Four Corners

Four Corners Film and photography for all. We champion creative expression, education and empowerment.

Our work builds upon almost 50 years of radical, socially-engaged approaches to photography and film.

We’re proud to be part of Backyard Biennial: East, a free, 8-week festival in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery and...
12/05/2026

We’re proud to be part of Backyard Biennial: East, a free, 8-week festival in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery and 40+ local partners across East London

Date: 15 July - 6 September 2026

Join us for an exciting programme of exhibitions, performances, workshops and more, celebrating the histories, communities and creative practices that shape the East End.

Find us throughout the Biennial as we share videos of community gathering, solidarity and protest in collaboration with London Community Video Archive and Oitij-Jo Collective in the Zilkha Auditorium at Whitechapel Gallery.

Our three organisations will also come together for a special screening and discussion event on Wednesday 22nd July at the Zilkha Auditorium. Mark it in your calendars and watch this space for more information.

Read more via the link in our bio.
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Meet another one of our four corners residents!James Whittaker is a documentary photographer, who works in the co-workin...
16/04/2026

Meet another one of our four corners residents!

James Whittaker is a documentary photographer, who works in the co-working space on the third floor. He focuses on long-form, multi-year projects exploring the nature of public space.

@whittakerjd

Tell us a bit about the co-work space?

The third floor is a bit of a sanctuary which helps me compartmentalise work and home life. I keep my equipment there and it acts as a base for scanning, editing, and going out to shoot.

There is a huge diversity of skills in the office – photographers, filmmakers, graphic designers – and always someone to bounce an idea off. There is the right balance of getting your head-down on days where work needs to be done and social, creative interaction over a coffee on the balcony on slower days.

What are you working on at the moment?

I have an upcoming exhibition in the Four Corners Gallery showing a two-year project documenting support for Palestine in East London. It brings together hundreds of expressions of solidarity, from protest and community action to quieter everyday gestures

Your favourite place to eat on Roman Road?

The Globe Town Food Court opposite does amazing khichuri (rice and dahl) with beef jhura (Bengali beef - curried, shredded, then fried) for breakfast and lunch (only £2!). I appreciate curry for breakfast isn’t for everyone, in which case the beef seekh kebab in the evenings is great. Just be careful of the naga! 🌶️ 🥵

Pubs!

Two classic East End pubs – The Florist and The Camel - are less than a 3-minute walk away.

What's your favourite thing about FC?

Four Corners’ exhibitions and associated events are great to have downstairs. Finishing work at 6pm and popping down for an exhibition opening is a unique benefit of being on the third floor.

Our Four Corners Community ....Meet our Garden Office residents Tom and Lucy from Yes Please Productions is a creative...
01/04/2026

Our Four Corners Community ....

Meet our Garden Office residents Tom and Lucy from Yes Please Productions

is a creative agency specialising in visuals for the music industry. This means we work on all kinds of projects and are currently creating screen content for Ed Sheeran's tour which kicks off early next year. We're also finalising some online advertising for the Stranger Things Season 5 Soundtrack, rounding off a fun and varied year.

We asked them for their favourite local locations. Here's what they said...

What's your favourite cinema?

The Genesis on Whitechapel Road. A great independent cinema, the current owners purchased the derelict building in 1999 and transformed it for the local community. It was recently saved from re-development, so hopefully The Genesis can secure its future longer term.



What's your favourite Gallery?

The new-ish Gilbert and George gallery just off Brick Lane on Heneage Street is a fantastic space. The artists have lived and created art from their home in Spitalfields since 1968 so it's really fitting that the gallery opened here.



What's your favourite community space?

Do gig venues count as community spaces?...I f so, shout out to The Seabright Arms, a fantastic pub with a great gig space downstairs featuring regular free gigs that showcase up-and-coming acts.



Where's your favourite place to eat on Roman Road?

We are discovering lots of great food options on the Roman Road, but two particular favourites are the freshly made Gözleme from E&R Natural

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Interested in joining the creative community at Four Corners?

We have a range of spaces available for hire, from co-working spaces, private offices, photographic studios, darkrooms and more.

See the link in our bio for more info or email [email protected] to enquire

UrbanAnalogue is pleased to announce the relaunch of their International Urban Photography Summer School (iUPSS), previ...
25/03/2026

UrbanAnalogue is pleased to announce the relaunch of their International Urban Photography Summer School (iUPSS), previously held at Goldsmiths College for a decade. This intensive summer school is now held in the heart of the London’s East End district at our Film and Photography centre.

