STUDIO to Selfie is the title of a new exhibition coming to Bradford Industrial Museum and exploring portrait photography.

The exhibition will look at the relationship between the photographer, the viewer and the subject and how now, in the era of the mobile phone camera and the selfie, the photographer is often all three.

Using collections from Bradford Council’s Museums and Galleries photographic archive, the display will study themes of identity and how different generations have used photography to represent themselves.

It will also look at portrait photography during the Victorian era, especially focusing on photographs taken of Bradford ‘worthies’.

Using photographs of Bradford characters, it will investigate aspects of ‘worthiness’ and traditional Victorian ideas around portraiture.

In advance of the exhibition, opening in December, curators are inviting members of the public to take part in two photography projects that could see their photos becoming part of the exhibition.

People are being invited to get their family or friends together to recreate a photograph which brings back happy memories.

This could be a photo from a wedding, birthday party, holiday or childhood day out, ideally re-recreated in the same place.

Curators would also like people to take a selfie portraying ‘me and my Bradford’.

People can take part on social media using the hashtag #studio2selfie, search Bradford Museums on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

People can submit photos anytime until the exhibition finishes in November 2019, but to take part in the actual exhibition the pictures should be emailed by October 8 to photos@bradford.gov.uk.