Event
The Partisan Coffee House: an evening of music, song, poems and celebration
20 May 2017
Four Corners
London, United Kingdom
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Event in the Partisan Coffee House © Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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Young woman activist © Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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The New Left as a publisher: "A movement of ideas" Universities & Left Review magazines with Roger Mayne photography
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Detail from Universities & Left Review © Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
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© Roger Mayne Archive / Mary Evans Picture Library
Talk
The photography of Roger Mayne
23 May 2017
Regular hours
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 121 Roman Road
- London
- E2 0QN
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Buses: D6, 8,
- Tube: Bethnal Green
- Train: Bethnal Green
Event map
The work of iconic British photographer Roger Mayne discussed by Anna Douglas, curator of the current major retrospective at The Photographers Gallery, in conversation with Ian Walker, Emeritus Professor, University of South Wales.
About
The talk is part of the an exhibition running at Four Corners Gallery from 5-27 May. The exhibition shares the fascinating story of the Partisan Coffee House, founded by radical historian Raphael Samuel, cultural theorist Stuart Hall and others. Includes unseen photographs by documentary photographer Roger Mayne, alongside archive material and film clips.
Generously supported by the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust, Laurie McDowell, Birkbeck, University of London, Bishopsgate Institute, Raphael Samuel History Centre, Mary Evans Picture Library, ITN Source, New Left Review and BFI.
