Photography of Protest and Community: The Radical Collectives of the 1970s, by Noni Stacey. 

(2020)

First edition

Medium format hardback in fine condition 

About

Illustrated with many newly discovered photographs, this book tells the story of community photography produced by the radical collectives in the 1970s; examining their politicised magazines and exhibitions, held anywhere from working men’s clubs to laundrettes.

During the 1970s, London-based photographers joined together to form collectives which engaged with local and international political protest in cities across the UK. The photographers derived inspiration from counterculture while finding new ways to produce, publish and exhibit their work. They wanted to do things in their own way, to create their own magazines and exhibition networks, and to take their politicised photographic and textual commentary on the re-imagination of British cities in the post-war period into community centres, laundrettes, Working Men’s Clubs, polytechnics, nurseries – anywhere that would have them. Through archival research, interviews and newly discovered photographic and ephemeral material, this book tells the story of the Hackney Flashers Collective, Exit Photography Group, Half Moon Photography Workshop, producers of Camerawork magazine, and the community darkrooms, North Paddington Community Darkroom and Blackfriars Photography Project.