Format Photographers — Women, Equality, Protest — three books
from £6.70
Brenda Prince — Women & The Miners’ Strike Nottinghamshire 1984–85 Format Photographers — Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp 1982–85 Format Photographers — Women, Work and Equality 1975–95
each title: 36 pages printed in England staple bound 14cm x 20cm
Format Photographers launched in 1983. It was, uniquely, an agency run by women photographers, for women photographers. It closed in 2003.
“From its beginning, the Format ethos and working practice were based on three key principles. The agency aimed to encourage its members to develop their creativity and careers, while remaining sensitive to the context in which their images were used and distributed. It portrayed people and issues that were under-represented in the mainstream media of the time. By photographing women and men in non-traditional roles, its members aimed to break down gender stereotypes, and changed the way women and other marginalised groups were seen”.
Helen Trompeteler prev. Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery London, Curator and Director of Programmes, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, USA.
Images by: Maggie Murray, Brenda Prince, Joanne O’Brien, Raissa Page, Pam Isherwood, Sheila Gray, Jenny Matthews, Jacky Chapman, Val Wilmer and Melanie Friend.
Title:
Brenda Prince — Women & The Miners’ Strike Nottinghamshire 1984–85 Format Photographers — Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp 1982–85 Format Photographers — Women, Work and Equality 1975–95
each title: 36 pages printed in England staple bound 14cm x 20cm
Format Photographers launched in 1983. It was, uniquely, an agency run by women photographers, for women photographers. It closed in 2003.
“From its beginning, the Format ethos and working practice were based on three key principles. The agency aimed to encourage its members to develop their creativity and careers, while remaining sensitive to the context in which their images were used and distributed. It portrayed people and issues that were under-represented in the mainstream media of the time. By photographing women and men in non-traditional roles, its members aimed to break down gender stereotypes, and changed the way women and other marginalised groups were seen”.
Helen Trompeteler prev. Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery London, Curator and Director of Programmes, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburg, USA.
Images by: Maggie Murray, Brenda Prince, Joanne O’Brien, Raissa Page, Pam Isherwood, Sheila Gray, Jenny Matthews, Jacky Chapman, Val Wilmer and Melanie Friend.
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