{"id":18899,"date":"2022-02-15T13:29:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T06:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matca.vn\/?p=18899"},"modified":"2022-02-15T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T07:31:12","slug":"collective-va-khong-gian-nhiep-anh-doc-lap-vuong-quoc-anh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matca.vn\/en\/collective-va-khong-gian-nhiep-anh-doc-lap-vuong-quoc-anh\/","title":{"rendered":"On Photographic Collectives &#038; Independent Spaces in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:82.35%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/en\/?s=MATCAxC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MATCAxC4 JOURNAL: Conversations Around Photography, Vietnam &amp; UK<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A series of articles discussing various aspects of image-making. Supported by British Council Vietnam\u2019s Digital Arts Showcasing grant 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>????\u270d\ufe0f??<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1024x268.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-770x202.png 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-370x97.png 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-585x153.png 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1155x303.png 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-293x77.png 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b.png 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"268\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1024x268.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-770x202.png 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-370x97.png 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-585x153.png 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-1155x303.png 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b-293x77.png 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/matca_c4_bc_b.png 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-black-background-color has-black-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1155x771.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1155x771.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GPS_8055-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>London\u2019s Seen Fifteen is a private gallery, but it organises curatorially-led, public-facing projects such as the Peckham 24 photo festival and a year-long series of exhibitions titled <em>The Troubles Generation<\/em>, looking at Northern Ireland\u2019s recent history. This shot shows Martin Seeds\u2019 exhibition <em>No Country for Young Men<\/em> on show in Seen Fifteen, the first exhibition in The Troubles Generation project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>One of the biggest photography collectives in the UK is now so well-established it\u2019s easy to forget its radical roots. But Magnum Photos, which was founded in Paris in 1947 and opened its London office soon afterwards, was one of the first photography collectives in the world. Owned entirely by its members, and allowing the photographers to retain the copyright to their own work, Magnum set up an empowering situation that allowed it to explore sometimes controversial issues. That\u2019s true to this day, and Magnum also now runs its own spaces, including a print room in its London offices, and a large new office, exhibition space, viewing room, and library that recently opened in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magnum is now part of the photography establishment, but its example can be seen streaking through the UK photography scene; like Magnum, some of these collectives and independent spaces have lasted so long they\u2019ve become institutions. Take the Amber Collective. Formed in Newcastle, in the North of England, in 1968, Amber had radical intentions and covered marginalised communities dispossessed by the political and cultural mainstream. It also pooled its members\u2019 resources. Founder member Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen is still active in the Newcastle area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amber opened its exhibition space, Side Gallery, in 1977 and, recognising kindred spirits, Magnum co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson opted to have a retrospective there to celebrate his 70th birthday. Amber and the Side Gallery are still going strong and still highlighting marginalised lives \u2013 Side\u2019s current exhibition is a solo show devoted to Indian transmedia artist and activist Poulomi Basu, which uses images, film, and VR to engage with issues of gender, caste and class in South Asia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_004.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Care | Contagion | Community \u2014 Self &amp; Other<\/em> exhibition at Autograph, London. 23 Sep 2021 \u2013 12 Feb 2022. Curated by Ren\u00e9e Mussai, Mark Sealy and Bindi Vora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_002.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Lola Flash: [sur]passing<\/em> exhibition at Autograph, London. 26 April \u2013 17 August 2019. Curated by Ren\u00e9e Mussai and Bindi Vora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_001.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Care | Contagion | Community \u2014 Self &amp; Other<\/em> exhibition at Autograph, London. 23 Sep 2021 \u2013 12 Feb 2022. Curated by Ren\u00e9e Mussai, Mark Sealy and Bindi Vora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>Sharif Persaud: Have You Ever Had<\/em> exhibition at Autograph, London. 23 June \u2013 28 August 2021. Curated by Mark Sealy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>The 1970s were a radical time in the UK, in which activists and artists were rethinking existing narratives and power structures, and many other British organisations and galleries have their roots in this time. That\u2019s particularly true of photography-focused galleries, because at the time photography wasn\u2019t widely accepted in museums and art institutions, particularly if it had a documentary focus. The Four Corners film and photography centre was set up in a squatted building in 1973 by its four founding members, for example; nearby The Half Moon Workshop [later Camerawork] and gallery was setting up in another squatted building, creating engaged photography and a ground-breaking magazine, Camerawork. Camerawork closed in 2000, but Four Corners is still going and it maintains the archives of both organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edinburgh\u2019s Stills Gallery was founded in 1977 by the Scottish Photography Group; meanwhile, London\u2019s Photofusion Photography Centre was established as a co-operative in 1979, and Glasgow\u2019s Street Level Photoworks was set up in 1989 by a collective. Autograph ABP, London\u2019s influential organisation and space for photography exploring issues of race, identity, human rights, and social justice, was originally set up as the Association of Black Photographers in 1988 by a group of photographers including Sunil Gupta, Ingrid Pollard, and Rotimi Fani-Kayode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even The Photographers\u2019 Gallery, now one of the bastions of UK photography, was originally set up as an independent space, albeit not by a collective. Founder Sue Davies mortgaged her own home to create it in 1971, frustrated by the lack of institutional support for photography; the first exhibition was The Concerned Photographer, a social documentary show curated by Cornell Capa, brother of Robert. It included images by the Magnum co-founder, and by early Magnum member Werner Bischof.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>But physical space remains important, and photographers are continuing to find ways to set up alternative galleries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1155x771.