I N T E R N AT I O N A L PHOTOGRAPHY F E S T I VA L F O R M AT F E S T I VA L . C O M
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RADICAL VISIONS: CAMERAWORK REVISITED C U R AT E D B Y FOUR CORNERS
ARTISTS R O B C L AY T O N , J O A N N E C O AT E S , L E S M O N A G H A N J A M O R T R A M , N I C O L A M U I R H E A D , F I O N A YA R O N - F I E L D T H I S E X H I B I T I O N R E A C T I V AT E S T H E A R C H I V E S O F C A M E R A W O R K M A G A Z I N E ( 1 9 7 6 – 1 9 8 5 ) , S I T U AT I N G I T S R A D I C A L A P P R O A C H E S T O D O C U M E N TA R Y W I T H I N T H E C O N T E X T O F O U R C U R R E N T S O C I A L A N D P O L I T I C A L M O M E N T. E M E R G I N G F R O M T H E 1 9 7 0 S C O M M U N I T Y A R T S M O V E M E N T, C A M E R A W O R K E S C H E W E D P R E V A L E N T V I E W S O F P H O T O G R A P H Y A S A
SPECIALIST PRACTICE, INSTEAD ASSERTING THE MEDIUM’S POTENTIAL TO EFFECT SOCIAL CHANGE.
Industrial unrest, racial tensions, feminism, community activism: Camerawork took a grassroots approach to documenting the political struggles of Thatcher-era Britain, focusing on issues unrepresented in the mainstream press. Work by local people was shown alongside established practitioners including Jo Spence, Daniel Meadows, Susan Meiselas and Peter Kennard. The magazine was a forum for critical debates on representation and the use of photography in oppositional politics. It now offers a unique insight into a turbulent era in British history that has significant parallels with today. Our own era of austerity and Brexit has seen a revitalised interest in photography as a socially-engaged practice. Radical Visions brings together original material from the Camerawork archives alongside recent work by six documentary photographers to investigate the medium’s potential as an agent for social engagement and political change. This exhibition was curated by Four Corners in collaboration with Invisible Britain. ARCHIVO Platform Feature Award
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