Please note that the talks at this event will start at 19:30 to allow for the England football match.
Redeye is delighted to bring you an evening of talks from Karen Rangeley and Granville Williams, exploring the relationship between photography and industry
What is photography’s relationship to industry? Is it always accurate and objective? How can photographers be sensitive to their subjects in these settings?
This evening of talks begins with a discussion of the book Settling Scores: The Media, the Police and the Miners’ Strike, which analyses the way the media covered the epic, year-long miners' strike of 1984-85. Much of the media coverage of the strike was biased and selective. But there were exceptions, notably Channel 4 News and a number of photographers who covered the miners' strike from behind the miners' picket lines or based in mining communities. Martin Jenkinson worked as the official photographer for the National Union of Mineworkers but others, including John Harris, Raissa Page, Brenda Prince, John Sturrock, Keith Pattison and MarinShakeshaft produced powerful and moving images from the strike. Granville Williams, editor of Settling Scores discusses the importance of their work recording those tumultuous times. This presentation marks the 30th anniversary of the strike.
Following on from Granville, photographer Karen Rangeley discusses her current project Be= f (P, E). This body of work examines the relationship between the employees at a textile factory and the environment in which they work and socialise. Photographs of the physical environment are presented along with images taken by the employees, which hint at the dynamics of human relationships that exist in this industrial setting.
About Granville Williams
Granville Williams is a journalist, author and National Council
member of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom (CPBF). He
has written or edited books on mining including Remembering How It Was: Mining In Leeds (1993), Shafted: The Media, the Miners' Strike and the Aftermath (2009) and Settling Scores: The Media, the Police and the Miners' Strike (2014). His most recent book is Big Media and Internet Titans: The Democratic Challenge (CPBF, 2014).
About Karen Rangeley
Karen Rangeley is a Leeds based social documentary photographer, who uses film and digital media to photograph people in their social and work environments, whether through candid street photographs or through longer term documentary projects. She is particularly interested in photography as a collaborative process and wherever possible, creates opportunities for the people she photographs to become an active part of the process.
Karen’s project Be= f (P, E) will be self-published as a Photobook journal that combines the images with extracts from social science texts.
Venue and Timing
The network event will take place at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester, M1 5BY at 19:00 on 24 June 2014. The doors open from 19:00 with the talk starting at 19:30. There will be the chance to chat and network over a drink and catch up on the latest photographic news. The evening will end at around 21:00
All are welcome and it is free to attend but please register below. By choosing an 'optional donation' ticket you will help support Redeye and the wider photographic community. We really appreciate your donation.