Dates:
1 Oct 2024 - Ongoing
Location:
London, Walsall, Online
Between 2024 and 2026, ICF, in dialogue with Ten.8 editors Derek Bishton and Darryl Georgiou, are delivering a series of activities addressing the legacy of Ten.8 and exploring its contemporary relevance.
About Ten.8
Launched in 1978, Ten.8 provided a forum for West Midlands-based photographers to come together, share images and exchange ideas. It quickly became a national and then internationally-focused publication and was described by key Cultural Studies scholar Stuart Hall as “the journal which has most systematically explored the relationship between how we represent the world photographically, the knowledge which these images produce and their implications for power and politics”.
Ten.8 in Focus: The legacy of Black Image and Body Politics
9 October 2024 – 23 February 2025
The Photographers’ Gallery
This exhibition celebrates the renowned photography journal Ten.8 and its wider influence. It brings into focus two editions of Ten.8, Black Image (1984) and Body Politics (1987), by activating this rich history through text, design and archival material. Using these two issues as a departure point, this exhibition aims to open up a wider conversation about the legacy of Ten.8 and its exploration of the photographic medium.
Quotes are included from both issues by cultural and artistic luminaries such as Barbara Kruger, C L R James and Stuart Hall, and photographs by David A Bailey, Derek Bishton and Horace Ové. These are accompanied by material from The Photographers’ Gallery’s Archive related to these issues and to corresponding exhibitions presented at the Gallery: Staying on: Immigrant Communities in London (1984) and The Body Politic: Re-Presentations of Sexuality (1987).
Ten.8 In Focus: The legacy of Black Image and Body Politics offers a snapshot of the dynamic and multifaceted ways in which Ten.8 explored ideas around power, representation, race and photography. This examination of the journals demonstrates how pivotal and ahead of its time Ten.8 was during the 1980s and considers the ongoing relevance of these texts and images.
The exhibition is curated by Ten.8 editors Derek Bishton and Darryl Georgiou. It is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery and International Curators Forum (ICF). It marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Black Image issue. Exhibition design is by Darryl Daley.
Between 2024 and 2026, ICF, in dialogue with Ten.8 editors Derek Bishton and Darryl Georgiou, are delivering a series of activities addressing the legacy of Ten.8 and exploring its contemporary relevance.
About Ten.8
Launched in 1978, Ten.8 provided a forum for West Midlands-based photographers to come together, share images and exchange ideas. It quickly became a national and then internationally-focused publication and was described by key Cultural Studies scholar Stuart Hall as “the journal which has most systematically explored the relationship between how we represent the world photographically, the knowledge which these images produce and their implications for power and politics”.
Ten.8 in Focus: The legacy of Black Image and Body Politics
9 October 2024 – 23 February 2025
The Photographers’ Gallery
This exhibition celebrates the renowned photography journal Ten.8 and its wider influence. It brings into focus two editions of Ten.8, Black Image (1984) and Body Politics (1987), by activating this rich history through text, design and archival material. Using these two issues as a departure point, this exhibition aims to open up a wider conversation about the legacy of Ten.8 and its exploration of the photographic medium.
Quotes are included from both issues by cultural and artistic luminaries such as Barbara Kruger, C L R James and Stuart Hall, and photographs by David A Bailey, Derek Bishton and Horace Ové. These are accompanied by material from The Photographers’ Gallery’s Archive related to these issues and to corresponding exhibitions presented at the Gallery: Staying on: Immigrant Communities in London (1984) and The Body Politic: Re-Presentations of Sexuality (1987).
Ten.8 In Focus: The legacy of Black Image and Body Politics offers a snapshot of the dynamic and multifaceted ways in which Ten.8 explored ideas around power, representation, race and photography. This examination of the journals demonstrates how pivotal and ahead of its time Ten.8 was during the 1980s and considers the ongoing relevance of these texts and images.
The exhibition is curated by Ten.8 editors Derek Bishton and Darryl Georgiou. It is a collaboration between The Photographers’ Gallery and International Curators Forum (ICF). It marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of the Black Image issue. Exhibition design is by Darryl Daley.
Dates:
1 Oct 2024 - Ongoing
Location:
London, Walsall, Online
Ten.8 Research & Curatorial Fellowship
ICF is excited to announce that Pelumi Odubanjo has been selected for ICF’s Ten.8 Research & Curatorial Fellowship. Beginning in October 2024, Pelumi will undertake this 18 month fellowship, during which she will be supported by the ICF team to engage with the archive of Ten.8 magazine to inform the development of a series of project outputs between 2024 and 2026. This includes curating an event at The Photographers’ Gallery in February 2024 and curating a major exhibition on the legacy of Ten.8 at The New Art Gallery Walsall opening in Spring 2026.
Pelumi Odubanjo is a curator, writer, and researcher based between London and Glasgow. Pelumi works with photographic archives, artists and cultural artefacts to create and explore dialogues across global Black diasporas and geographies.
This Fellowship is made possible with support from The Foyle Foundation and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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