Photographs from the poignant project at the museum of archaeology and anthropology, Cambridge

Abstract

The Poignant collection of more than 17,500 photographs and associated archival material reflects the work of Axel Poignant (1906–1986), who established his career as a portrait photographer in Australia, and the anthropologist Roslyn Poignant (1927–2019). Bequeathed by Roslyn to the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), Cambridge upon her death in 2019, the collection came into the care of MAA in 2021.