Parents Must Unite + Fight.
A new book, Parents Must Unite + Fight. Hackney Flashers: Agitprop, Work, and Socialist Feminism in England, edited and curated by Camille Richert is out now.
The book is the first monograph to bring together all three of the Flashers’ significant projects: ‘Women and Work’ (1975), ‘Who’s Holding the Baby’ (1978), and ‘Domestic Labour and Visual Representation’ (1980). It brings to the forefront the campaigning nature of the collective’s work, which denounced wage inequality and sexism.
The book includes English and French text. It was launched in Paris at the Pernod Ricard Foundation on 1 February 2025.
London Book launch
There will be a UK launch of the book on 19 March 2025 at the French Institute. The event coincides with Tate Britain’s current major exhibition The 80s: Photographing Britain, which includes work by the Hackney Flashers. (The exhibition is on untill 5th May 2025). The launch also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Flashers’ first exhibition, ‘Women and Work’.
At the book launch, curator and author of the book, Camille Richert, and curator Georgia René-Worms will speak about their research on the Hackney Flashers. They will be joined by Patrizia di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography at Birkbeck, and Hackney Flasher, Michael Ann Mullen.
The event is on the 19th March 2025 at the French Institute, 17 Queensbury Place, London SW7 2DT. It is open to the public but you must book. Book your tickets here.
Order your copy of Parents Must Unite + Fight by Camille Richert here. You can also order exclusive activist t-shirts featuring Hackney Flasher slogans – still relevant today – at the link!
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