 and 2005 and various aspects and themes
are covered. Visual Delights IV is scheduled for 2009.
The three day events cover the differing social,
cultural, technological and economic contexts that the printed and
projected image occupied in the late Victorian the Edwardian Era.
Incorporating both academic and non-academic historians, collectors
and performers, the conference organisers always attempt to bring
the worlds of photography, film and mass visual culture to a wider
and more inclusive audience. Each conference has a underlying theme
for, example Visual Delights 2 celebrated
the Bamforth Company of Holmfirth and Visual
Delights 3 was held in association with The Magic Circle. Visual Delights 4 will be based on the theme of Visual Empires.
Books and related publications including conference
proceedings, special issues of Early Popular Visual Culture and
archival fascimile material can be found on our merchandising and
publication pages, by clicking here.
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