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Magnum & BJP Professional Practice Series: NGOs, Social Practice and Advocacy
24th – 25th November 2018 9.30am to 5pm Learn how Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are using photography and visual storytelling in their work and what they are looking for from […]
The Social: Framing Other People, The Photographers’ Gallery
22 March 2018 18.30 Join artist Anthony Luvera and activist Edward Whelan for our regular bar night for photographers and artists offering tips on a theme. Tonight our speakers address […]
Taking Part Talks, Photofusion
Taking Part, Photofusion
22 February to 17 March 2018 Photofusion, 17a Electric Lane, London SW9 8LA An exhibition of socially-engaged photography curated by Anthony Luvera featuring the work of Eva Sajovic, Gemma-Rose Turnbull, […]
Frequently Asked Questions, Museum of Homelessness, Tate Liverpool
22 – 28 January 2018 Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool L3 4BB I’m homeless and have no money – Where can I go for something to eat […]
Young People’s Guide to Self-portraiture, National Portrait Gallery
In the summer of 2016, Anthony Luvera collaborated with a group of eight young people aged 16-21 years to research self-portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. Out of this research […]
Let Us Eat Cake (2017)
10 Nov – 23 Dec 2017 Belfast Exposed, 23 Donegall Street, Belfast BT1 2FF In 2017 the rights of LGBTQ+ people across the United Kingdom may appear to be equal […]
letuseatcake.blog
letuseatcake.blog charts the process of Anthony Luvera and a group of seven LGBTQ+ people as they create work for Queer Visions of Peace, a project that celebrates the queer communities […]
Love Happens Here
5 July to 28 July 2017 City Hall, The Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA An exhibition celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. This exhibition recognises the historic […]
Photo50: Gravitas, curated by Christiane Monarchi
18 – 22 January 2017 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1 0QH Featuring the work of Madison Blackwood, Bronte Cordes, Sian Davey, Sophie Green, Frances […]
Engaged Urbanism
Edited by Ben Campkin and Ger Duizings I.B. Tauris, 2016 ‘Engaged Urbanism showcases the exciting ways in which urbanists are responding to this question and working towards fairer cities. […]
Elephants in the Room Symposium at The Photographers’ Gallery
19 November 2016 10.00 – 20.00 A symposium bringing together different generations of artists, cultural theorists and activists to look at feminist issues in art practice. A deliberate departure […]
Subject of Study: Collaboration in Research and Artistic Practice
Thursday 17 November 2016 12:00 – 19:00 ‘The Subject of Study – Collaboration in Research and Artistic Practice’ is explores research collaborations in academic and artistic practice. The conference opens […]
Participatory Photography: A Practice Showcase, Brighton Photo Biennial 2016
Sunday 2 October 2016 11.00 – 12.30 Presentations and chaired panel discussion with artists discussing different approaches to participatory practice, showcasing a diverse range of Photoworks projects. Anthony Luvera reflects on […]
Street Photography and the Art of Capturing the Crowd, at the Royal Academy of Arts
25 – 26 June 2016 Royal Academy of Arts The depiction of everyday street life and capturing the energy of life on the street has pre-occupied artists for centuries. From […]
Who Empowers Whom? The Powers at Play in a Participatory Photography Practice, at Open Engagement 2016
29 April – 1 May 2016 Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street (at 10th Street), Oakland, California 94607 ‘Who is being empowered? Whose voice is amplified? Who is being […]
Never Apologise, IC Visual Lab, Bristol
9 July to 1 August 2015 IC Visual Lab, 13 West Street, Bristol BS2 0BH Featuring the work of Anthony Luvera, Stefan Ruiz, Sidnay Banks, and Zanele Muholi. Visual narratives […]
In Conversation: Place and Revolution, with Synthia Griffin of Tate Modern
Published by Open Engagement on the In Conversation: Place and Revolution Blog, edited by Gemma-Rose Turnbull 3 April 2015 In Conversation: Place and Revolution is a series of blog posts […]
Assembly, Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Brighton, 4 – 26 October 2014
Assembly by Anthony Luvera is an exhibition of work created over a twelve-month with people who have experienced homelessness living in Brighton. Assembly consists of a new series of Assisted […]
Look Again at The Photographers’ Gallery
Thursday 22 May, 18.30 Look Again, hosted by Anthony Luvera, invites an intimate group of participants to look intensively at a single photograph they are unfamiliar with and read […]
Is it possible to have a truly reciprocal partnership with a community?