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-770x514.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1155x771.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-293x196.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005-1400x935.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_005.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Newcastle\u2019s Amber Collective was set up in 1968 and has radical roots; the collective set up an exhibition space, Side Gallery, in 1977, which emphasises work with a social documentary edge. This image, Untitled from the series <em>Centralia<\/em> (2010-2020), is by Indian transmedia artist and activist Poulomi Basu, whose work engages with issues of gender, caste and class in South Asia, and who currently has a large solo show at Side. Photo \u00a9 Poulomi Basu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>And if the UK photography scene has a rich history of collectives and independent spaces, it\u2019s a history that\u2019s still in the making. Photography is now firmly established within museums and galleries, but image-makers, particularly those with shared special interests, are still gathering together, and still opening spaces to show work outside the mainstream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Document Scotland is a collective of three photographers set up in 2012, for example, which aims \u201cto witness, and photograph the important and diverse stories within Scotland at one of the most important times in our nation\u2019s history.\u201d MASS Collective has a similar concept but (so far) applied to London. MASS Collective\u2019s first project, Londons, brought together eight photographers to document the UK capital\u2019s built environment, for example, driven by the idea that this very large, old, and multicultural city is best tackled from a number of perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MASS got together during Covid but still managed to pull off an impressive group exhibition at The Building Centre in 2021, an organisation and space dedicated to architecture; MASS also put together an equally impressive zine. The group is now planning a wider project looking at Britain\u2019s industrial heritage, as well as teaching workshops and leading photography tours. The Revolv Collective, which was set up in 2017, has a similar approach, also based on the desire to work collectively, and also leading several education initiatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-770x1016.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-1164x1536.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-370x488.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-585x772.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-1155x1523.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-293x386.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-770x1016.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-1164x1536.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-370x488.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-585x772.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-1155x1523.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007-293x386.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_007.jpg 1213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Anthotype by Almudeno Romero, who is one of the directors of the London Alternative Photography Collective, which started out as a way to exchange information and skills about unusual and early printing processes. Romero\u2019s current work experiments with using the chlorophyll in plants to create images, and has been exhibited at Rencontres d\u2019Arles and Paris Photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-1155x1540.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-770x1027.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-370x493.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-585x780.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-1155x1540.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008-293x391.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_008.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>207<\/em>5, a Civil Press publication: IC Visual Lab is an independent organisation based in Bristol focused on the discussion, production and promotion of photography; its activities have included a project called <em>The Cage<\/em> which was produced in collaboration with University of West of England, University of Kathmandu, Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft, ACORN, Rohan Thapa (Nepal Point), Photo Circle, Nepal Picture Library and Photo Kathmandu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>The London Alternative Photography Collective was formed in 2013 with a slightly different motivation, as a platform for image-makers interested in unusual photographic processes. At the time there was little information about what these processes were or could be, says co-director Almudena Romero, so the group became a valuable network for sharing skills and knowledge. Last year Romero won the prestigious BMW residency for her project The Pigment Change, which sees her printing using the chlorophyll in plants; this prize came with exhibitions in 2021 at two of photography\u2019s biggest events, Les Rencontres d\u2019Arles and Paris Photo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RAKE collective was also underpinned by a desire to share skills, with the founder members bringing together various specialisms in photography, coding, research and activism. Using these skills to investigate issues such as police surveillance and the spread of far-right ideology, RAKE was one of the recipients of The Photographers\u2019 Gallery 2021 New Talent Awards. RAKE has also set up the RAKE Community, an online forum in which other participants, interested in similar areas, can share skills and collaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the internet is proving an interesting arena for special interest groups within British photography. Firecracker, founded in 2011 by Fiona Rogers, is a forum for promoting women in photography through online features, networking opportunities, and public events, for example. In-Public was set up in 2000 by Nick Turpin as a collective of international street photographers; Turpin left in 2018, but not before In-Public had proved its mettle by arguing for the right to take photographs in public in the face of restrictive laws around terrorism and privacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8230; while few would argue that private galleries are independent exactly, some have recently been behaving in ways that feel quasi-institutional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-585x329.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1155x650.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-585x329.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1155x650.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-293x165.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006-1400x788.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_006.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>London-based MASS Collective brought together eight image-makers to look at the UK capital\u2019s built environment; it was the only way, they felt, to reflect something of the varying perspectives of this large, old, multicultural city. The <em>Londons<\/em> project culminated in an impressive exhibition at The Building Centre and a zine; the group now plans to make more work together on Britain\u2019s industrial heritage.