Shining Lights: Photography Symposium

Hear from Shining Lights artists and contributors in this day-long symposium, hosted by artist and editor, Joy Gregory

Plan your visit
+44 (0)20 7942 2000
  • Saturday, 5 October 2024

  • V&A South Kensington

    Cromwell Road
    London, SW7 2RL

  • Gorvy Lecture Theatre

  • Free event

Tickets available from 10.00 on Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Shining Lights: Photography Symposium photo
Shining Lights is the first critical anthology to bring together the ground-breaking work 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 photographic history. In this symposium, hear from participating artists and allies through round tables, artist presentations and keynote lectures.

Join us to celebrate this timely and important publication, and foreground the contribution of Black women photographers to the history of the artistic medium.

Full program to be announced.

Produced in partnership with the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography program, UCA Fast Forward and the Paul Mellon Centre. The publication is published by MACK. With thanks to Autograph ABP.  
Header image: Photograph by Joy Gregory, 'Hold', from the series 'Objects of Beauty', Kallitype, 1993. E.2932-1995