Explore the legacy and enduring impact of Ten.8, a photography journal that ran from 1979–1992 and emerged from the Midlands’ radical cultural and political landscape.

Founded in Handsworth in 1979 amid major social and political change in Britain, the journal offered new ways of thinking about photography’s social, cultural and political responsibilities – influenced by the Brixton uprisings, Thatcherite neoliberal reforms, and the rise of Black British cultural politics. Ten.8 also engaged with global conversations around feminist movements, gay and lesbian rights and struggles against apartheid, colonialism, and state violence.