A Woman's Work: Photographic histories of Northeast England through the lens of Daisy Edis and the J.R. Edis Studio (Staff-led CDA)

Funder	Arts and Humanities Research Council
Recipient Organization	Durham University
Country	United Kingdom
Start Date	Sep 30, 2024
End Date	Mar 30, 2028
Duration	1,277 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Student
Data Source	UKRI Gateway to Research
Grant ID	`2916876`

Grant Description

A Woman's Work uses the J.R.

Edis Studio (1895-1964) to interrogate histories of photography in Durham, a cathedral, university, and mining town in Northeast England.

Based on archives at Beamish Museum and Durham University, it centres photography as a way to examine class, gender, and empire through the careers of founder John Reed Edis and his daughter Daisy.

What roles did the Edis Studio play in Durham's 'town and gown' community, and how has its afterlife - as a working reconstruction at Beamish - continued to shape ideas about identity, photography, and history?