Published by Open Engagement on the 100 Days 100 Questions Blog 8 May 2014 Open Engagement is a free annual conference on socially engaged art, directed and founded by Jen Delos […]
Dialogues and Perspectives, Collaboration in Focus: Anthony Luvera In Conversation with Patrick Fox
Published by Photoworks April 2014 Patrick Fox (PF): Tell me about the invitation to collaborate. How did it come about? What form did the invitation take? Anthony […]
Queer in Brighton
Edited by Anthony Luvera and Maria Jastrzebska, Queer in Brighton explores the untold stories and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* people in Brighton & Hove, past and present. The […]
Not Going Shopping, newspaper
In February 2014 the Collaborative Portraits from not going shopping were exhibited as large-format posters in outdoor public spaces across Brighton & Hove. At the same time, 3,000 copies of the […]
Not Going Shopping, exhibition
In February 2014 Collaborative Portraits from not going shopping were exhibited as large-format posters in outdoor public spaces across Brighton & Hove.
Not Going Shopping (2013-2014)
In June 2013 I was invited to collaborate with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans* people in Brighton to create work about being queer for Queer in Brighton. The invitation […]
Speaking Nearby: Anthony Luvera in Conversation with Chris Wright
Published in Anthropology and Art Practice Edited by Arnd Schneider and Christopher Wright Bloomsbury, 2013 Anthony Luvera (AL): I first began working with people who have experienced being homeless […]
Queer Times for SuperMassiveBlackHole
Guest editor SMBHmag15 Issue 15, 2013 Featuring work by Ami Barnes, Darren Campion, Thomas Hellstrom, Dean Hollowood, Adelaide Ivánova, Patricia Karallis, Michael Koch, Paul Knight, Claudia Moroni, Momo Okabe, Mélanie Pottier, […]
Tools For Sharing: Wendy Ewald In Conversation With Anthony Luvera
Published by Photoworks November 2013 Anthony Luvera (AL): Was there a particular experience in your education or childhood that enabled you to see learning, teaching and participation as tools […]
In My Skin: Michelle Sank In Conversation With Anthony Luvera
Published by Photomonitor September 2013 Anthony Luvera (AL): For over a decade you have photographed children, adolescents and young adults. While you have addressed particular circumstances, experiences and themes – […]
Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography by Colin Graham
Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography by Colin Graham was published by Belfast Exposed in partnership with the MAC on the occasion of the exhibition Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography showing […]
WE, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
The World in London
The World in London presents portraits of Londoners by British and international photographers taken from 2009 – 2012. Each portrait shows a person or people from one of the […]
Populate or Perish
Catalogue Essay Published in Hijacked 3 (Kehrer Verlag) Edited by Louise Clements, Mark McPherson and Leigh Robb 1. The trafficking of photography between the United Kingdom and Australia is […]
The Photographer’s Story
Exhibition Review of Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin at Imperial War Museum, London Published in Source Spring 2012, Issue 70 The ethical landscape of photojournalism is as contested […]
Residency (2006-2011)
I first travelled to Belfast in November 2006. By that time I had spent almost six years compiling photographs made by homeless people living in London. Finding myself in a […]
The Search for Safety
Book review of A Million Shillings, Escape from Somalia by Alixandra Fazzina (Trolley) Published in Source Spring 2011, Issue 66 The ability to travel freely is taken for granted […]
A Personal Story
Book review of The Kaddu Wasswa Archive, A Visual Biography by Andrea Stultiens (Post Editions) Published in Source Spring 2011, Issue 66 “Usually people do not write their own history. […]
A Rocky Boat: reflections on research, process and representation Margareta Kern and Anthony Luvera in conversation
Published in Cities Methodologies Bucharest, 2010 Edited by Ger Duijzings, Simona Dumitriu and Aurora Kiraly Anthony Luvera (AL): What a great recording device you’ve got here. Margareta Kern (MK): […]
Elusive, curated by Sian Bonnell
