INFO, RESEARCH & NEWS

This page is not yet fully completed! But you might still find it useful in its current state.

This page is intended to act like a subject guide. It contains information and details of recommended resources to support your own further self study in the field of collaborative portraiture and the broader fields that collaborative portraiture sits within. It contains:

• Recommended books and ebooks
• News & Research

Defining the Terms; Collaborative, Participatory and Socially Engaged Photography

It might help to first define a few terms, you have probably come across the terms collaborative, participatory and socially engaged photography already - and if you haven't you soon will! Collaborative portraiture is an approach to portraiture that sits within these broader set of practices.

In reality the terms are often used interchangeably, they are overlapping practices and different practitioners interpret them in different ways, and it's hard to make clear cut definitions. Still it's useful to get a sense of the terms and we provide what we think are some definitions below.

Socially Engaged Photography - Socially Engaged Photography sits within a wider area of Socially Engaged Practice - for a good definition try this concise explanation by The Tate.

Collaborative

Photography as a Social Practice - An archive of research and dialogue around socially engaged photography.

http://www.asocialpractice.com

This website founded by specialists in SEP highlights relevant projects, articles, books and other media. It also includes really great interviews with practitioners, and the founders write about their own experiences navigating contemporary photography with an eye to ethics, representation, power dynamics and social justice. It's no longer currently updated but still a very useful resource.