\u00a0Photo \u00a9 Francesco Russo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>But physical space remains important, and photographers are continuing to find ways to set up alternative galleries. Ronan Mckenzie set up Home in London at the tail end of 2020, for example, a creative space which she feels addresses the ongoing lack of support for non-white artists. It is, she states \u201cone of very few black-owned art spaces within London, and one of the only to be artist led, with a leading focus on supporting Black and Indigenous People of Colour\u201d. Interestingly Home isn\u2019t supported with public funding, and received support from the Gucci fashion house for one of its recent shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question of public funding puts an interesting spin on independence though, because while few would argue that private galleries are independent exactly, some have recently been behaving in ways that feel quasi-institutional. The Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol has been set up by the Magnum photographer himself, for example, but runs a busy programme of free and low-cost exhibitions and events, as well as maintaining an impressive photography archive. It\u2019s a private initiative, but it feels worlds away from a print sales-focussed private gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>London\u2019s Richard Saltoun Gallery, meanwhile, which shows lens-based art alongside other mediums, has run two year-long exhibition series in the last couple of years, one around feminist art, the other around Hannah Arendt\u2019s writing. Similarly, Seen Fifteen, also in London, has just started an entire year of programming around The Troubles Generation in Northern Ireland \u2013 a programme which isn\u2019t focussed on print sales, instead supported by an arts organisation, The Genesis Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seen Fifteen\u2019s director Vivienne Gamble is also an instrumental part of Peckham 24, an annual not-for-profit festival of photography which runs alongside the Photo London art fair. Emphasising the emerging, the experimental, and the edgy, Peckham 24 doesn\u2019t rely on sales and doesn\u2019t receive public funding either; instead it\u2019s supported by private financing from various individuals and organisations, pulled in by Gamble and her co-founder, the artist Jo Dennis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_009-370x247.jpg 370w, 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https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010-1400x934.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_010.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>IC Visual Lab is an independent organisation based in Bristol focused on the discussion, production and promotion of photography; its activities have included a mentorship scheme titled <em>Catalyst<\/em>, which included an exhibition staged in a former post office in a busy shopping centre.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>Offshoot Gallery, also based in London, is a \u2018community interest company\u2019:, a limited company, but one that exists to benefit the community rather than private shareholders. Like Seen Fifteen and Richard Saltoun Gallery, Offshoot Gallery runs long-term curatorial projects, inviting two guest-curators every year \u201cto realise exhibitions that challenge current social and cultural themes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And on a final note, it\u2019s worth considering the independent educational organisations in UK photography, which range from workshops to entire schools, such as the Work Show Grow programme organised by artist Natasha Caruana. Alejandro Acin\u2019s IC Visual Lab has been an independent photography hub in Bristol since 2013, making publications and running exhibitions, collaborative workshops, and, recently, a year-long mentorship titled Elective Affinities, which matched six local and international artists with peers. Acin started IC Visual Lab to fill a gap in Bristol\u2019s institutional cultural offering; things have moved on in the city now, he says, but being independent still offers advantages such as being able to take risks and experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition for Elective Affinities, which was part of the Bristol Photo Festival programme, took place in a disused post office in a busy shopping mall in the city centre. \u201cI like the idea of \u2018interrupting quotidianity\u2019,\u201d Acin explains. \u201cUsing unconventional spaces to display work is a very powerful act of resistance but also it offers another opportunity to those curious minds that may not fancy going to a museum or an art gallery, but have a great sensitivity about the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1536x1148.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-370x277.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-585x437.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1155x863.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1400x1047.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1536x1148.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-370x277.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-585x437.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1155x863.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012-1400x1047.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_012.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>London-based photographer Ronan Mckenzie set up Home at the end of 2020; it is, she states \u201cone of very few black-owned art spaces within London, and one of the only to be artist led, with a leading focus on supporting Black and Indigenous People of Colour\u201d.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"949\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1024x949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1024x949.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-770x714.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1536x1424.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-370x343.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-585x542.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1155x1071.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-293x272.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1400x1298.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"949\" src=\"http:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1024x949.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1024x949.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-770x714.jpg 770w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1536x1424.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-370x343.jpg 370w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-585x542.jpg 585w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1155x1071.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-293x272.jpg 293w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011-1400x1298.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/matca.vn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/matca_c4journal_uk_collectives_011.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>All Rights Reserved: Text \u00a9 Diane Smyth; Images \u00a9 all noted parties; Autograph installation photographs \u00a9 Zoe\u0308 Maxwell; Header \u00a9 Martin Seeds\/Seen Fifteen<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MATCAxC4 JOURNAL: Conversations Around Photography, Vietnam &amp; UK A series of articles discussing various aspects of image-making. Supported by British Council Vietnam\u2019s Digital Arts Showcasing grant 2021. ????\u270d\ufe0f?? One of the biggest photography collectives in the UK is now so well-established it\u2019s easy to forget its radical roots. But Magnum Photos, which was founded in Paris in 1947 and opened its London office soon afterwards, was one of the first photography collectives in the world. 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