Photography 'rooted' in racist history, claims lecture for TfL by group wanting ... trends now
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An arts project supported by Transport for London (TfL) claims that photography is rooted in 'colonial notions' and has been used for 'power, control and subjugation'.
The claims will be made in a series of lectures exploring how the use of photography was 'informed by white supremacy, anti-blackness and structural racism'.
The programme is being produced by Black Blossoms, an education group which says it wants to 'expand critical and diverse thought that will decolonise and disrupt euro-centric art and creative education'.
The course is titled 'Uncommon Observations: Photography, Image-making, and the Black Diaspora' and is being run as part of TfL's art scheme - Art on the Underground.
The lecture is being supported by Art on the Underground, TfL's art scheme that puts publicly commissioned works into the Tube and stations
The free online course, which will run for four weeks in January, is being taught by black feminist academic
