
Contemporary Photography Review
Peer Reviewed | CPR | Open Access
Contemporary Photography Review (CPR) is an English-language, quarterly, peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research on photographic practice, history, theory, technology and visual culture.
CPR welcomes critical, historical, documentary, technical, archival and practice-led studies that examine how photographs are made, circulated, interpreted, preserved and used.
CPR is published by Shodh Publishing.
About the Journal
Contemporary Photography Review (CPR) is a quarterly, online-only, peer-reviewed journal for research and critical inquiry across photographic practice, history, theory, technology and visual culture.
CPR publishes original research articles, critical and historical studies, practice-led and visual-research papers, documentary and community-based studies, technical and archival research, review essays, interviews, case studies and short communications.
Manuscripts should frame a clear question, document photographic methods and sources carefully, identify images and rights accurately, explain editorial or technical intervention, address the ethics of representation, and show why the contribution matters beyond a single project or exhibition. Articles are freely available under CC BY 4.0, with no submission fee or article processing charge.
CPR is published by Shodh Publishing.
Journal Particulars
Journal title
Contemporary Photography Review (CPR)
Abbreviation
Contemp. Photogr. Rev.
Starting year
2026
Publication format
Online only
Publication frequency
Quarterly (four issues per year)
Language
English
Subject
Photography
Publisher
Shodh Publishing
Publisher address
Piri Bazar, District Lakhisarai, Bihar 811112, India
Official email
info@shodhpublishing.com
Current Issue
First issue in preparation
CPR has not yet published its first issue.