Events

10 May, 7pm - 8pm

John Akomfrah in conversation

New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Archive | Autograph ABP

Autograph ABP secures major investment from the Heritage Lottery Fund

Second award to continue our critical mission in promoting Britain’s black photographic heritage

Exhibitions | Commissions

10 May - 13 July 2013

John Akomfrah
The Unfinished Conversation

New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Exhibitions

22 May - 23 June 2013

Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
Promised Land

Dilston Grove, London

Events

Tuesday 21 May 2013, 6:30pm

Monica Ross and Co-Recitors
Act 55 of Anniversary - an act of memory

Dilston Grove, London

Publications

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Limited Edition Book & Print

Box set with rare hardcover first edition book and print

Events | Opportunities

Performance on 21 May 2013, 6:30pm

Call for participants
Act 55 of Anniversary - an act of memory

Events

Saturday 22 June, 12pm

Gallery Tour of The Unfinished Conversation

New Arts Exchange, Nottingham

Events

Saturday 1 June, 12pm

Gallery Tour of The Unfinished Conversation

New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Image Bank

Neil Kenlock licensed to promote conference

Decolonizing the 'Cold' War: Black Body Europe Body Politics as a Fanonian Struggle, Berlin

Events

8 June, 11am - 5pm

Stuart Hall & John Akomfrah: Creating Monument Symposium

New Art Exchange, Nottingham

Autograph ABP

Welcome Lwam Tesfay

Lwam joins Autograph ABP as an intern for May 2013

Archive

Lola Flash
New in the archive

Events

14 & 15 June 2013

New Ways of Seeing: Curation, Institutions & Cultural Memory

Conference at John Moores University, Liverpool

Research & Development

Forthcoming exhibition project

£9000 funding from Arts Council England for Maud Sulter research

Exhibitions | Research & Development

January 2014

Sammy Baloji
Solo exhibition

Rivington Place, London

Exhibitions

7 July - 31 August, 2013

James Barnor
Ever Young

Impressions Gallery, Bradford

Publications | Research & Development

Forthcoming book

Syd Shelton
Rock Against Racism

Exhibitions | Research & Development

September 2013

The Paris Albums 1900: W.E.B. Du Bois

Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, Boston

Exhibitions | Research & Development

January 2014

Rotimi Fani-Kayode
Retrospective

South African National Galery, Cape Town

Exhibitions | Research & Development

January 2014

Alice Seeley Harris
Congo Reform Photography 1904

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Archive

James Barnor exhibition loan

Print loaned from the Archive for upcoming exhibition at Iwalewa Haus, Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany

Shop

Rotimi Fani-Kayode Vintage Exhibition Poster

Rare original poster, £20 for a limited time

Autograph ABP

Autograph ABP receives award from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for innovative public programme

Publications

Newspaper available May 2013

Roma: Europe is Ours

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Archive

Arlene Gottfried in the Archive

Publications | Research & Development

Forthcoming book

Adriana Groisman
Voices of the Tempest: Traces and Memories of the Falklands / Malvinas War

Archive | Image Bank

Bandele “Tex” Ajetunmobi

Portraits from London's East End, 1950s to 80s

Archive | Image Bank

1935 - 2009

Raphael Albert
Raphael Albert (1935 - 2009)

Raphael Albert established and documented a series of popular Black beauty pageants in west London.

