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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.

14/01/2025

We welcome our new guest exhibition PLASTIC CONTROL by William Lakin which opens on Weds 15 Jan. This is part of an on-going interdisciplinary research project on the subject of online conspiracy theory communities.
Open 11.00 - 18.00
Weds 15 to Saturday 18 Jan.
FREE
PV: 18.00 - 21.00 Weds 15 Jan.

10/12/2024

Open from tomorrow Weds 11 December Tomasz Laczny’s project ‘Erna Helena Ania’ delves into his family history, uncovering the hidden story of his German grandmother whose forbidden love with a Polish man during WWII led to her imprisonment and the traumatic birth of Laczny’s mother.
Open 11.00 - 18.00
Weds 11 - Saturday 14 December.
FREE

26/11/2024

We are recruiting to our Board of Trustees.
Do you have an interest in socially-engaged photography and film-making? Do you want to contribute your skills in marketing, HR, EEDI or curation to an organisation with a 50 year radical legacy in East London?
Apply before 2nd December with you CV and expression of interest.

19/11/2024

The Magic Money Tree opens tomorrow Weds 20th November and runs to 30th November, 11.00 - 18.00 Weds to Sat. FREE. Four Corners Gallery.
Book published by also available!

08/10/2024

We are excited to announce a new commission opportunity providing three photographers with £3000 towards the completion of a project on the theme of ‘Working Lives’, with an exhibition at Four Corners in April 2025. See link in bio for further details.

24/09/2024

Upcoming events!! 📢
ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners' Strike 1984-85

Talks and screening of feature doc 'Strike: An Uncivil War' at BLOC Cinema, Queen Mary University of London

Find out more! https://www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk/whats-on/one-year-photographs-from-the-miners-strike-1984-85

Image: Women’s’ picket at Bevercotes Colliery, night shift, 11pm. Nottingham, February 1985. © Brenda Prince

23/09/2024

Looking for an exhibition space in October? We have a short notice cancellation offer for 22- 28 October & 29 Oct - 4 November. 10% discount on each slot or 20% for both weeks! DM or email via website for further details!

18/09/2024

INSTALLATION WEEK! Interesting selection of ephemera for The Miners’ Strike exhibition on loan from including a dart board and some loo roll 🎯 🧻

Exhibition opens to the general public this Friday 20th September until Saturday 19th October 2024.

Gallery opening times are Weds-Sat, 11-6pm. Come on down!

Books from available to buy throughout including ‘One Year: Photographs from the Miners’ Strike 1984-85’ 📚

16/09/2024

Opening this Friday 📣⁠
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ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners’ Strike 1984 – 85⁠
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On tour from  , the exhibition looks at the central role photographs played during the year-long struggle against pit closures, with many materials drawn from the Martin Parr Foundation collection. ⁠
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With photographs by Brenda Prince, John Sturrock, John Harris, Jenny Matthews, Roger Tiley, Imogen Young and Chris Killip, as well as Philip Winnard who was himself a striking miner. ⁠
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The exhibition also launches a new book, ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners’ strike 1984-85, published by ⁠
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Follow the link in our bio to find out more.⁠

Image: Durham Miners’ Gala, 1984. © Chris Killip Photography Trust - Magnum Photos

09/09/2024

One Year! Photographs from the miners’ strike 1984 - 85 is now available for pre-order from Bluecoat Press.

For the next 10 days, Bluecoat newsletter subscribers can enjoy an exclusive discount on pre-orders: £5 off the book and £10 off the Special Edition print. This offer runs until the book’s launch at the Four Corners exhibition on September 19th.

Sign up for Bluecoat’s newsletter to receive the exclusive discount codes.

Sign up link — bluecoatpress.co.uk/subscribe/

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Copyright: Brenda Prince
Copyright: Chris Killip
Copyright: Neville Pyne

04/09/2024

RECRUITING NOW - DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Do you live in Tower Hamlets, and are interested in history, film or photography? We are looking for participants to explore local histories, learn new skills, and make short films inspired by archive collections.

As part of our ongoing East End Stories programme, this autumn we begin two projects and as a participant you will:

✅ learn archival skills
✅ learn how to edit on premiere pro
✅ learn how to conduct oral history recordings
✅ learn about Super 8mm filmmaking

No previous experience necessary

🔗 Link in bio for more information and application form

⏰ Deadline extended to Monday 9th September

03/09/2024

We are delighted to welcome Portrait of Humanity to Four Corners gallery. The three winning series and 30 single images winners will be part of a global touring exhibition.
Open 11.00 - 18.00, Weds to Saturday.
04 - 14 September 2024.
FREE

30/08/2024

New Exhibition 📣⁠
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ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners’ Strike 1984 – 85 explores the vital role that photography played during this bitter industrial dispute. ⁠
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To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike, Four Corners is delighted to tour this exhibition from the . One of Britain’s longest and most violent disputes, the repercussions of the miners’ strike continue to be felt today across the country. ⁠
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The exhibition looks at the central role photographs played during the year-long struggle against pit closures, with many materials drawn from the Martin Parr Foundation collection. Posters, vinyl records, plates, badges and publications are placed in dialogue with images by photographers, investigating the power and the contradictions inherent in using photography as a tool of resistance. They include photographs by Brenda Prince, John Sturrock, John Harris, Jenny Matthews, Roger Tiley, Imogen Young and Chris Killip, as well as Philip Winnard who was himself a striking miner. ⁠
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Exhibition opens on 20th September! ⁠
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The exhibition also launches a new book, ONE YEAR! Photographs from the Miners' strike 1984-85, published by ⁠
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Follow the link in our bio to find out more.⁠
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Image: ⁠
Miners’ strike 1984 mass picket confronting police lines, Bilston Glen, Scotland. Miner Norman Strike at the front. © John Sturrock/Reportdigital.co.uk

27/08/2024

RECRUITING NOW!
Do you live in Tower Hamlets, and are interested in history, film or photography? We are looking for participants to explore local histories, learn new skills and make short films inspired by archive collections.

