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Curating Film and Photography of Working Class Culture

Talk by Laura Laffler

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Shipbuilding on the Tyne, 1983 ©Bruce Rae

Curating Film and Photography of Working Class Culture

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Refractive Scotland

29 October 2026

Refractive & AmberSide Present: Curating Film and Photography of Working Class Culture

A presentation and discussion with Laura Laffler, Managing Director of Amber Film and Photography Collective in Newcastle.

A presentation that looks in detail at the work of the Amber film and photography collective over 25 years in capturing the working class culture of the North East of England. The Amber Film & Photography Collective began in London in 1968. The following year they relocated to Newcastle, driven by the founding members’ vision to reconnect with the working-class culture that shaped them.