The following essay was produced in 2014 and reworked a few years later.
“When a front cover of the photographic journal Camerawork (Figure One) appeared in the 2007 Who We Are: Photographing Britain exhibition at Tate Britain in London, its inclusion appeared to support the idea that documentary photography is an acceptable material for inclusion in a major exhibition of photography.
Moreover, its inclusion within the confines of an internationally important state funded museum, leads one to also suggest that it is considered a work of art rather than a work of photojournalism on display. Following that exhibition, the inclusion of other political art
photographs have been appearing in exhibitions in major galleries including those under the aegis of the state-funded Tate brand…”