Exhibition: Sebastião Salgado, Genesis at the Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is currently hosting the world premier of Sebastião Salgado’s Genesis. A real gift for the curatorial team, with images this good all they had to do to was hang them.
Man Ray at the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery’s newest offering is a retrospective of Man Ray, perhaps one for the most experimental photographers of the early 20th Century. The exhibition cements the NPG as the premier location to see portrait photography old and new, with the gallery now paying far less attention to other media.
Ansel Adams at the National Maritime Museum
The national Maritime Museum is located in chocolate box Greenwich surrounded by a complex of buildings that have scarcely changed in hundreds of years. Such surroundings make Ansel Adams the perfect photographer to lure the gallery goers to a fairly niche museum.
Interview: Andy Lo Pò
Andy Lo Pò’s portrait ‘Kellie’ immediately grabbed our attention on the cover of East London Photomonth’s 2012 program. We decided to investigate further
Review: 2012 Brighton Photo Biennial
Recently I spent a couple of wet days looking round the 2012 Brighton Biennial. This year the event has been produced and curated by Photoworks, ‘the UK’s leading visual arts agency for photography’, perhaps best known for its eponymous journal. The agenda for the festival is ‘Photography and the Politics of Space’ -’ How...
Exhibition: Mono-C
The acclaimed photographer Robert Frank once compared the nature of black and white photography to that of “the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.”
Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War
As photography ages it may take a greater role within museums, opening up exciting exhibition possibilities. The Imperial War Museum’s Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War is an example of what we might expect in the future.
Last Chance to See: Elliot Erwitt at Chris Beetles
How often do you go to a photography exhibition and spend most of the time giggling to yourself?
Diane Arbus: Affinities at Timothy Taylor Gallery
It would be impossible to display a bigger and more comprehensive Diane Arbus retrospective than 2005’s Revelations at the V&A – thankfully Timothy Taylor Gallery hasn’t tried to.
Another London at Tate Britain: 27/07 – 16/09
Another London sees the capital through the lenses of foreign photographers, many just passing through, but also those who decided to make the great city their home. Some may see the theme as a cash-in on the Olympics, with visitors from around the globe descending and devouring everything ‘London’. Tate’s Photography Curator, Simon Baker, assures...
Festival Focus: The Royal Photographic Society Selected Images: 1854 – 2012
The Royal Photographic Society have brought a great show to Bristol, one that charts its histroy as well as showing current members work. The exhibiton is at 68 the Glass Walk located on the top floor of Cabot Circus, although slightly out of the way the space works incredibly well as a gallery. The simple...
Festival Focus: Jim Naughten ( Talk Photo 09/05)
Bristol’s Talk Photo have arranged a seris of talks for Bristol Festival of Photography. First is Jim Naughten who will be speaking at the RWA on Wednesday 9th May at 6.30pm. A limited amount of tickets are still available. Jim Naughten is a leading UK portrait photographer with his ‘Re-enactors’ seris winning him numerous awards including...