Shining Lights: Photography Symposium

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.

Full program to be announced.