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hal.structure.identifierCultures et Littératures des Mondes Anglophones [CLIMAS]
dc.contributor.authorBERTRAND, Mathilde
dc.date2019
dc.date.created2017-12-01
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1751-4517
dc.description.abstractEnThe history of the radical photography collective Half Moon Photography Workshop has not been the subject of in-depth research in accounts of 1970s British photography. At a moment when photography was gradually gaining recognition as an art form, its radical voice and independent stance played a fundamental role in shaping the photographic landscape in Britain. Between 1972 and 1985, Half Moon Photography Workshop initiated pioneering debates on the politics of photographic representation and the re-invention of documentary practices (Ribalta, 2015) and was instrumental in the emergence of a photographic theory. Based on archival research and interviews conducted with some founding members, this detailed history examines the initial project, tensions and evolution of the organization which started as the Half Moon Gallery in 1972, became the Half Moon Photography Workshop in October 1975, and eventually Camerawork in 1981, taking the name of its successful photography magazine Camerawork published from 1976. As a gallery, a publishing project and a resource center equipped with darkrooms open to all, the East End organization acted as a catalyst in the expanding British photographic landscape of the 1970s. The new political context of the 1980s and unresolved internal tensions caused its demise in 1985.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.subject.encollective
dc.subject.enphotography
dc.subject.enUnited Kingdom
dc.subject.ensocial history
dc.subject.encultural history
dc.subject.en1970s
dc.title.enThe Half Moon Photography Workshop and Camerawork: catalysts in the British photographic landscape (1972-1985)
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Art et histoire de l'art
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire
bordeaux.journalPhotography and Culture
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01715445
hal.version1
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01715445v1
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