Shoot it Yourself!

By: Frances Hatherley

The first publication by the left-wing London archive MayDay Rooms showcases examples from the 1930s and 1970s of conscious workers using photography as a tool for solidarity and political understanding.

Kino Bus of the Workers Film and Photography League, London, circa 1934. (MayDay Rooms Archive)

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MayDay Rooms is an archive and library situated in London’s Fleet Street, an area famous for publishing and newspaper printing from the sixteenth century. Within this historic setting, there has been, since 2013, the slightly incongruous and rebellious presence of a collective enterprise celebrating and preserving left-wing history. With a reading room and event space, […]

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MayDay Rooms is an archive and library situated in London’s Fleet Street, an area famous for publishing and newspaper printing from the sixteenth century. Within this historic setting, there has been, since 2013, the slightly incongruous and rebellious presence of a collective enterprise celebrating and preserving left-wing history. With a reading room and event space, […]

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MayDay Rooms is an archive and library situated in London’s Fleet Street, an area famous for publishing and newspaper printing from the sixteenth century. Within this historic setting, there has been, since 2013, the slightly incongruous and rebellious presence of a collective enterprise celebrating and preserving left-wing history. With a reading room and event space, […]

MayDay Rooms is an archive and library situated in London’s Fleet Street, an area famous for publishing and newspaper printing from the sixteenth century. Within this historic setting, there has been, since 2013, the slightly incongruous and rebellious presence of a collective enterprise celebrating and preserving left-wing history. With a reading room and event space, […]

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