Reading Time: 2 minutes Centering on the importance of community and collaboration, a new public exhibition curated by Ekow Eshun presents work by eight contemporary photographers working at the intersection of documentary, art and activism
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 and Ekow Eshun’s curation of cutting-edge reportage from developing countries to Zanele Muholi’s defiant representations of Black queerness in South Africa and Ming Smith’s reflection on the history of the civil rights movement in the US – these articles examine the radical potential of the photographic medium in driving social and political change.