Second Thursday : A meet-up for Black, Asian and other photographers of colour
ReFramed is providing a unique informal social space for photographers and visual artists. The ‘First Thursday’ meet-up is specifically for Black, Asian and other people of colour. It is the only monthly social platform in the Midlands to meet, network, get support and feedback. It is free to attend, but we ask you to book a ticket in advance of the event and indicate if you intend to bring work to show.
Program
6.30 Welcome and introductions
6.35 Attendees can show work in progress
7.00 Andrew Jackson introduces key concepts when thinking about photography, race and ethics
7.15 Jagdish Patel introduces ideas about ethics, the subject and listening to people who have been impacted
7.30. Discussion and questions from group
7.50. Upcoming events and opportunities, and theme for next month
8.00 End.
PLEASE NOTE This note this event is ONLY for Black, Asian and other photographers of colour.
Photography, Race and Ethics
Andrew Jackson is an artist based in the UK who uses photography to explore the challenges of selfhood, representation and narration. His works focus on transnational migration, belonging, displacement, and memory. Jackson’s images demonstrate how photography can challenge, reshape, revise and disseminate history, as well as disrupt assumptions in discreet, intimate and personal ways. In 2018 he was shortlisted for the Elliott Erwitt Fellowship and the Magnum Foundation Social Justice fellowship. He is an award-winning recipient of the Autograph ABP /Light Work (AIR) International Photography Residency in Syracuse, New York and a graduate of the MA Documentary photography program at Newport in Wales. His work is held in both International and Nationalsuch as the United Kingdom Government Art Collection, the Garman Ryan Collection, Light Work Collection at Syracuse University, Rugby Museum & Art Gallery and a range of private collections. He co-founded and was co-director of Some Cities CIC, a community-oriented participatory photography company in the UK, between 2013 and 2018. Selected clients include The Guardian Weekender, FT Mag, Stern magazine, The Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, and The Independent on Saturday. www.andrewjackson.photography
ReFramed is providing a unique informal social space for photographers and visual artists. The ‘First Thursday’ meet-up is specifically for Black, Asian and other people of colour photography collections . It is the only monthly social platform in the Midlands to meet, network, get support and feedback. It is free to attend, but we do ask you to book a ticket in advance of the event and also indicate if you intend to bring work to show.
Our broad aims for the group are;
- to provide a space for you to share work-in-progress and receive constructive written and verbal feedback from your peers
- to provide a space for discussion and learning about issues around photography and race,
to help you develop an awareness of the issues around race, the post-colonial, and the decolonial within your practice
- to provide a space for you to network and perhaps think about collaboration
Each social lasts about 1.5 hours and consists of
a. A learning with an invited speaker talking about the work of a photographer or writer of a book which may be useful for your development
b. an opportunity to preview projects in their development stage, offer peer-to-peer feedback
PLEASE NOTE This note this event is ONLY for Black, Asian and other photographers of colour.
This session is part of a two-part series with examines the issues of race, ethics and social engagement in photography.