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Autograph ABP

Autograph ABP works internationally to educate the public in photography by addressing issues of cultural identity and human rights. It achieves this through formal and informal education programmes, exhibitions, publishing, and the creation of an archive of culturally diverse photography that is accessible to the public for research (late 2011).

Established in 1988 with the aim of advocating the inclusion of historically marginalised photographic practices, Autograph ABP also collaborates with peer organisations, nationally and internationally, to develop, exhibit and publish contemporary and historical photography.

'The foundations of Autograph ABP are grounded in identity politics. This political grounding however is not fixed. It shifts and slides and these movements create tension. This tension creates a form of cultural energy throughout the projects we develop. Hopefully this political energy leaves the viewer in a different place, a place that opens up and encourages dialogue. That in essence is the work we do. Debates surrounding race and representation have not always been linked to the question of human rights. I believe that issues relating to visual representation are important and fundamental to human rights. Therefore I'm interested in resisting forms of cultural erasure and making that which is seemingly uncomfortable or unseen visible.' Mark Sealy, Autograph ABP Director