Tag Archives: Cambridge Darkroom

Radical Art in Cambridge – Cambridge Darkroom

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Brian

Three previous posts (22/09/22, 31/10/22, 24/02/23) have covered the Radical Art in Cambridge project and the role of the Cambridge Darkroom.  The penultimate meeting in the programme of Radical Art events to date looked at the community roots of the … Continue reading →

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Pavel Buchler

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Brian

Helping to establish and then work with the St Matthews Photo Workshop and subsequently the Cambridge Darkroom between 1978 and c.1992 was one of the most rewarding parts of my life.  Not only did I learn a great deal about … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Festival 2023: Community Photography in 1970s Cambridge

Posted on February 24, 2023 by Brian

A workshop will explore archival materials from the St Matthew’s Photo Workshop and Cambridge Darkroom (community photography collectives around Mill Road initiated in the 1970s). It will also include discussions with photographers (Roy Hammans and Brian Human) who co-founded the … Continue reading →

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Radical Art in Cambridge

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Brian

I thought I knew all about the origins of the Cambridge Darkroom.  But I didn’t know how much depended on a tour of British photo galleries in a rusty Renault 4 van with a packet of biscuits and a flask … Continue reading →

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‘Exposures’

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Brian

Rummaging through boxes of old prints I came across this flier for ‘Exposures’ yesterday.  ‘Exposures’ was the first exhibition by the St Matthews Photo Workshop in Cambridge.  It showed 80 photographs by named photographers – Paul Christie, Roy Hammans, Liz … Continue reading →

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