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Marley Starskey Butler and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Circl E, 2022 © Marley Starskey Butler Rachel Segal Hamilton sat down with Marley Starskey Butler last week to talk about [Thirty-Six]( Starskey Butler’s show at Midlands Art Centre exploring family history, foster care and narratives of social work. At a time when numerous photographers – particularly those in their early careers – are making projects about family, it’s refreshing to see work which acknowledges the unknowns and redactions involved with mixed and changing families. “I’m an artist and I’m a social worker but I’m one person… There might be a technical separation but there is not a spiritual separation,” Starskey Butler tells BJP. We also had a visit from photographer Tom Oldham last week, whose [Creative Corners]( initiative continues to deliver second-hand photobooks and equipment to state school photography departments around the UK. Do check it out if you have spares on your shelves. The Portrait of Britain exhibition is entering its third week tomorrow. If you haven’t managed to see the exhibition yet, the 100 winning images will be on JCDecaux UK screens across the country until 04 February. There’s also just two weeks left to submit your work to the [Athens Photo Festival]( on view at the Benaki museum from early June this year. The brief covers all forms of photography, so take a look if you’re working on something exciting. When social work and art-making go hand in hand Informed by their day job as a social worker, Marley Starskey Butler traces a complex upbringing via moving-image, text and photographs [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( © Emma Boittiaux, Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 winner Emma Boittiaux's image is among the 100 winners of Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 In a society where the words care and sisterhood are unquestionably linked with femininity, Emma Boittiaux's winning image is part of the project Take Care Of Your Brother, challenging the rarity of associating care with brotherhood. Words and images shape our perceptions, and amidst global threats to women and LGBTQIA+ rights, a shift in the narrative about masculinity is crucial. Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 winning images will be on show across the UK on JCDecaux digital screens until 04 February while the 200 shortlisted images are featured in the Portrait of Britain Vol. 6 photobook. [Buy the book]( [Build the way you want]( Charles Lee brings Black cowboys to SF Camerawork Making work about California’s Black cowboys, Charles Lee hopes to confront prejudices in American mythology and give viewers a more balanced representation of US history [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( From the Archive | Patricia Voulgaris interrogates angst and rage, and what it means to feel human The photographer’s practice uses gesture and performance to harness the power of anger [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](