Manuscript Preparation
Authors should read the aims and scope before submission. Manuscripts and practice-led submissions must be original, clearly presented and not under review elsewhere.
Article types
- Research articles
- Critical, theoretical and historical studies
- Practice-led and visual-research papers
- Documentary and community-based photography studies
- Technical, archival and conservation studies
- Review essays, interviews, case studies and short communications
Photographic research
State the research or creative question, context, method and contribution clearly. Practice-led work should explain how image-making, selection, sequencing, editing and reflection support the argument. Identify photographers, subjects, dates, processes, collections, archives and publication histories accurately.
Images, captions and editing
Provide publication-quality images with captions, creator, title, date, process or medium, source, collection, photographer and rights information where relevant. Disclose cropping, retouching, compositing, colour alteration, staged reconstruction and synthetic content when these changes affect interpretation. Documentary or evidentiary images must not be altered deceptively.
Ethics, consent and permissions
Research involving identifiable people, vulnerable communities, private places, sensitive events or culturally restricted material requires appropriate ethics review and consent. Consider dignity, safety, power, representation and the future circulation of images. Authors must obtain permission for protected photographs and archival material not covered by a lawful exception or licence.
Review files
Provide a separate title page and anonymized manuscript for double-blind review. Disclose funding, competing interests, author contributions and material use of generative AI.
Submission status
Online submissions are temporarily closed while CPR completes its editorial setup.
