Camerawork Exhibition

Camerawork Darkrooms Derry was established in 1982 in Derry’s Bogside to provide local people with the tools to create their own black and white images. Derry in the 1980s resembled a war zone, and it was against this backdrop that Camerawork photographers began recording everyday life in the city from its citizens’ viewpoint. A huge archive was amassed, numbering several thousand negatives, that provide a fascinating portrayal of a people and place. Picture This allows local people to cast their minds back to a time when everything appeared black and white.