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In July 1897, in a flourish of publicity, Sir Benjamin Stone - Birmingham industrialist, Member of Parliament and passionate, almost obsessive collector, announced the formation of the National Photographic Record Association. Its prime objective was to make a record of England for future generations, to foster ""a national pride in the historical associations of the country, or neighbourhood, in family traditions, or in personal associations."" Over the next 13 years, Stone and his amateur supporters deposited their photographs at the British Museum. In 2000, these were moved to the V&A. This book examines Stone's central role in the project and presents over 100 of his photographs, many of which have never been published before. It also charts the history of the NPRA and points to its legacies within photography. What is especially striking is the resonance of these pictures in our own age.

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Elizabeth Edwards is Professor and senior research fellow at the University of the Arts, London. A visual anthropologist and historian, she has published widely on the relationship between photography, history and cultural representation. She is currently completing a detailed historical ethnography of the Photographic Record and Survey Movement in England. Peter James is head of Photographs at Birmingham Central Library. He has undertaken extensive research on Stone's collection for many years and works with contemporary photographers interested in the contemporary resonances of the intellectual legacies of Stone and the Survey Movement. He is currently working on a major exhibition about Stone and his photographic collection.

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