‘Snapshot’ at Ushaw in Durham is a fascinating show that explores the history of photography, from its early beginnings to the present day, revealing how the medium has shaped the way we capture and remember the world around us.

Most of us walk around with some sort of camera in our pockets now, but there was a time when photography was a painstaking, highly technical art form accessible only to a select few. Charting the remarkable medium’s leap from heavy, chemical-laden Victorian equipment to the slick digital sensors of the modern era, ‘Snapshot’ brings that transformation vividly to life. Drawing on Ushaw’s rich archives alongside historic apparatus and striking imagery, the exhibition uncovers how the desire to freeze a single moment in time evolved from a groundbreaking scientific marvel into our most universal, everyday habit.

Snapshot, until 1 November, Ushaw, Durham, ushaw.org