“As part of Taking Part Residency at Photofusion I am hoping to continue working with marginalized communities in London affected by processes of ‘urban regeneration’, using participatory photography as a tool to create counter narratives to the prevalent mainstream narrative. While forces of displacement are pushing people to migrate, more… Continue reading
“What if the spirit behind the Root’s 1996 “What They Do” could be re-imagined as a manual for reframing our suspicions of criminal affiliation? With the increasing power of photography to incriminate, corroborate or exonerate when it is called as evidence, this new work for Taking Part will investigate questions… Continue reading
“The Taking Part residency is an extremely exciting opportunity, which acknowledges a rich history of community-based photographic practice within the UK, but also highlights the way in which methodologies of participation and collaboration––making work with people, rather than taking photographs of people––is becoming an increasingly refined and innovative contemporary practice.… Continue reading
If you’re interested in how issues related to representation and engagement, intentions and benefits, process and product, and ethics and aesthetics, play out in socially engaged photography, the Taking Part Talks are happening in Brixton, London this coming Saturday the 10th of March. Speakers include Gemma-Rose Turnbull, Eva Sajovic, Wright & Vandame, D. Wiafe, Sophie… Continue reading
Taking Part A group exhibition of socially-engaged photography by Eva Sajovic, Gemma-Rose Turnbull, D. Wiafe, and Wright & Vandame. Curated by Anthony Luvera. 22 February – 17 March 2018 Photofusion 17a Electric Lane London, SW9 8LA Tue to Sat 10.30am – 5.30pm In September 2016, Photofusion launched a participatory photography residency… Continue reading
“The Taking Part residency is an extremely exciting opportunity, which acknowledges a rich history of community-based photographic practice within the UK, but also highlights the way in which methodologies of participation and collaboration––making work with people, rather than taking photographs of people––is becoming an increasingly refined and innovative contemporary practice. –… Continue reading
first published September 21st, 2017 at Strange Fire Collective Gemma-Rose Turnbull is an Australian artist, writer, Senior Lecturer in photography at Coventry University, and the joint Course Director of the MA Photography and Collaboration with Anthony Luvera, which is due to launch in January 2018. Gemma’s research interests lie… Continue reading