For the past half decade, Dee Dwyer has documented the ongoing protests occurring in her city, Washington DC, feeling it her duty to tell the story from the perspective of the Black community.

For the past half decade, Dee Dwyer has documented the ongoing protests occurring in her city, Washington DC, feeling it her duty to tell the story from the perspective of the Black community.
The annual Bonfire celebrations are captured in dark monochrome, as they link to the greater narrative of British existence
Near Salvador, the capital of Bahia state, an island community of Afro-Brazilians are living life in toxic waters
In her new book, titled White Shoes, Faustine photographs herself at New York locations tied to the history of the slave trade, including former African burial grounds
The American photographer’s new book, The Forgotten, trials a complex hierarchy of power between the sheltered, the remembered, and the forgotten
“Art in itself doesn’t change anything. But when it’s aligned to a political movement, it becomes its visual arm.”
Hannah Wilke: Art for Life’s Sake, at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Missouri, until 16 January 2022, is the artist’s first career-spanning retrospective in over a decade
The photographer’s new book, Sin Salida, candidly portrays the devastating reality of Salvadorans who lead lives of fear and daily intimidation
The work condemns the abusive kafala system in Lebanon, where women from Sierra Leone are recruited through a human trafficking network
Photography has always been closely connected to the act of protest and activism. The subjective lens can both aid a cause, and work against it when it comes to photographs of protest. Indeed, some of the most famous photographs in the world are images that have sparked movements, political policies or shifted public opinion so much so, that it has altered the course of history. When Thích Quảng Đức, a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk burned himself to death in Saigon in 1963 to protest the persecution of monks, the moment was captured by Malcolm Browne. The devastating act led to urgent negotiations surrounding the Buddhists’ plight with pressure from the White House. The image remains one of the most harrowing and poignant in photographic history.
In this Collection, we look back at the archive of protest photography, as well as contemporary events. Photographers and collectives are creating new archives – not as neutral photojournalism, but documenting with political motivation.