14/10/2026
Meet Stefan Caussero, our new Copyright and Digitisation Officer for Living Legacies: Collaboration, Community and Radicality! 👋 Stefan “happily deals with everything related to copyright.” He leads on rights clearance, data protection and open-access compliance, and helps us preserve Global Majority art histories through digitisation.
His pick from the Stuart Hall Library is Ever Young by James Barnor 📚:
"What I admire most about James Barnor’s photography is his ability to create a complete universe within a single frame. His photographs are often regarded as important historical documents because he captured Ghana and Britain during periods of profound social change. Yet what attracts me is not only their documentary value. In each image, Barnor creates a world that feels open, optimistic and full of possibility. Whether he is photographing people in Accra, fashion models in London, families, musicians or friends, his subjects are presented with confidence, elegance and a strong sense of human connection. They are never passive objects in front of the camera. Instead, they fully inhabit the frame. There is a remarkable generosity in Barnor’s gaze. To me, his photographs invite the viewer in rather than keeping them at a distance as a mere observer; he makes the viewer part of the process. Looking at Barnor’s photographs, I often find myself imagining what it would have been like to be present in that place and time. More than almost any other photographer I know, he can create a powerful sense of belonging."
Living Legacies is a transformative four-year project rooted in the legacies of Global Majority artistic practice. It activates iniva’s unique visual arts archive centred on radical global art histories and reconnects it with contemporary communities in Westminster, Lambeth and Southwark through co-created exhibitions, events, podcasts and digital resources. The project foregrounds identity, belonging and cultural memory through intergenerational partnerships with young people (16–25) and older adults (65+), artists, educators and grassroots organisations.
Living Legacies is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