Summer School dates are: 17-28 August 2026

UrbanAnalogue took a break during the Pandemic, and now are very much back with an expanded programme, great new partnerships with The International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA), the Urban Photographers Association (UPA), Four Corners, The London Peace Centre, UCL, along with a line-up of outstanding international artists, photographers and research-based urbanists.

The summer school includes practice workshops, lectures, photowalks and tutorials. Participants will produce three small visual exercises focusing on place, people and material cultures. After discussion with their personal tutor, participants will work on a more in-depth visual project examining an aspect of London’s urban life and materiality. These projects will form the basis of an individual portfolio and a pop-up exhibition at Four Corners as part of the Whitechapel Gallery’s Backyard Biennial.

This is a focused and immersive learning experience, and will be of particular interest to artists, photographers, filmmakers, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, geographers, architectural researchers, archivists and those seeking a deeper understanding of, and engagement with the visual cultures of contemporary and historical urban spaces.

Costs are: £1450 with a 10% discount for Four Corners members, plus a further 10% discount for students and those receiving benefits.

For further information and to apply for a place, please contact: [email protected]

Tom Hunter and Leonie Rousham In Conversation Thursday 19 March | 6.30 - 8.30pm Four Corners We are thrilled to be joine...
12/03/2026

Tom Hunter and Leonie Rousham In Conversation
Thursday 19 March | 6.30 - 8.30pm
Four Corners

We are thrilled to be joined by photographer Tom Hunter and filmmaker-archivist Leonie Rousham for the final event in our Story of Squatters exhibition programme.

Drawing on their own experiences of photographing 1990s squatting communities, and housing campaigns today, Tom Hunter and Leonie Rousham will discuss the role of artists in documenting housing activism.

Follow the link in our bio to book. ⬆

Our current exhibition, 'Joyce Edwards: A Story of Squatters' runs until Saturday 21 March.

Photo Credit:
1. Tom Hunter
2. Leonie Rousham

Feminist Squats and Experiments in UtopiaThursday 12 March | 6.30 - 8.30pm Four Corners We are excited to welcome Dr Luc...
07/03/2026

Feminist Squats and Experiments in Utopia
Thursday 12 March | 6.30 - 8.30pm
Four Corners

We are excited to welcome Dr Lucy Brownson to the gallert next week, for our special event 'Feminist Squats and Experiments in Utopia'. An educator, feminist cultural organiser, and lecturer in archival practices at University College London, she joins us to discuss feminist squatting and activism in 1980s North London.
Further guests to be announced soon.

Follow the link in our bio to book. ⬆

Our current exhibition, 'Joyce Edwards: A Story of Squatters' runs until Saturday 21 March.

Photo Credit:
1. Tom Hunter
2. Leonie Rousham
Thursday 19 March | 6.30 - 8.30pm
Four Corners
We are thrilled to be joined by photographer Tom Hunter and filmmaker-archivist Leonie Rousham for the final event in our Story of Squatters exhibition programme.
Drawing on their own experiences of photographing 1990s squatting communities, and housing campaigns today, Tom Hunter and Leonie Rousham will discuss the role of artists in documenting housing activism.

Follow the link in our bio to book. ⬆

This event accompanies our current exhibition, 'Joyce Edwards: A Story of Squatters', which runs until 21 March.

Image: llustration of the South Wales Association of Tenants outside their local council offices, from Women in Collective Action (ed. by Ann Curno, 1982)

This Saturday, join Pete Bishop from Grand Union Housing Cooperative and filmmaker Derek Smith for an informal tour of ...
05/03/2026

This Saturday, join Pete Bishop from Grand Union Housing Cooperative and filmmaker Derek Smith for an informal tour of our Story of Squatters exhibition.

Discover the stories behind the photographs and learn more about how this unique project developed.

Saturday 7 March
2 - 3pm at Four Corners Gallery

Follow the link in our bio to book ⬆

We have a lively programme of free talks, tours and events this month as part of our Story of Squatters exhibition. Here...
01/03/2026

We have a lively programme of free talks, tours and events this month as part of our Story of Squatters exhibition. Here's what's coming up:

March 4 | 6.30 - 8.30PM | Tenants in Revolt
A screening of Tenants in Revolt (1939) and We're Still Here (2021), two films
exploring housing activism in London in the 1930s and today. Followed by a roundtable discussion.

March 7 | 2.00PM | Curators' Tour
Join curators' Derek Smith and Pete Bishop for an informal tour of our Story of Squatters exhibition.

