“Fr ɖ frst tîm in its histri, ɖ îconic ftogṛfiêjnsi Magnm hz ôpnd its Lundn ofis’z rezinprint ācîv t ʈri cntmprri practišnrz. Gîdd bî ɖ fwmr Magnm Fôtoz ācivist Nic Galvin, histwrı̣n n anʈṛpoḷjist Iliẓbʈ Edẉdz, ftogṛfr Hana Stāci n ātist Yrı̣l Ōlo wr invîtd t riintrpṛt hâ sošl, culčṛl n ṗlitcl inclinešnz hv šêpt ɖ content v ɖ ācîv.
Edẉdz, Stāci n Ōlo čôz 130 rerli sīn fôṭgrafs fṛm 68,000 prints, ẇč c̣lctvli priznt an imprfct histri v ftogṛfi fṛm 1940–2000. Edẉdz adresz hâ ɖ xpirı̣nsz v ppl n ɖer ingejmnt wɖ ɖ wrld r inscrîbd in ɖ fôṭgraf. Stāci’z intrest z in hâ ɖ fīmêl pspctv hz rzultd in a naṛtv lnct acrs ɖ decedz, n Ōlo tīzz ât ɖ blînd spots v histri in ɖ mājinz v crîsis.
Đ twentīsevn ftogṛfrs huz wrc z prizntd in ɖ xibišn includ Aḅs, Īv Āṇld, Rene Buri, Ełt Ŕwit, Stywt Franclin, Leṇd Frīd, Dêvid Hrn, Pītr Mālo, Ñga Morat, Mātin Par, Cris Stīl-Prcinz n Dêvid Čim Sīmur.
Stāci’z intrest arîzz fṛm ɖ fīmêl pspctv n hâ wrc z subsiqntli injndrd; Edẉdz invstigets naṛtv gaps n absnt histriz, ẇl Ōlo tīzz ât pictwrịl asošiešnz.
Stāci’z intrest in ɖ fīmêl pspctv n hâ wrc z subsiqntli injndrd hz rzultd in an intiṃt naṛtv lnct acrs ɖ decedz in fôṭgrafs includñ Īv Ānld’z Slfpwtrit, 42nd Strīt, Ny Ywc Siti, 1950 n Leṇd Frīd’z Wimin’z Liḅrešn Māč in NYS, 1970. Hr ṣlẋn z čozn fṛm a pirı̣d in Magnm’z histri ẇn wimin acântd fr onli fîv psent v ɖ ftogṛfrz ɖe reprizntd.
Ōlo’z inṭdisipliṇri practis tīzz ât ɖ blîndspots v histri in ɖ mājinz v crîsis. Hiz insṭlešn fr ɖ xibišn xplorz ɖ mtiriaḷti v ɖ ācîv, prizntñ juxṭpzišnz v imijz ɖt, ɖo ɖe dpict vastli dfṛnt ivnts, hv stroñ vižl rlešnz, n includ Filip Jônz Grifiʈs’z Mrinz landñ on bīč, Danañ, Vietnam, 1970 n Rene Buri’z Crêtrz left bî YS bomñrêdz alñ ɖ Cambodı̣n bwdr fṛm ɖer bêsz in Sâʈ Vietnam, 1973.
Edẉdz hz apročt ɖ ācîv bî ascñ, hâ r ɖ xpirı̣nsz v ppl, ɖer ingejmnt wɖ ɖ wrld in ẇč ɖe fînd ɖmslvz, inscrîbd in ɖ fôṭgraf? Ɖ imijz š hz čozn r v ppl abswbd in ɖer wrld, intrṇlîzñ its psbltiz n mcñ sens v ɖt xpirı̣ns, ofn wɖ ɖ aẋn layñ bynd ɖ frem, az in Cāl di Cêzr’z Ladbṛc’s Betñšop, 1991 n Mātin Par’z Rušm, Mančestr, Ñgḷnd, 1972.
Wn Ācîv, Ʈri Vyz z ɖ frst tîm ɖ rezin-côtd printācîv hz fwmd ɖ bêsis v a kretd xibišn.
Ɖ ācîv prizents a snapšot in tîm, an imprfct histri, n ɖ ṣlctrz hv wrct indivijli n jýntli t lc bnʈ ɖ miʈoḷji v Magnm.
Panldiscušn
Prsnl Pspctvz, Magnm: Wn Ācîv, Ʈri Vyz
Salis Beni Ʈiytr, Brîtn
27 Nv 6-8pm
Fwmr Magṇm Fôtoz Ācivist Nic Galvin invîts xibišnṣlctrz Yrı̣l Ōlo n Hana Stāci t spīc abt ɖer xpirı̣ns v wrcñ wɖ ɖ ācîv, jýnd bî Hêmiš Crŭcs, Glôbl Ācîv Drectr at Magnm Fôtoz
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A Fôtôwrcs, Magnm Fôtoz n D’ La Wer Pviłn Côc̣mišn fr Brîtn Fôtôbîeňl 2014.
Brîtn Fôtôbîeňl z ɖ YC’z līdñ kretd ftogṛfīfestivl n pṛmots ny ʈñcñ arnd ftogṛfi ʈru a cmišnd prôgram v ivnts n xibišnz. Ɖ festivl z pṛdyst bî Fôtôwrcs, an ōġnîzešn dedicetd t ineblñ ptisipešn in ftogṛfi, ɖ most deṃcratc mīdı̣m v cntmprri vižl culčr. Fôtôwrcs’ prôgram includz cmišnz, publišñ n ptisipešn. In c̣laḅrešn wɖ lôcl, našnl n inṭnašnl pātnrz, Fôtôwrcs cnects âtstandñ ātists wɖ ōdı̣nsz, n čampı̣nz taḷnt n ambišn.”