{"id":168088,"date":"2025-01-28T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=168088"},"modified":"2025-01-28T12:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:08:50","slug":"the-camera-a-powerful-weapon-to-uncover-social-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=168088","title":{"rendered":"The Camera: A Powerful Weapon To Uncover Social Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a19bc62468c2dece69f95451e98f85b5 wp-block-paragraph\">For many of us, the first thing we do in the morning is to look at our phones and get an idea of what is going on in the world, via our social media feeds. Such an easy act to uncover the latest news as well as whatever headline, scandal or trend is capturing everyone\u2019s attention. Find out more in <em>The Camera: A Powerful Weapon To Uncover Social Changes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6388502c200f78475deab457b3a4c016 wp-block-paragraph\">Image on left-hand side Pam Isherwood,  Stop Clause 28 march, Whitehall, London, 9 January 1988 \u00a9 Bishopsgate Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-52cf91b25f0152dd321dff783ae289f0 wp-block-paragraph\">These words and images can vary in content and be from close to our communities as well as further away, allowing all of us to be aware of what\u2019s going on locally and globally. And because we walk around with phones, containing powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/the-flash-of-the-camera-captured-for-eternity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">camera<\/a>s, we can add to this image phenomenon very easily, in fact, probably without really thinking of how we got to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4779bce611e70673e7167b8adecbce42 wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone can take a picture, share it and post it online. Everyone can capture an everyday moment, and therefore everyone can document the social life of themselves and others, as well as events going on around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3f03ac7d455d3c1cac834d6f9a425c03 wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s hard to imagine the early days of photography, invented in 1839 it initially was heavy and complicated. By the end of the 18th century, it was far more commonplace but it wasn&#8217;t until the 20th century that many people owned a camera themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b47373e9457086260ab271b21ee64ae wp-block-paragraph\">As photography progressed and things like <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/what-draws-you-to-a-movie-when-you-first-see-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">printing<\/a> became cheaper, events were not only shared with words in newspapers anymore but images on the printed pages were more able to highlight the story or event. Many more people were aware of what was going around not just locally but also around the country or even the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0f2d8e7f95624de5db2f822353f965a6 wp-block-paragraph\">Photography impacted our view of the world by allowing everyone to not paint a picture in their head but to see it in the real-time moment. In many respects, this brought about a period of social change, we were all not so cosseted in our own universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7d7f81bca3629828d564638b0fea704b wp-block-paragraph\">When initially invented the image makers used their tools in many ways as artists had done, portraits landscapes etc. Going forward many photographers decided to use their cameras to document what they deemed to be important enough to capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-167c23c53926e3c84f218572f41f844a wp-block-paragraph\">Things within their communities and beyond,  problems arising and newness. Suddenly, everyone who hadn\u2019t seen far-away realities before could now understand the world better thanks to photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d76ca2ec3d996ba5d3dbeec5a8b932dc wp-block-paragraph\">From social issues to war, via pop culture, to politics, world events and tragedies. These new photographic images changed perceptions forever. This is one of the reasons why the camera became so powerful at the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96059d233f6109898630192761e0a8c4 wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition <strong>NOW FILMING<\/strong> at Four Corners Museum exposes the use of photographs in a time when social issues were still undercover and known by few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f8c62ae3b51aceb4cdbbf4ef1c000829 wp-block-paragraph\">Their collection of photographs were all taken during the 1930s in East London by the Workers Film and Photo League (WFPL), an organisation of filmmakers, photographers, and writers&nbsp;from the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b35f2808146b0bd465fe8608e7505973 wp-block-paragraph\">This group used their camera as a weapon to uncover the social problems that the working class was experiencing at the time, such as hunger, and unemployment but also the impact of the rise of fascism. A lot of marches were made by those experiencing these difficult times, as this one below captured in East London by the Workers&#8217; Camera Club. Photography aimed to make these movements even bigger as well as capture the essence of the march.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4.-Workers-Camera-Club-1935.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4.-Workers-Camera-Club-1935.jpg?resize=580%2C425&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4.-Workers-Camera-Club-1935.jpg?w=945&amp;ssl=1 945w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4.-Workers-Camera-Club-1935.jpg?resize=300%2C220&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4.-Workers-Camera-Club-1935.jpg?resize=768%2C563&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-dded2abd5afa0cb10b01e45568db3eed wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff08\">U.A.B. March East London,&nbsp;Workers&#8217; Camera Club,1935, courtesy of Film and&nbsp;Photo League Archive<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-secondary-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a0f4c3641ea440aab1e1bcb6714d2dbd wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff08\">Through these photographs, the experience can be felt and its impact on reactions during the 30s in London and the<em> <\/em>UK.  