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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/museum-of-liverpool-black-histor
 y-month-23-leeroy-through-the-lens/
SUMMARY:Museum Of Liverpool: Museum of Liverpool: Black History Month 23: L
 eeroy Through the Lens
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nLocation: Museum of Liverpool\, Pier Head\n\nDate: Octob
 er 7\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\nGET FREE TICKETS\n\n\nCreative Writ
 ing Sessions with Levi Tafari.\n\nLeroy Cooper’s photography exhibition\
 , Liverpool Through the Lens\, currently on display in The Museum of Liver
 pool\, is a love letter to the city and an evocative and insightful depict
 ion of life in the Liverpool 8 community.\n\nIn July 1981\, just 20 years 
 old\, Leroy was arrested in Liverpool 8. The incident provided a spark to 
 the growing discontent at police discrimination and violence against the b
 lack community in the area\, which led to the first Toxteth uprising. Foll
 owing his arrest\, Leroy pursued a career in photography to counteract the
  negative depictions of Toxteth and the L8 community after 1981\, amassing
  a collection of over a quarter of a million images that documented Liverp
 ool’s people and culture. Beyond photography\, he was a talented perform
 ance poet\, DJ on Toxteth Community Radio\, and a graffiti artist\, known 
 for repainting Toxteth street name signs in the vibrant colours of Rastafa
 ri. Cooper’s creative spirit remained undeterred\, inspiring us all.\n\n
 Amidst all the trials and tribulations of the Liverpool 8 community\, Lero
 y’s lens always focused on the people and the community\, revealing thei
 r strengths and vulnerabilities\, through both happy and sadder times. Ler
 oy was a guest of Writing on the Wall’s festival many\, many times. We w
 ere proud to be invited to the opening of this exhibition in early 2023. I
 n tribute to Leroy’s life and 40-year career WoW and NML are launching 
 ‘Leroy Through the Lens’\, a project that turns the focus on Leroy and
  his work\, through a range of monthly workshops inviting participants to 
 respond to Leroy’s powerful photography through a creative writing. The 
 first session will be led by Leroy’s cousin and internationally renowned
  dub poet and performer\, Levi Tafari.\n\nWe are proud to present this co-
 hosted event with National Museums Liverpool\, as part of our Black Histor
 y Month programme. This is the first of a series of four workshops. Partic
 ipants are welcome to come to this as a stand alone event or book for all 
 four.
LOCATION:Museum Of Liverpool\, Pier Head\, Liverpool Waterfront\, Liverpool
 \, L3 1DG\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom
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