Arquivo GB 3184 CWA - Camerawork Archive

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GB 3184 CWA

Título

Camerawork Archive

Data(s)

  • 1975-1999 (Acumulação)

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Arquivo

Dimensão e suporte

52 boxes; 6 folders

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História do arquivo

Camerawork, previously Half Moon Gallery (1972-1975) and then Half Moon Photography Workshop (October 1975-spring 1981), was a photographers-led initiative whose activities revolved around a gallery space with on-site and touring exhibitions, the publication of the specialized magazine Camerawork, and an educational program combining workshops and seminars with the provision of darkrooms open to all. Camerawork was originally situated in the foyer of the community-based Half Moon Theatre in East London, with the aim of staging monthly exhibitions by younger or lesser-known photographers and with some emphasis relating to the local Whitechapel area.

Among the collective’s early practitioners were Paul Trevor, Mike Goldwater, Janet Goldberger and Tony Bock, who were later joined by key figures like Ed Barber, Jo Spence, Shirley Read, and Jenny Matthews, who introduced Peter Kennard, the well-known photomontage specialist to the group in 1976.

The organisation appeared at a moment when Britain counted only two other photographic galleries: the Photographers’ Gallery, created in 1971 in London and directed by Sue Davies, exhibited more established photographers; Impressions Gallery in York, founded by Val Williams and Andrew Sproxton, encouraged an emerging generation by staging exhibitions in the Northern city.

Camerawork's output evolved to housing a publication and a channel of affordable touring shows, often in laminates sent on tour throughout various venues. The publication challenged readership about perceptions towards photography, reassessing the mediums role within society and often dedicating whole issues to a particular subject. The Lewisham issue being one particular example, when images and press responses to the National Front March of 1977 were examined by the publication. Camerawork evolved around a left-wing ideology and collective, ever political. Eventually, with a lack of funding and loss of organisational direction, the magazine folded after issue 32 in 1985.

Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência

This archive was donated to the University Archives and Special Collections Centre in 2019 as part of a larger deposit of PARC holdings.

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Âmbito e conteúdo

The Camerawork Archive contains material relating to the touring exhibitions programme, as well as administrative files relating to the running of the organisation. Records include prints, invoices, cuttings and hire charges.

Also included are a set of papers relating to the 1975 ‘Camera Obscured?’ lecture series, funding proposals, annual reports and proposal letters. There is also documentation of events, including transparencies and negatives of installation and buildings. Typically files include papers relating to fundraising and correspondence, and some photographic material such as prints, negatives and transparencies.

Projects include; ‘Factory Photographs’ by Nick Hedges, ‘Brick Lane’ by Paul Trevor, Martin Parr ‘The Non-Conformists’, ‘Work Stations’ by Anna Fox, commissioned by Camerawork and The Museum of London (1987) and Representing Disability: A day of talks and events (1987).

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Sistema de arranjo

Original order as far as possible deposited with the Archives and Special Collections Centre

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Condições de acesso

Open

Condiçoes de reprodução

Idioma do material

  • inglês

Sistema de escrita do material

  • latim

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GB 3184

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Estatuto

Nível de detalhe

Parcial

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Línguas e escritas

  • inglês

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  • latim

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