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Four Corners Archive
Four Corners Archive explores and documents the film and photographic heritage of Four Corners, Half Moon Photography Workshop, and Camerawork Magazine, from 1972–1987.
Four Corners and Half Moon Photography Workshop (later Camerawork) were two innovative cultural organisations, based in East London. Their early work played a major role in the development of the radical film and photographic practice characteristic of the 1970s and early 1980s.
The project brings these unique archival resources into the public realm, making this important contribution to British cultural history widely accessible for the first time.
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Four Corners Archive is made possible through the generous support of the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
Articles
A brief history of the publication
Camerawork as a magazine had a quality about it - when I first saw a copy in 1976 I'd never seen a publication like it and I still haven't. It stopped me in my tracks. The A2>A4 folding format, the print quality - amazing for single pass litho - the picture spreads and the articles, they all set it apart from any other photo-magazines of that period – Ed Barber
Camerawork is designed to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas, views and information on photography and other forms of communication. By exploring the application, scope and content of photography, we intend to demystify the process. We see this as part of the struggle to learn, to describe and to share experiences and so contribute to the process by which we grow in capacity and power to control our own lives. – Camerawork magazine masthead, issues 1-19
Latest
Women's History Month Events
Our online talks series is exploring how photography archives can both document the past and inspire the present.
We are back with a new programme for Women's History Month, bringing together a range of brilliant speakers to discuss feminist film and photography.
Featured
Camerawork Magazine - Issue 01
Issue 1: The Politics of Photography Interview - "Problem in the City" Self Publishing
What's In A Number - Take One
Poster for a day of film and video screenings at Four Corners Cinema by and about the Unwaged
This project is dedicated to the fond memory of Ed Barber (1949–2017), an important early member of the Half Moon Photography Workshop and Camerawork magazine, whose energy and enthusiasm helped create this project.