Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s–90s Britain by Joy Gregory Groundswell Speaker 2024 Wangari Maathai

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Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s–90s Britain by Joy Gregory Groundswell Speaker 2024 Wangari MaathaiShining Lights is the first critical anthology to bring together the groundbreaking work of Black women photographers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s, providing a richly illustrated overview of a significant and overlooked chapter of photographic history. Seen through the lens of Britains sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the publication draws on both lived experience and historical investigation to explore the communities,