This is the audio version of the blog post 'Catching The Photographer'. The post was written by Isabella Lill, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 2 August 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Anna Thompson.

In this blog, Isabella discusses the questions raised by catching glimpses of photographers in the Conway Library. Most photos in the collection focus on architecture and art. Yet, from time to time, we are reminded of the people who made the library what it is, as we spot them in reflections or shadows. These moments call to our attention the constructed nature of the photograph: photos do not merely represent reality in a neutral way.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/08/02/isabella-lill-catching-the-photographer/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'On Digitising at the Courtauld'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Mary Caple, and was first published on 8 May 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Tanya Goodman-Bailey.

In this blog, Mary explains some of the key processes that go into the Conway Library digitisation project: from initial sorting and labelling (otherwise known as accessioning); transcribing the hand-written ledgers of photographer Anthony Kersting; and taking photographs of photographs with powerful cameras.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2017/05/08/volunteer-voices-mary-caple/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Church Of St James The Great, South Leigh'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey, and was first published on 23 October 2018. The audio version is also read by John.

In this blog, John follows the trail set by a beautiful photograph of a Church wall painting, captured by Anthony Kersting. Kersting's detailed photograph, taken in 1997, leads John to examine the iconography of The Last Judgment, and reveals intriguing connections between these medieval visions, nineteenth-century design, and even a contemporary poet.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2018/10/23/john-ramsey-church-of-st-james-the-great-south-leigh/

This is the audio version of the blog post '“I Suppose It’s Not The Place’s Fault”'. The post was written by Sophie Bailey, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 26 July 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Elena Vardon.

In this blog, Sophie explains the vision of the post-war town planners as they created "New Towns". She notes that "places such as Stevenage were designed to be “gay and bright” [...] replicating the neighbourly spirit of London slums within a self-contained community, near to the countryside but equipped with its own shops, schools and leisure facilities." Unfortunately, following decades of under-investment, the reputation of the "New Towns" declined toward the end of the twentieth century. Sophie makes creative collages using photographs of Stevenage, to reimagine the optimism and beauty that the "New Towns" once, and may yet again, represent.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/07/26/sophie-bailey-i-suppose-its-not-the-places-fault/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Meeting The Photographer’s Gaze – Absence And Presence In Anthony Kersting’s Images Of Nepal'. The post was written by Samuel Cheney, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 12 July 2019. The audio version is read by Samuel.

In this blog, Sam examines photographs taken by Anthony Kersting in Nepal in 1971. Sam suggests that these photographs "show how Kersting attempted to provide an impression of the country by representing both humanity and architectural landscapes in one continuum". Kersting's photographic negatives and prints are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/07/12/samuel-cheney-meeting-the-photographers-gaze/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Looking Through Different Laws Of Landscape'. The post was written by Alia Ahmad, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 4 December 2017. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Verity Babbs.

In this blog, Alia considers the presentation of landscape in the works of three artists: paintings by Édouard Manet, sketches by Federico Barocci, and photographs by Anthony Kersting. Copies of Manet and Barocci's work can be found in the Courtauld Institute of Art’s Witt Library. The Witt is a collection of over two million photographs, reproductions and cuttings of paintings, drawings and engravings of Western Art from around 1200 to the early 2000s. Kersting's collection of photographic negatives and prints is held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2017/12/04/looking-different-laws-landscape/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Unexpected Music In The Conway Library'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Ferhat Ulusu, and was first published on 29 May 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Christopher Williams.

In this blog, Ferhat reviews the evening of music organised by students and staff at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Following Ferhat's review are the programme notes, which introduce each piece in the words of the composers and organisers.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/05/29/ferhat-ulusu-unexpected-music-in-the-conway-library/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Modernity In The Conway'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Lorraine Stoker, and was first published on 7 November 2018. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Anna Thompson.

In this blog, Lorraine finds some of her favourite examples of modernist architecture in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Taking in the Barbican estate in the City of London, the Isokon building, Camden, and Bevin Court, Finsbury, Lorraine invites us to see the splendour in these concrete palaces.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2018/11/07/lorraine-stoker-modernity-in-the-conway/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'The Steiner Guide To Steiner – A Mini Waldorf Textbook For The Courtauld'. The post was written by Tallulah Griffith, who did a student placement with the digitisation project, and was first published on 13 February 2020. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer Gill Stoker.

In this blog, Tallulah explains her creation 'The Steiner Guide To Steiner', a non-textbook that includes prompts written diagonally and upside down, and photographs of Rudolf Steiner's 'Goetheanum' buildings which are held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Steiner - a philosopher, social reformer, spiritualist, and clairvoyant - designed these buildings as places for his ideal model of 'anthroposophical' education. Tallulah's booklet, now part of the Conway collection, invites readers to engage with the photographs of Steiner's buildings in experimental ways.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/02/13/tallulah-griffith-the-steiner-guide-to-steiner-a-mini-waldorf-textbook-for-the-courtauld/

This is the audio version of the blog post 'Anthony Kersting and The Picturesque'. The post was written by digitisation volunteer Irma Delmonte, and was first published on 18 June 2019. The audio version is read by digitisation volunteer John Ramsey.

In this blog, Irma examines how photographs by Anthony Kersting, held in the Conway Library at the Courtauld Institute of Art, reveal the photographer's keen interest in ideas of 'The Picturesque'. Kersting's photographs of the Rievaulx Terrace and 'Cistercian abbey' at Duncombe Park in Yorkshire show the buildings as the architects would have wanted them: in the context of their landscape, taking perfect consideration of light, shadow, and perspective.

You can find the written version on our blog, http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2019/06/18/irma-delmonte-af-kersting-and-the-picturesque/