Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s–90s Britain
Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s–90s Britain is the first critical anthology to bring together the groundbreaking work of Black women photographers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s. The anthology is published by MACK and edited by renowned artist Joy Gregory alongside art historian Taous Dahmani.
Amongst the fifty-seven photographers included are Maxine Walker, Ingrid Pollard, Claudette Holmes, Mohini Chandra, Carole Wright, Sutapa Biswas, Maud Sulter, Brenda Agard, Anita McKenzie, Mitra Tabrizian, Poulomi Desai, Virginia Nimarkoh, Nudrat Afza, Merle Van den Bosch, and Eileen Perrier.
The innovative and diverse work created during this period spanned documentary and conceptual practices, including the experimental use of photomontage, self-portraiture, staged imagery, and photography in dialogue with other media. Shining Lights includes new writings by pioneers of the period, including Pratibha Parmar, Roshini Kempadoo, and Symrath Patti, alongside a foreword by Sonia Boyce.