Photography of Protest and Community

'it is both an enlightening history of this period and a critical reference book for the present. Indeed, although the advent of social media has reshaped the visual landscape, the strategies employed by the collectives still resonate on a theoretical and practical level today.' British Journal of Photography

Zusammenfassung
Illustrated with many newly discovered photographs, this book tells thestory of community photography produced by the radical collectives in the 1970s.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Photography, Collectives and the 1970s; Chapter 2. From the Half Moon Gallery to Camerawork; Chapter 3. Photography, Protest an Urban Crisis: On 'Problem in the City' and Exit Photography Group; Chapter 4. The Hackney Flashers Collective: 'The Personal is Political'; Chapter 5. North Paddington Community Darkroom and Blackfriars Photography Project: Bringing Community into the Darkroom; Chapter 6. Camerawork, Schism and Legacy