The Victoria & Albert Museum in London presents their latest exhibition: ‘Staying Power: Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s-1990s’ that runs from February 16 until May 24. The exhibition focuses on the lives of black Britons from the early 1950s until the late 1990s with work from photographers Al Vandenberg, Dennis Morris, Gavin Watson, Normski, etc.. A seven-year collaboration with the Black Cultural Archives inspired the exhibition that features an intriguing and diverse selection of photographs, predominantly shot by black photographers from their own point of view.

The exhibition ranges from images that explore black cultural identity in Britain in depth, to the presence of style and fashion as expressions of black British identity, along with a focus on music culture. You can expect work by photojournalist Dennis Morris who – as a teenager – toured with Bob Marley and the Wailers in 1973. Other photographers such as Charlie Phillips, Syd Shelton, and Pogus Ceasar are featured with a documentation of the daily struggles black Britons experienced as attitudes towards racism shifted in the 1960s. An example are the race riots in Brixton and Birmingham in the 1980s.

The exhibition features a rich and varying collection and can be visited for free.