March 12 | 6.30 - 8.30pm | Feminist Squats and Alternative Spaces
Dr Lucy Brownson is an educator, feminist cultural organiser, and lecturer in archival practices at University College London. She joins us to discuss feminist squatting and activism in 1980s North London.

March 19 | 6.30 - 8.30pm | Tom Hunter and Leonie Rousham in Conversation
Drawing on their own experiences of photographing 1990s squatting communities, and housing campaigns today, photographer Tom Hunter and filmmaker-archivist Leonie Rousham will discuss the role of artists in documenting housing activism.

Follow the link in our bio to book. ⬆

We are delighted to launch LONG TAKE, three screening events at Four Corners, and LONG TAKE brings together films by t...
25/02/2026

We are delighted to launch LONG TAKE, three screening events at Four Corners, and

LONG TAKE brings together films by the 1930s Workers’ Film & Photo League with contemporary activist films to explore themes of housing, empire and work.

Screening 1 | Tenants in Revolt
Wednesday 4 March, 6.30-8.30pm, Four Corners

A double bill of the 1939 British Film Unit ‘Tenants in Revolt’ on the Stepney rent strikes, with Melissa Herman& #39;s & #39;We’re Still Here& #39;, about the protests of Focus E15 families, West Ham keyworkers, and Grenwell Tower residents. Followed by discussion with historian Mike Berlin, filmmaker Melissa Herman, and housing activists Truus Jansen and Aysen Dennis.

Screening 2 | Come on Pilgrim
Saturday 14 March, 2-4pm, LUX.

Two Film & Photo League films are brought together with Mars Saude’s ‘Come on Pilgrim’, 2022, and Alberta Whittle’s ‘Lagareh – The Last Born’, 2022, to discuss imperialism, colonialism, migration and identity. Followed by discussion with moving image artist Mars Saude.

Screening 3 | United Voices
Thursday 19 March, 6.30-8.30pm, MayDay Rooms

1930s workers films complement Hazel Falck’s ‘United Voices’, 2020, about strike action of outsourced hospital cleaners, caterers and porters; ‘10 Years of IWGB’, 2023, on the Independent Workers’ union of Great Britain; and ‘Birmingham bin-workers strike’, Reel News, 2026. Followed by discussion with members of the IWGB, video activist Shaun Dey, and Rosemary Grennan of MayDay Rooms.

LONG TAKE is a collaboration between Four Corners, artist and researcher Matthias
Kispert, and artist filmmaker and lecturer Samuel Stevens. It is kindly supported by the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust.

Further information on our bio





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🎬 JUST ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL OUR FILM SERIES 🎬FILM SCREENINGS | 25 FEB | 26 FEB | 27 FEB |Q***R SPACES | WEDNESDAY 25 FEB...
18/02/2026

🎬 JUST ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL OUR FILM SERIES 🎬

FILM SCREENINGS | 25 FEB | 26 FEB | 27 FEB |

Q***R SPACES | WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

Kicking off our mini-series of film screenings, this jam-packed evening of four shorts investigates the importance of exclusively Q***r, Black and Asian spaces in the 1980s and 90s/

- 'The Homecoming: A Short Film about Ajamu', 1995. Director: Topher Campbell.
-'Here and Now: 26.06.1983: Gay Black Group'. Editor Ken Jones.
- 'Brixton Fairies: Made possible by Squatting', 2013. Director: Taha Hassan.
- 'Nighthawks: An Exploration', 2024. Director/editor: Amaia Gonzalez. 6 mins

REFUGE | THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY

An evening of films examining the notion of finding refuge and community in different spaces.

- 'What Future for Haringey?' 1974 Director: Andrew McTaggart.
- 'Notun Din', 1989. Director: Simon Ashdown.
- 'Open Country', 2025. Director: Amaal Said.
- 'Two Hinges and a January King', 2000. Director: Joe Rosen. Run time: 5 min
- 'Polly ll: Plan for a Revolution in the Docklands', 2006. Director: Anja Kirschner.

REBEL D***S | FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY

Join us for a rip-roaring motorbike ride through this documentary following a tight-knit group of friends who met at Greenham Common peace camp and went on to become artists, performers, musicians and activists in London.

- Rebel D***s. 2021 Directors: Harri Shanahan and Sîan Williams

We will be joined by people featured in the documentary and will be serving popcorn and having a little after party, so come and join the fun!

Follow the link in our bio to book ⬆

https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/reclaiming-space-a-series-of-film-screenings-834589?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=odclsxcollection&utm-source=cp&aff=odclsxcollection

Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery, www.filmlondon.org.uk/filmlondon




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