Resumen de Un grand oublié de la photographie sociale documentaire britannique: Amber Collective
While British photography has known great success, even renewal, with the advent of Martin Parr, John Davies, Paul Graham and their heirs, it has also put aside certain photographic practices developed in the post-1968 wave. Artistic collectives were a part of the structures sustained and valorized by the organs of public financing, then forgotten or simply ignored by the cultural politics of the Thatcher years. Amber Collective, created by Murray Martin and directed, today, by Graeme Rigby, is an association of artists, poets, directors, and photographers, who have not only known how to promote a certain idea of social photography, but who have equally acquired a far reaching collection of photographs. It is implanted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in order to develop the spirit of the place and a collective memory of the old mining regions. This article studies the issues, the production, and the interests of the Amber Collective, as well as the reasons for its invisibility within the heart of the history of photography.