Here this picture shows a man grabbing some bread on the floor, this picture screams hunger and poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?resize=580%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?resize=1200%2C750&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/8.-Bread-1935-production-still-1.jpg?w=1299&amp;ssl=1 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-963ed3e845595556aeaff88747df91f2 wp-block-paragraph\">Bread,&nbsp;1934, courtesy of Bishopsgate Institute Special Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-20dea9c5176a69cc87a358aa8f2d0925 wp-block-paragraph\">For a broader look at this uncovering of social problems through photographs, the Turner Contemporary is holding an exhibition, <strong>Resistance<\/strong>, curated by British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist Steve Mcqueen CBE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4968c3c26785e6b7ea607744ce69dd92 wp-block-paragraph\">It covers a much broader period in the UK, from the early 1900s to the early 2000s. From the radical suffrage movement of 1903 to the anti-Iraq war protests of 2003, via the hunger marches of the 1930s, as well as The Battle of Cable Street 1936,(fighting the British Union of Fascists led by Oswald Mosley) amongst many other social movements of the past century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7364075f2b47d4fea4529f6e6ea13ce0 wp-block-paragraph\">Early social movements against fascism were seen in England and The Battle of Cable Street on October 4th 1936 in London was certainly among the most famous. Eddie Worth captured this powerful moment of an anti-fascist demonstrator being arrested during the Battle. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6.jpg?resize=580%2C382&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C507&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1013&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1351&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C792&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1306&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS074_2NG95M6-scaled.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf198d276349be171d238e41cf678606 wp-block-paragraph\">Eddie Worth, An anti-fascist demonstrator is taken away under arrest after a mounted baton charge during the Battle of Cable Street, London, 4 October 1936 \u00a9 Alamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43eeceb003f2e0aab3c15f8d8c165724 wp-block-paragraph\">Another striking photograph available while wandering between the immense collection of Resistance is this powerful image defending LGBTQ+ rights against the section 28 clause(left). This clause forbade local authorities and schools from promoting or teaching LGBTQ+ rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d5d4f8ab6a730a4b6940c0fd411df2f wp-block-paragraph\">The photographer Pam Isherwood, who has made gay rights her social issue to uncover, captured a strong moment, leading to social change decades later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7afbcfece9662d0fe6d973dbba162553 wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, protests against the war in Iraq in 2003; the last event portrayed in the era without digital pictures in <strong>Resistance.<\/strong> Andrew Wiard captured a powerful shot delivering an anti-war message from the perspective of an endless number of people, way past the frame of the image.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=580%2C388&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=1024%2C685&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=768%2C514&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=1536%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=2048%2C1370&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=1200%2C803&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?resize=1980%2C1324&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/RS290_Andrew-Wiard-BW.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-58366020831bd3a669631e24b2c9dc58 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Demonstration against the imminent invasion of&nbsp;Iraq by Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for&nbsp;Nuclear&nbsp;Disarmament and the Muslim Association&nbsp;of Britain, 15 February 2003&nbsp;\u00a9 Andrew Wiard \/ reportphotos.com. Courtesy of&nbsp;Andrew Wiard<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-579f1474580961bd463a17189fa6f93d wp-block-paragraph\">In the morning as we scroll through our phones,  a little more time thinking about this history and the social importance of images may well give a greater context. In a day and age of fake news and AI images, the past has, at least, allowed the truth to be uncovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9ab710cf8c468622e0769e4dc7d6d8ac wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94aef12257f7ee7d354e0e38cd71cdb2 wp-block-paragraph\">NOW FILMING: Art, Documentary and<br \/>Resistance in 1930s East London                                                             (24 January \u2013 22 February 2025), at Four Corners                                         (<a href=\"https:\/\/fourcornersfilm.co.uk\/whats-on\/now-filming-art-documentary-and-resistance-in-1930s-east-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fourcorners.org<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a9325b5fd5cc778a36a379739db34e2 wp-block-paragraph\">Resistance, curated by Steve McQueen (22 February \u2013 1 June 2025), at Turner Contemporary (<a href=\"https:\/\/turnercontemporary.org\/news\/27\/11\/2024\/turner-contemporary-presents-resistance-an-exhibition-curated-by-steve-mcqueen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turnercontemporary.org<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7c5d1cb09b6f0d61a9d08aa1e14aaddb wp-block-paragraph\">If you enjoyed reading&nbsp;The Camera: a Powerful Weapon to Uncover Social Changes then also consider reading&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/a-great-time-to-love-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/grewals-window-to-the-world\/\">Grewal\u2019s Window to the Worl<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/grewals-window-to-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">d<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-63beef45cd12771283a60c948c7307ff wp-block-paragraph\">. 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