Conflict of everyday lives
The Forum photographic collective was formed two years ago with the aim of moving photojournalism away from an emphasis on war and towards subjects closer to the everyday.
That said, war has a nasty habit of encroaching on the everyday - James Reeve's pictures from a post-Taliban Afghanistan can't help but comment on what's euphemistically known as 'conflict', while Anna Kari's pictures of Romany communities throughout Central Europe chime with our preconceptions of what a war zone might look like.
Still, this is a diverse exhibition that tries to summon up the everyday lives of communities from around the world. Dominick Tyler's pictures capture an indigenous community in Labrador, Canada, caught between old and new worlds.
Horst A Friedrichs presents images from the land between Venezuela and Colombia while, closer to home, MimÌ Mollica documents London's Sicilian community and PÂl Hansen pictures the Orthodox Jewish community in Stamford Hill.
What's more, alongside the 100-plus display, the eight members of the collective are at present in eight regions of
Britain where they are sending back digital images to be displayed on a screen here.
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