The Photographers' Gallery Artist Talk: Charlie Phillips
Create a free account to applyHear acclaimed photographer Charlie Phillips discuss the images and stories behind his retrospective, in conversation with Paul Goodwin and chaired by Isaac Huxtable. Explore his photographs of London’s West Indian community, from musicians and parties to families, funerals and cultural traditions.
Join Charlie Phillips and Paul Goodwin in conversation, chaired by Isaac Huxtable, to celebrate Charlie Phillips’ long-awaited retrospective publication, A Grassroots Legacy - 1962-2010. The event offers a rare chance to hear directly from one of Britain’s most acclaimed photographers about the images and stories that shaped his career.
The talk explores Phillips’ work documenting the West Indian community in London across the 1960s, 70s and 80s, alongside the changing city and country around him. It covers his street photography of musicians, street life, parties, families, British Caribbean funerals and cultural traditions, and reflects on how his work captures community, identity and everyday life with lasting historical and artistic importance.
Charlie Phillips, in conversation with Paul Goodwin; chaired by Isaac Huxtable
5 November 2026, 18:30 – 19:45
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£10 standard / £7.50 concession.
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