International Visual Sociology Association: http://www.visualsociology.org/

British Sociological Association Visual Sociology Study Group: http://www.visualsociology.org.uk/

Visual Sociology, A Field Guide: http://visualsociology.wordpress.com/

Sociological Images: http://sociologicalimages.blogspot.com/search/label/work

Josh Packard’s take on visual sociology: http://joshpackard.com/research/visual-sociology/

Visual Collections and Photographers

LastStop! is a visual record of the London Routemasters’ final months, including images of workers, workplaces and passengers: http://www.routemasters.co.uk/

Lost Labor is a collection of photos from the US from 1900–1980 of jobs that no longer exist: http://www.lostlabor.com/

Images from the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike: http://www.strike84.co.uk/

Masters of Photography: http://www.masters-of-photography.com/

V&A Exploring Photography: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/photography/index.php

Issue magazine: http://www.documentography.com/issue/

Rogan MacDonald: http://www.roganmacdonald.co.uk/

Paul Halliday’s London project: http://www.paulhalliday.org/

London Independent Photography: http://www.londonphotography.org.uk/

Maurice Broomfield’s photographs of industrial Britain: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2f60ef04-1b6c-11df-838f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=a712eb94-dc2b-11da-890d-0000779e2340.html

Places and Projects

The Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University includes material on worker portraits and working-class literature: http://cwcs.ysu.edu/

Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths, University of London; http://www.gold.ac.uk/cucr/

The online Gallery of the Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, contains images and information about projects on work: http://www.workinglives.org/gallery/gallery.cfm

Discussions

The Case for Working with Your Hands: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24labor-t.html?_r=1

Other Interesting Stuff

Exhibition: Striking women: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News/Press/Pages/StrikingWomen.aspx

New occupations in 2020: http://sciencesowhat.direct.gov.uk/future-jobs/future-jobs-what-might-you-be-doing