Art & Activism

‘I could have been one of these girls’: Documenting Venezuela’s teenage pregnancy crisis

Ana María Arévalo Gosen, winner of the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award, discusses the realities of young motherhood – and why she hopes to change Venezuela’s abortion laws

11 August 2023

A charity group show exploring art and activism presents work by women and marginalised genders

This Women’s History Month, artists Eliza Hatch and Bee Illustrates present their curatorial debut, alongside a programme of workshops and panel discussions

23 March 2022

Mark Neville calls on the international community to act for Ukraine

Speaking from Lviv, Neville shares his experience of the war in recent days and the reasons for making his latest book, Stop Tanks with Books, about the lives of Ukrainian people

2 March 2022

Koral Carballo reimagines Black Mexican representation

“I wanted to direct my photography towards questioning, towards an alternative narrative to the one imposed by the state in the face of terror”

29 November 2021

In the Studio: Peter Kennard

“Art in itself doesn’t change anything. But when it’s aligned to a political movement, it becomes its visual arm.”

29 October 2021

Forensic Architecture: Resistance through collective action

Investigating state and corporate weaponisation of air, the London-based research agency delivers a message of hope through solidarity and accountability

15 September 2021

Ones to Watch 2021: Masha Svyatogor

Using collage, Svyatogor reflects on Soviet imagery and contemporary life in Belarus

31 August 2021

Exploring strength and humanity in Virginia de Medeiros’ portraits of São Paulo’s housing activists

Nine photographs from Medeiros’ Guerrilheiras series – portraits of female activists captured in their personal environments – are currently on view at Nara Roesler gallery, New York

30 July 2021

Brooklyn Resists: Exploring the history of racial protest

A new initiative traces racial protests in the New York borough, from the beginning of the civil rights era to the present day

19 June 2021

The Black creators central to this year’s CONTACT Photography Festival

In one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities, local and international artists are reclaiming their histories through photographic projects.

11 May 2021

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Can photography change the world?

Exploring art as a form of protest, agency and actualisation, the Art and Activism Collection shines a light on photographers who are using their practice to confront some of the most pressing social and political injustices of our time.

From Misan Harriman’s viral coverage of London’s Black Lives Matter protests to Zanele Muholi’s defiant representations of Black queerness in South Africa, these articles examine the radical potential of the photographic medium.

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Can photography change the world?

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