'Excavating images', Carolyn Lefley, 2014 Slides to illustrate a paper presented at the RAI Anthropology and Photography conference, British Museum. May 2014

1. Excavating images:
a photographic response to an archaeological excavation
Carolyn Lefley
University of Hertfordshire

2. Realm, Carolyn Lefley, 2009-2013

3. Longhouse footings at Caen, Strath of Kildonan, Scotland, 2013

4. Longhouse excavation at Caen, Strath of Kildonan, Scotland, 2013

5. Making cyanotypes (sun prints)

6. New Forms #1, #2, #3
Carolyn Lefley
Cyanotype prints in wooden tray frames. Installation shot
2013

7. Descendants #3 (Jean’s hearth), Carolyn Lefley, 2013

8. Descendants, Carolyn Lefley, 2013

9. The Diaspora Stones, Carolyn Lefley, silver liquid emulsion on stone, 2013

10. The Diaspora Stones, Carolyn Lefley, installation at Timespan Museum, Scotland, 2013

12. Neolithic art at the Ness of Brodgar, Orkney, Antonia Thomas – top row
The Diaspora Stones, Carolyn Lefley – bottom row
RAI Photography and Anthropology conference portfolio Flickr page: ‘Archaeology’
https://www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation/sets/72157644463102461/

13. References:
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Dillon, Brian (2014), Ruin Lust, London: Tate Gallery Publishing
Shanks, Michael and Svabo, Connie (2013) ‘Archaeology and photography: a pragmatology’ in
Reclaiming Archaeology: Beyond the Tropes of Modernity, edited by Alfredo González-Ruibal,
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in Larsen, Jonas; Sandbye, Mette (eds) (2014), Digital Snaps: The New Face of Photography, London
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