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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. Seen through the lens of Britain’s socio-political and cultural contexts, the publication draws on both lived experience and historical investigation to explore the communities, experiments, collaborations, and complexities that defined the decades.
This symposium, hosted by Shining Lights editor and artist Joy Gregory, provides an opportunity to further examine and debate the issues raised in the book, through the voices of the publication’s contributors and leading intergenerational thinkers.
Confirmed speakers include: Christine Checinska, Poulomi Desai, Bernardine Evaristo, Lola Flash, Mumtaz Karimjee (virtually), Roshi Naidoo, Symrath Patti, Eileen Perrier, Lola Olufemi.’
Full program to be announced. The event will be live streamed.
The publication is co-published by MACK & Autograph ABP. With thanks to Joy Gregory Studio.
Produced in partnership with the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Program, Fast Forward: Women in Photography at University for the Creative Arts and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Produced in partnership with the V&A Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Program, Fast Forward: Women in Photography at University for the Creative Arts and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