8 February – 18 March 2011 Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, 45 – 65 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UF Featuring the work of Suky Best, Karen Brett, Kathryn Faulkner, […]
Cities Methodologies Bucharest
An exhibition of works from Residency and Prologue to Isha at The National University of Arts (UNA) in Bucharest, Romania, part of Cities Methodologies Bucharest curated by Aurora Kiraly […]
Residency
Published in Photographies Volume 3 Issue 2 September 2010 Special Issue: Photography, Archive and Memory Guest Editors: Karen Cross and Julia Peck For almost ten years I have been […]
Cities Methodologies London
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Dad’s Clothes – André Penteado
Published in Source Summer 2010, Issue 63 The use of photography to memorialise the death of a relative was widely practiced in the early history of the medium. Post-mortem […]
Fire Scene: Sarah Pickering In Conversation with Anthony Luvera
Published in Hot Shoe Apr-May 2009 Sarah Pickering’s photographs of the training grounds used by the UK law enforcement and emergency services for disaster provision are as much a view […]
Give (2009)
Scandalous Photographs of Children
Book review of The Henson Case by David Marr (Text Publishing) Published in Source Summer 2009, Issue 59 What is an appropriate photograph of a naked child? Who may be […]
Authenticity in Depiction
Exhibition review of Open See by Jim Goldberg at The Photographers’ Gallery Published in Source Winter 2009/10, Issue 61 Open See, recently on show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, […]
A Home for Photo-Theory
Review of Photographies, and Photography and Culture Published in Source Autumn 2008, Issue 56 Photographs are more present than ever before. While it is certain that they will to […]
A Colonial Inception
Book review of Photography and Australia by Helen Ennis (Reaktion) Published in Source Autumn 2008, Issue 56 The charting of Australian photographic history is a largely under-developed project. While […]
Using Children’s Photographs
Published in Source Spring 2008, Issue 54 Anthony Luvera examines a number of projects in which artists have used children’s photographs and the challenges that this work presents. When considering […]
Westminster (2007)
Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits made with residents of King Georges Hostel Victoria exhibited in Westminster Reference Library from 12 to 24 November 2007. Steve Davis, Steve Eaton, Aaron Goosey, Pietro […]
Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits: A public archive? by Karen Downey and Anthony Luvera
Published in Footnotes Edited by Sarah Pierce and Julie Bacon University of Ulster, 2007 ‘Dear Karen, One of the things that strikes me most about the conference is […]
Platform for Art, Art on the Underground
Empowering Photography
Book Review of Towards A Promised Land by Wendy Ewald (Steidl / Artangel) Published in Source Spring 2007 Issue 50 Reviewing a publication by an artist whose practice is […]
The Feminine Ideal
Exhibition review of Being Beauteous at White Space Gallery, London Published in Source Summer 2007, Issue 51 Photography and beauty have always been slippery bedfellows. When William Henry Fox […]
1+1=3, Collaboration in Recent British Portraiture, curated by Susan Bright
20 April to 26 May 2007 Australian Centre for Photography Featuring the work of Emma Critchley, Anna Fox, Sara Haq, Paul Jeff, Wiebke Leister, Anthony Luvera, Melanie Manchot, and Adam […]
‘From today photography is dead: Portraiture in the digital age’ by Michael Desmond
Review by Michael Desmond of Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits exhibited at Fotofreo 2006 Published in Art Monthly Australia Issue 190, June, 2006
Prologue to Isha (2005)
Prologue to Isha is a six-minute DVD video piece presented on a monitor with headphones. This work envelopes my interests in the machinations of the exchange between photographer and […]
Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits
Published in Source, Issue 47 2006 Photographs I had never wanted to photograph homeless people before. I’d read the (de)constructive writings by photo critics on ‘others’, poverty and representation. […]
Stories From Gilded Pavements
Art on the Underground 24 January – 31 March 2005 An exhibition of Photographs and Assisted Self-Portraits across 12 central London Tube stations: Charing Cross, Highbury & Islington, Kings […]