Shop

Monograph Book Collection

3 books for £20

Research & Development

New film production, 2014

Clovis Salmon
Sam the Wheels

Unique film archive of 1960s - 80s Brixton

Research & Development

Forthcoming project

The Caribbean Photo Archive

Publications

Dennis Morris: Growing Up Black

Limited edition book with 10" x 12" silver gelatin print signed by Dennis Morris

Shop

Arlene Gottfried limited edition prints

Vintage & collectors editions now available

Publications | Research & Development

Available late 2013

Paul Gilroy and Lola Young contributing texts to forthcoming John Goto Book

Autograph ABP

Mark Sealy awarded MBE

Our Director Mark Sealy has been awarded an MBE for services to photography

Exhibitions | Press

Human Rights (And Wrongs) In Focus At Ryerson

Daniela Porat reviews Human Rights Human Wrongs for Canadian Art

Exhibitions | Press

Human Rights Human Wrongs exhibit shines light on Civil Rights Movement

Review by Ryan B Patrick, Canada Arts Connect

Exhibitions | Press

Ryerson exhibit opens window to Human Rights Human Wrongs

Review by Joanne Hill, The Jewish Tribune

Archive | Publications

The Archive in Focus: Back in the Day

Out now in print or free PDF download

Events

24 January 2013

Mark Sealy
The Organ that Weeps: Photography and Violence

Kodak Lecture at Ryerson Image Center, Toronto, Canada

Exhibitions | Press

The Human Rights Human Wrongs exhibition: In recognition of 20th-century liberation struggles

Review by James Adams, The Globe and Mail

Autograph ABP

January 2013

Holly Tebbutt joins Autograph ABP as Deputy Director

Residencies

Brijesh Patel at Light Work

Part of the Autograph ABP / Light Work artist-in-residence program

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Exhibitions

23 January - 14 April 2013

HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN WRONGS

Ryerson image Centre, Toronto

Publications

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Limited edition box set

Rare first edition monograph and choice of print

Image Bank

Neil Kenlock licensed for educational magazine

Image used in Hindsight: GCSE Modern World History

Press | Autograph ABP

Autograph ABP défend la diversité photographique

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Events | Archive

Glasgow Photography Roadshow

We take the Photography Roadshow to Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow, digitising family snapshots.

Image Bank

Rotimi Fani-Kayode licensed for Afrikanisches Filmfestival

Image used on print and digital promotional materials

Exhibitions | Commissions | Press

The Unfinished Conversation by John Akomfrah: a beautiful paean to identity

By Mark Hudson, The Telegraph

Exhibitions

6 October - 4 November 2012

The Beautiful Horizon / No Olha Da Rua (In The Eye of the Street)

Fabrica, Brighton

Archive

Archive donation

1968 Olympics Black Power Salute, Mexico City, signed by Tommy Smith. Gifted to Autograph ABP by Iqbal Wahhab

Exhibitions

14 July - 24 August 2012

Adriana Groisman
Voices of the South Atlantic

Peninsula Arts Gallery, University of Plymouth

Publications

Dennis Morris: Growing Up Black

A Chronicle of Black Britain in the 60s and 70s. Limited edition book and signed print

Archive | Image Bank

Colin Jones: The Black House

Over 150 prints donated to the Archive – including rare vintage and first proof prints

Exhibitions

25 May - 28 July 2012

Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush

Rivington Place, London

Image Bank

James Barnor and Neil Kenlock images licensed for Tate catalogue

Another London: International Photographers Capture City Life 1930 -1980, including cover image

Archive

NEW IN THE ARCHIVE

The first in a series of images by Vron Ware digitally preserved for the Archive

Exhibitions

19 May - 30 June 2012

Adriana Groisman
Voices of the South Atlantic

Ffotogallery, Cardiff

Archive

Rotimi Fani-Kayode Exhibition Loan

Two prints loaned from the Archive for THIS WILL HAVE BEEN: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Publications | Press

Inspirational Men: Dennis Morris

I-D Online

Publications | Press

Dennis Morris muestra la vida cotidiana de los negros en el Reino Unido de los 60 y 70

20 Minutos reviews Growing Up Black

Image Bank

Rotimi Fani-Kayode licensed for Kaleidoscope magazine

Images used in ten page feature

Exhibitions | Press

Exploring Gypsy Communities Via Art: Roma-Sinti-Kale-Manush

Reivew by Ruth Garde, Urban Times

Archive | Autograph ABP

Autograph ABP awarded development research grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund

