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Picturing Urban Regeneration: A Study of Photographers in Liverpool, UK

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This paper interrogates the practices of professional photographers working on commissions associated with urban regeneration. As distinct from analysis of the images that are an outcome of their labour, little is currently known about the knowledges of photographers working in such contexts. Drawing on research with one firm of photographers in Liverpool, UK, the article focuses on the ways in which these cultural producers describe and make sense of their productions vis-à -vis wider regeneration contexts; particular attention is paid to the ways in which they interpret and translate the criteria surrounding commissions into practice. A general contention concerns the photographers’ reflexivity relative to the constraints and affordances they associate with commissioned regeneration work, which sees them operationalising the social visions emanating from clients working in urban policy sector. The article addresses the sets of social practices necessary to secure the conditions for making images in such contested contexts.

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  • Paul Jones, 2013. "Picturing Urban Regeneration: A Study of Photographers in Liverpool, UK," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 18(3), pages 52-62, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:18:y:2013:i:3:p:52-62
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.3062
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