Shining lights : Black women photographers in 1980s-'90s Britain / editor, Joy Gregory ; associate editor, Taous Dahmani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gregory, Joy, 1959- editor.

Dahmani, Taous R., editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women photographers--Great Britain.

Women photographers.

Photographers, Black--Great Britain.

Photographers, Black.

Photography, Artistic.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century--Pictorial works.

Great Britain.

art photography.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Pictorial works

Physical Description:

444 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Black women photographers in 1980s-'90s Britain

Place of Publication:

London : MACK & Autograph, [2024]

Summary:

Shining Lights is the first critical anthology of Black women photographers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s, providing a richly illustrated overview of a significant and overlooked chapter of British photographic history. Seen through the lens of Britain's sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the publication tells a unique story from the dual perspectives of lived experience and historical investigation. Edited and researched by Joy Gregory, one of the period's most influential photographic artists, alongside art historian Taous Dahmani, who contributes a keynote essay.The pioneering and diverse work created by Black women practitioners in the UK over the course of these two decades marked an important juncture in both documentary and conceptual practices, including the experimental use of photomontage, self-portraiture, staged imagery, and photography in dialogue with other media. Shining Lights showcases the expertise and evolution of this work, illuminated by ephemera and archival material, new essays and roundtable conversations, foregrounding a variety of individual artistic developments as well as the communities fostered around them. 0Amongst the fifty-seven photographers included are Maxine Walker, Ingrid Pollard, Claudette Holmes, Roshini Kempadoo, Mohini Chandra, Carole Wright, Joy Gregory, Sutapa Biswas, Maud Sulter, Brenda Agard, Anita McKenzie, Mitra Tabrizian, Poulomi Desai, Virginia Nimarkoh, Jennie Baptiste, Nudrat Afza, Merle Van den Bosch, and Eileen Perrier.0Co-published with Autograph, London.

Contents:

Foreword / by Sonia Boyce

Introduction / by Joy Gregory

Addressing absence and invisibility / Joy Gregory & Gilane Tawadros in conversation

Portfolio: Claudette Holmes & Roshini Kempadoo

The nature of photography: Black notes from the underground (1989) / by Maud Sulter

Together: community and activism

Journeying: home and distant places

Kinship and family ties

Portraits: likeness and representation

Exploring process and materiality

Planes of imagination

Autoportrait: 'authentic' selves

Beyond the frame: photography with other media

Embodied experience: bodies and sexuality

On assignment

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781913620752

1913620751

OCLC:

1378023466