Cable and Camera: The Selfie in Handsworth 1970s

Almost 50 years ago in the city of Birmingham, photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon set up a makeshift street studio and invited their neighbors. In 1979 without camera phones, the release of long cables gave participants the power to decide how they wanted to be seen and represented. The main goal of this project was to counter negative media images of Handsworth and its people. Now with

Almost 50 years ago in the city of Birmingham, photographers Derek Bishton, Brian Homer and John Reardon set up a makeshift street studio and invited their neighbors. In 1979 without camera phones, the release of long cables gave participants the power to decide how they wanted to be seen and represented. The main goal of this project was to counter negative media images of Handsworth and its people. Now with