LSE Library's Autumn/Winter exhibition derives from a collection of photographs and interviews held in the archives. The group responsible for this collection were called Exit and they came together in the 1970s to bear witness to the changes and challenges impacting Britain's inner cities.
Their efforts were published in 1982 as the book Survival Programmes and revealed a country wracked by inequalities and creaking social support services. The interviews and photographs were taken in the mid-late 1970s, illustrating a country in flux where opportunities were hard to come by for many.
Alongside the main story, material from the Child Poverty Action Group, and other campaigns and publications from the early 1980s, contextualise the fissures that Exit documented.
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The Gallery is a small enough space for a 15 minute tour — available on request.
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Exposure and Contrast: LSE Library photo competition
We want to see your images that resonate with the mission and ethos of the Exit Photography Group, to document the human condition. If you have taken photos that reflect social issues, exclusion, inequality, collective memory, or protest, then consider submitting them to this competition.
Find out about our photo competition
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The British Library of Political and Economic Science (@LSELibrary) was founded in 1896, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science. It has been based in the Lionel Robbins Building since 1978 and houses many world class collections, including the Women's Library and Hall-Carpenter Archives.
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