London Photography Exhibitions

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London Photography Exhibitions

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There have been a few London photography exhibitions recently with a focus on London as their subject, so for a little change we have added the Shirley Baker exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery. Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men shows postwar Manchester and Salford in a different light – highlighting the resilience of the population during tough times. For something quite different, Beetles+Huxley have a Paulette Tavormina display on. She makes still life images in the style of 17th century Old Masters.

Read on for information on these and some of the other ten best London photography exhibitions on now. Note some London photography exhibitions are closing soon. See below for details.

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Shirley Baker: Women, Children and Loitering Men

Shirley Baker, who died last year, was a photographer who chronicled and celebrated life in the streets of working class Manchester. In fact she was thought to be the only woman practising street photography in postwar Britain. She was active at a time when the slums were being demolished to be replaced by tower blocks. Her work included children playing in the rubble of destroyed houses. It was poignant yet conveyed her gentle humour.

The Photographers’ Gallery exhibition is a documentary depicting the clearance programme in inner city Manchester and Salford between 1961 and 1981. The northern industrial towns were often painted as being grim places full of poverty, privation and unemployment during the mid-twentieth century. Shirley Baker set about dispelling the myth, revealing Manchester from a different angle: she is now credited for both portraying the poverty and the resilience of Britain’s fractured postwar society.

The exhibition includes previously unseen colour images by Shirley Baker, as well as the black and white images she was known for. The display opens on Friday 17th July at the Photographers’ Gallery. The Photographers’ Gallery is by Liberty of London, not far from either Oxford Street or Regent Street. There is a great café which also serves nice salads, tea, coffee and cakes.

Where: The Photographers’ Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 20th September, 2015.
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More information: The Photographers’ Gallery.

Paulette Tavormina

Paulette Tavormina is an American photographer best known for her still life work inspired by seventeenth century Dutch, Spanish and Italian Old Masters. Her images are an intensely personal interpretation of timeless, universal stories.
The Beetles+Huxley exhibition showcases her skills in lighting and technique.

Beetles+Huxley is just off Piccadilly, close to Piccadilly tube station and a few minutes from Fortnum & Mason.

Where: Beetles+Huxley.
Ends: Saturday, 25th July, 2015.
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More information: Beetles+Huxley.

Captain Linnaeus Tripe: Photographer of India and Burma, 1852-1860

Captain Linnaeus Tripe was a British, Victorian photographer, a pioneer in photography, was best known for the photographs he made in India and Burma on show in this exhibition. The exhibition features 60 images from paper negatives or calotypes.

“Trip is remarkable for the respect with which he treats the structure of indigenous cultures” FT.

“They’re stunning pictures, but they were tough to get, […] it was a real labour of love.” – Roger Taylor, exhibition curator.

The Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum is in South Kensington, five minutes walk from South Kensington tube station and a short walk from Hyde Park.

Where: V&A Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 11th October, 2015.
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More information: V&A Museum.

Tomoko Yoneda: Beyond Memory

Tomoko Yoneda is considered one of the greatest photographers of her generation in Japan. She adopts an investigative approach to her artistic practice: “awakening memories and feelings related to events from the past, providing the viewer with a moment of deep meditation.” according to Giulia Mutti, AnOther Magazine. She counts her early interest in journalism as a major influence.

“Yoneda seduces us with her images and on first viewing it is easy to miss the clues to the other narratives within the pictures. After reflection we realise that these photographs depict something more complex and troubling.” – Grimaldi Gavin

The Grimaldi Gavin Gallery is in Mayfair, close to Berkeley Square and a short walk from Green Park tube station.

Where: Grimaldi Gavin Gallery.
Ends: Friday, 7th August, 2015.
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More information: Grimaldi Gavin.

Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon

Fascinating exhibiton, illustrating the life of legend Audrey Hepburn with prints from Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Terry O’Neill, Norman Parkinson and Irving Penn.

The National Portrait Gallery Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum is on St. Martin’s Place, in the West End, between Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square.

Where: National Portrait Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 18th October, 2015.
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More information: National Portrait Gallery.

Beneath the Surface

Beneath the Surface was commissioned by Photo London 2015 at Somerset House, and was the highlight exhibition of the whole fair. The exhibitions showcases more than 200 works from the Victoria & Albert Museum archives. The works include images from William Strudwick, Victor Prout and Charles Thurston – pioneers of early photography. The exhibition is not limited to the 19th century though; the work of Thurston Hopkins, John Gay and Brassaï is also displayed. The name of the show ‘Beneath the Surface’ is a metaphor reflecting the depth of the V&A collection.

“What’s most impressive about this collection is the sheer range of work on display” Aesthetica

Somerset House is on the Strand, by Waterloo Bridge and a couple of minutes walk from Covent Garden.

Where: Somerset House.
Ends: Monday, 24th August, 2015.
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More information: Somerset House.

London Dust

Free admission
London dust is a small exhibition of photographs and films reflecting on recent changes in London. Addressed are the social changes brought about by the 2008 Financial Crisis and the ever evolving face of London through redevelopment.

The Museum of London is a short walk from Barbican tube station.

Where: Museum of London.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January, 2016.
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More information: Museum of London.

Christina Broom: Soldiers and Suffragettes

Free admission
Christina Broom is considered the United Kingdom’s first, female, professional press photographer and her work from the early 20th century on show in this exhibition reveals her unique observations of London at that time. the work on show, developed from a private collection of over 300 glass plates includes fantastic Suffragettes processions and events.

This exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, is the first ever exhibition dedicated to the photography of Christina Broom 70 years after her death.

“The pioneer finally gets the exhibition she deserves” – Independent.

Images include a portrait of King Edward VII with the Royal Family (including future King George V, grandson of Queen Victoria and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II) at the Duke of Yorks’ School in Chelsea from 1908.

There is a special event next Thursday (25th June): Christina Broom: Close Up, at the Museum of London, Docklands. Tickets can be bought in advance (discount code available).

The Museum of London Docklands is right by West India Quay in the Docklands tube station and only moments from Canary Wharf.

Free admission
Where: Museum of London Docklands.
Ends: Sunday, 1st November, 2015.
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More information: Museum of London.

Victorian London in Photographs

Free admission
Victorian London in Photographs presents some of the most striking images, in stunning detail, from the dawn of photography, during Queen Victoria’s reign.

On show is the first known photograph taken in London, the opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, the first tube line and life on London’s streets during the times of Dickens.

There is a special tour of the exhibition, with the curator, next month.

London Metropolitan Archives is in Clerkenwell. Stop by nearby Exmouth Market for a coffee any day or for specialist food market on Thursdays and Fridays.

Free admission
Where: London Metropolitan Archives.
Ends: Thursday, 8th October, 2015.
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More information: London Metropolitan Archives.

Revelations: Experiments in Photography

The Science Museum follows on from the Drawn by Light exhibition, which showcased over 150 years of photography from the Royal Photographic Society archive. Revelations while covering a similar period has a scientific focus, exploring the role of photograph in Science and “featuring some of the rarest images from the pioneers of photography”.

“The curators should be commended for making this potentially overwhelming subject into a show that engages on many levels, social, scientific, historic, and visual”. Telegraph

Where: Science Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 13th September, 2015.
See our recently updated page on London Photography Galleries to compliment this post on London Photography Exhibitions for information on opening times and maps.
More information: Science Museum.

That’s it for this week’s London Photography Exhibitions, look out for next week’s list of London Photography Exhibitions!

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