Administrative/biographical history

North Paddington Community Darkroom (NPCD) was a pioneering community photography project established in 1976 by documentary photographer Philip Wolmuth. The project was influential in the community photography movement of the 1970s which saw a convergence of political and artistic concerns whilst drawing on the economic and political upheavals of the decade. The NPCD was later known as Photoworks Westminster.

Scope and content

Archive of the North Paddington Community Darkroom (1979-1998), including exhibition panels of text and photography from the following exhibitions: 510 COMMUNITY CENTRE (B&W photographs and text on thin card; 18 laminated panels) (780mm x 520mm) (1980); SAVE WESTMINSTER SERVICES (B&W photographs and text on card; 7 laminated panels) (780mm x 520mm) 14 panels missing (c1982); FACING DEPORTATION (B&W photographs and text on thin card; 12 laminated panels) (780mm x 520mm) (c1981); KILBURN HOUSING ACTION AREA TENANTS' CAMPAIGN (B&W photographs and text on heavy card with transparent sleeves; 14 panels) (800mm x 500mm) (1979); NORTHERN IRELAND: FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO CIVIL WAR (B&W photographs and text on thin card; 17 laminated panels) (780mm x 520mm) (1979); CAMPAIGN AGAINST NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT (B&W photographs and text on card; 16 laminated panels) (780mm x 520mm) (c1981); THE POINT OF THE PORTRAIT (B&W photographs and text on card; 23 panels) (720mm x 520mm) (1988); PUT YOURSELF IN THE PICTURE: LISSON GREEN YOUTH PROJECT (B&W photographs on heat-sealed foamboard; 14 panels) (600mm x 400mm approx) (1997); PADDINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL PROJECT (B&W photographs and text on foamboard; 3 heat-sealed panels) (780mm x 520mm) (1998); photographs from NPCD exhibitions and other topics, including Greenham Common, squatting/housing, health services, community events and anti-nuclear/anti-racism protests (1977-1984); papers, slides, photographs and audio material from the exhibition, 'My Favourite Photograph' (1987); slides and negatives of NPCD exhibitions and other projects (1977-1984); exhibitions and tape/slides booking book (1980-1984); oversize photographs, including 'Uptown Girls', 1977-1984.

Quantity

4 boxes and oversized items.