Liz Johnson Artur dissects 25 years of capturing the black British experience.
“Every answer to every question I have starts with a photograph,” Liz Johnson Artur begins, speaking over the phone from her home in south London. “For me a photograph is a way to tell a story.”If you know the beginning the end is no trouble,
The images are arranged thematically, hung across bamboo structures Liz has installed in the gallery. The structures will, over the life of the exhibition, form a backdrop for a series of talks, events, gigs and gatherings. Liz is opening up her show to the community, selflessly giving over space to everyone from experimental musician Nkisi to internet fashion star Miss Jason and PDA’s Ms Carrie Stacks.
I've been based here since pretty much the beginning of my career, so in a symbolic way it feels really important. It's influenced the vibe of the pictures I'm showing and it's made me think about the people I've photographed. Perhaps people that know them will come and see the work. The way I shoot… well a lot of people I've photographed never see the pictures.— it kind of sums up your work really well. The sense of narrative to it, this suspended feeling.
I think we could sum up what I do as creating a space for a community and I'm trying to use the tools I have to represent this community. There's no real definition to this community; it's the people I photograph, the people I meet. The moment happens and I try to catch it. That’s what happened with PDA, I met them about a year ago. I found them so refreshing, it's a generational thing, a London thing, but they have this energy.
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