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Examples of negatives of photographs taken by Captain R.F. Scott on the 1911 British Antarctic Expedition

Sir Ranulph Fiennes steps in to help save Captain Scott’s polar negatives for the nation

07 Mar 2014

The Scott Polar Research Institute has launched an appeal to save Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ‘lost’ polar negatives. A last minute stay of...

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Race against time to save Captain Scott’s ‘lost’ photographic negatives

11 Feb 2014

An urgent appeal to save 113 photographic negatives taken by Captain Scott has been launched today (February 11) by the University of Cambridge’s...

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Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris

Buildings for books: the complete story of the library

13 Nov 2013

For 20 years architectural historian Dr James Campbell waited for someone to write a definitive book about libraries. When he decided to write one...

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The winning entries for the Zeiss engineering photos competition 2013

Inspiring images: Engineering captured on camera

16 Oct 2013

From rainbow coloured liquid-crystal molecules, to tunnels deep under the ground, this year’s entries from the University of Cambridge Department of...

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Hunting Cordyceps in Bhutan

Shooting in the field: capturing life as it’s lived

14 Aug 2013

A student photography competition showcases some of the stunning visuals that result from modern Social Anthropology research

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PO Edgar Evans with the pony Snatcher, Cape Evans, October 1911

A century on: Captain Scott’s ‘lost photos’ displayed for first time

17 Oct 2012

The ‘lost photos’ of Captain Scott have gone on display for the first time today.

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Drying Patterns of AKD on Glass

Caught on camera: engineering in action

15 Oct 2012

The winning entries of the 2012 Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering, sponsored by Carl Zeiss, provide a stunning visual insight...

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One of the photos taken by Captain Scott during the Terra Nova expedition

Lost Captain Scott photos dazzle Parliament

04 Jul 2012

The ‘lost’ photographs of Captain Scott’s final expedition to the South Pole, purchased by the Scott Polar Research Institute with the help of the...

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Cripps Building, St John’s College

Cambridge in Concrete: the boom years of Brutalism

03 May 2012

A new exhibition at the Department of Architecture aims to expose the forgotten history of the University’s experimental post-war architecture: the ‘...

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Kodak Color Film.

The rise and fall of Kodak's moment

14 Mar 2012

On a shelf in his office in Cambridge Judge Business School, Dr Kamal Munir keeps a Kodak Brownie 127. Manufactured in the 1950s, the small Bakelite...

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Clockwise from top left: Anthony and Cleopatra, Panel2, Jack, Silhouette on St-Paul's

Student photography investigates Englishness

09 Mar 2012

A new exhibition of photography by students at Cambridge opens next week, looking at original approaches to visual representations of English...

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Thin film solar cell.

Microscopic marvels and grand designs

17 Oct 2011

The best of University of Cambridge engineering has gone on show in the Department of Engineering's annual Carl Zeiss photography and video...

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