As part of our ongoing East End Stories programme, this autumn we begin two projects:

Four Corners Film Workshop:

To celebrate Four Corners’ 50th anniversary, this project looks at its early history of radical, social filmmaking practice in the 1970s and 80s. This will include a focus on films ‘Nighthawks’, ‘Bred and Born’, ‘A Kind of English’, and young people’s workshop films such as ‘Don’t Think So’ and ‘Is That It?’

The project will offer participants skills training in oral history recording, archival research, Premiere Pro edit training and the opportunity to create short films.

Workers Newsreel Project:

The Workers Film & Photo League (WFPL) was a group of radical amateur filmmakers and photographers, active in East London during the 1930s. Their films offer a unique picture of working class lives, resonating with today’s concerns of food poverty, work precarity and the cost of living crisis.

Participants will explore the history of the WFPL, and create their own Super 8mm films edited on Premiere Pro, to be exhibited at Four Corners in 2025. The project will be co-led by Sam Stevens of the Film & Photo League Archive.

🔗More info and application form at the link in the bio, under ‘Projects’

🗓️ Deadline for apps: Friday 6th September 2024

23/08/2024

have been working closely with on a new publication based on the MPF exhibition ‘ONE YEAR - Photographs of the Miners’ Strike 1984-85’. This exciting collaboration coincides with the show touring to our very own gallery at Four Corners - opening on 19th September!

Marking the 40th anniversary of one of Britain’s longest and most bitter industrial disputes, the book and exhibition explore the vital role photographs played during the year-long struggle against pit closures.

More info coming soon! 👀

Image 1 - THE DIRTY THIRTY plate,

Image 2 - photo of the ONE YEAR Miners’ Strike exhibition at MPF, 2024

Image 3 - SAVE OUR PITS, SUPPORT THE MINERS’ STRIKE poster. Photos by G.M. Cookson & John Harris. Poster printed by Blackrose Press in support of the Kent NUM.

09/08/2024

Following a hugely popular extended run, Saturday 10 August (tomorrow) is the FINAL DAY to catch our current exhibition, 'I Am Who I Am Now: Selections from the Bengali Photo Archive'.

We're open until 6pm.

You can continue to explore the archive after the exhibition ends at bengaliphotoarchive.co.uk

04/08/2024

Throughout our current exhibition, our incredible team of Bengali Photo Archive volunteers are sharing their insights into the collection. Here’s Tanbir Mirza-Baeg on the beauty of domestic details.

Through the many photos submitted to the Bengali Photo Archive, what stands out in the domestic photos is the wallpaper in the background. These wallpapers would usually be bright floral patterns, reflecting their own fashion style. This style of floral wallpaper is something that continues to be chosen in the home today, showing that while things have changed over many years, they still stay the same in certain ways to this day.

Viewers of the exhibition have pointed out that while the photos aren’t from their family albums, they find that they can relate to these kinds of domestic photos and feel that they recognise themselves as if the photos were taken in their homes.

Photos by
Shahnaz Siddiqa-Baeg
Tom Learmonth
Shaira Jahan
Julie Begum

You can explore the entire Bengali Photo Archive at bengaliphotoarchive.co.uk

03/08/2024

Throughout our current exhibition, our incredible team of Bengali Photo Archive volunteers are sharing their insights into the collection. Here’s Tanbir Mirza-Baeg on his newfound role as family archivist:

When I joined as a volunteer at Four Corners for the Bengali Photo Archive, I wanted to initially learn about the history of the Bengali community in the Tower Hamlets area. This then led me to the decision to archive my family’s photos.

My mum lived in Tower Hamlets for 10 years of her life during the 80s and she had many albums documenting her life. After scanning and cataloguing the photos, it wasn't too long ago that I also recorded an oral history interview with her as well, where we talked about her life back then.

Taking on the role of the family archivist has given me the aim to preserve my family history by making it as tangible as possible. It’s a see-saw act of taking the physical and bringing them to a digital space, while also taking the digital and bringing them to a physical space.

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As part of our current exhibition, Tanbir has also curated a display of personal items from his grandfather’s archives. You can read more about his fascinating story in an article written by Tanbir and edited by edited by Aanchal Malhotra for the Museum of Material Memory: museumofmaterialmemory.com/the-east-pakistan-motor-driving-licence/

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Four Corners believes in film and photography for all. As a registered charity, our work builds upon almost 50 years of radical, socially-engaged approaches to photography and film.

Access to the arts is not equal. We aim to change that. Our training projects enable underrepresented people to gain skills in creative media. We support artists’ development, work with local communities and engage broad audiences through our cultural programme.

Our centre in East London is a creative hub, offering darkroom, studio and film equipment hire, alongside coworking and office space.