5 blogposts for Fotomuseum Winthertur: 'The Fire Last Time: Documentary and Politics in 1970s Britain'
In a time of crisis and increasing anti capitalism, I consider the meeting of the political Left with photography in Britain in the 1970s. In the process, I insist the fortunes of documentary and the visibility of social class are entwined. Beginning from a discussion of the critical fortunes of documentary over the last 30 years, I look at the interest in Brecht and the fall out from the so called neo Brechtian moment. In the process, he re evaluates theories and practices of documentary, engaging with a range of documentary work; conceptions of skill and collective production and women and labour. The final post Women Work has been republished by Monthly Review on line: https:/mronline.org/2017/11/01/women and work/