£16,200 to formulate the Missing Chapter bid to continue its Archive programme

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Archive

Neil Kenlock portfolio

Celebrated chronicler of British Black Panther party now represented in the Archive

Image Bank

James Barnor licensed for Tate postcards

Image Bank

Faisal Abdu’allah licensed for Thames & Hudson book

Image used in Photography: the Whole Story

Image Bank

Ingrid Pollard licensed for The Art of Walking book

Image used in The Art of Walking: A Field Guide, published by Black Dog Publishing

Commissions

The Unfinished Conversation

A new film work by John Akomfrah, commissioned by Autograph ABP

Publications | Press

Growing up black: Dennis Morris’s portrait of the 70s

Review by Gary Younge, G2

Publications

Frantz Fanon 1925-1961

Publications | Press

Suddenly we were Black, not Coloured

By Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian

Image Bank

Syd Shelton licensed for The Guardian

Double page spread for The Guardian's Big Picture feature

Publications | Press

Dennis Morris: Growing Up Black

Growing Up Black featured on Nowness

Autograph ABP

Iqbal Wahhab becomes Chair of Autograph ABP’s board

Publications | Press

Growing Up Black by Dennis Morris

By Eliza Williams, Creative Review

Publications | Press

Dennis Morris: Growing Up Black in Creative Review

Publications | Press

Disposable Women, Not Natasha, and the Economics and Politics of Sex Trafficking

Review by Roberta McGrath, Variant

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Events | Archive

Edinburgh Photography Roadshow

We take the Photography Roadshow to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, digitising family snapshots

Events | Archive

Missing Chapter Symposium III: Cultural Identity and the Photographic Archive

Rivington Place, London. Speakers included Renée Mussai, Colin Jones, Dennis Morris and Monire Childs. Keynote by Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey

Exhibitions | Archive | Press

Hooray it’s vintage Monday, James Barnor for Drum Magazine

Hope, Love Little Shepherd blog

Exhibitions | Archive | Press

Life Through a Lens

James Barnor: Ever Young cover story, Creative Update

Events | Archive

Nottingham Photography Roadshow

We take the Photography Roadshow to New Art Exchange in Nottingham, digitising family snapshots

Exhibitions | Archive

14 September – 21 October 2011

The Black Chronicles

Magnum Print Room, London

Exhibitions | Archive

27 May - 30 July 2011

Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955 - 1989)

Rivington Place, London

Exhibitions | Press

WIthout Sanctuary: Momentos of Lynching

The Root

Publications

Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America / Rotimi Fani-Kayode 1955 - 1989

Exhibitions | Press

Rotimi Fani-Kayode on the cover of Bulletin

Exhibitions | Press

Autograph ABP brings photography exhibitions to the UK

Creative Boom reviews Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955 - 1989) and Without Sanctuary

Exhibitions | Press

Rotimi Fani-Kayode at Rivington Place

Review in African Art in London

Archive

Joy Gregory Autoportraits

Full set of new edition of Autograph ABP's first commission acquired for the Archive

Archive | Image Bank

Curated for the first time: Raphael Albert’s Black is Beautiful

100 photographs selected & preserved from unseen archive of 1960s and 70s beauty pageants in West London

Residencies

Dana Popa at light work

Part of the Light Work/Autograph ABP Artists-in-Residence program

Archive

Rotimi Fani-Kayode exhibition loan

14 prints loaned from the Archive for ARS 11 at Kiasma Museum for Contemporary Art, Finland

Exhibitions

Photography and The Beautiful Horizon

Publications

Voices of the South Atlantic

Archive | Publications

Archive & Research Centre Learning Resource

Cross-curricular teaching in Art & Design, History and Citizenship at Key Stages 2, 3, 4 and 5

Archive | Press

The Missing Chapter on The Culture Show, BBC Two

Sarfraz Manzoor joins Autograph ABP at one of our Photography Road Shows