London Photography Exhibitions December
London Photography Exhibitions December 2015
London photography exhibitions this December include Irving Penn: Flowers – a showcase of some fantastic Irving Penn still life work. Read on for more details of these and other London photography exhibitions open now in the capital. Note that some London photography exhibitions are closing soon, more details below.
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Irving Penn: Flowers
Penn is well known for his fashion work and associations with Vogue and Issey Miyake. Though he is known as a fashion photographer, he was, above all, an artist. Penn pushed the boundaries of art as well as fashion. Irving Penn once said that photographing a cake can be artCoined a king of still-life, Penn turned portraits of inanimate objects into an art-form. The skilful arrangement of the still-life compositions are at once spare and highly organised. From the 1980s, Penn turned more to colour portraits of flowers, than people: he recognised the inevitable process of mortality in the perfect bloom also being in a terminal state decay.
Hamiltons present an exhibition which entwines the beauty of nature with Irving Penn’s photographic genius.
Where: Hamiltons.
Ends: Saturday, 16th January.
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Stephen Dwoskin
Closing soon.
Stephen Dwoskin is recognised as an accomplished experimental filmmaker with an intensely personal and subjective style. Vilma Gold showcase some of his photographic work.
Closing soon.
Where: Vilma Gold.
Ends: Saturday, 19th December.
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Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron, born in Calcutta in 1815, took up photography on receiving a camera as a gift from her daughter and son-in law, Julia and Charles Norman. For the next eleven years, until her death, she exploded creatively, by the coercive force of her eccentric personality, she made portraits, using family members, servants and local residents as models. Of the camera, Julia Margaret Cameron wrote, “and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour.” Though considered to demonstrate sloppy craftsmanship by contemporaries. She ignored the critics and deliberately used a soft focus and long exposures, instilling an uncommon sense of breath and life in her pictures.
The Victoria and Albert Museum presents over 100 images to mark two hundred years since Julia Margaret Cameron’s birth. The exhibition includes some some not seen before work.
The V&A Museum is in South Kensington, on Exhibition Road, a few minutes from South Kensington tube station. You might want to combine the exhibition visit with a trip to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, which is a short walk from the museum.
Read on for information on the Julia Margaret Cameron: Influence and Intimacy exhibition on the other side of Exhibition Road, at South Kensington’s Science Museum.
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 14th February.
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Emily Jacir: Europa
Emily Jacir, the Paelstiniain-born photographrer puts on her first UK survey at the Whitechapel Gallery.
“Jacir’s practice is both political and lyrical, often using archival material to explore complex and loaded stories” Evening Standard
The Whitechapel Gallery is around the corner from Aldgate East tube station in the City.
Where: Whitechapel Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 3rd January.
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Thomas Demand: Latent Forms
Closing soon.
Thomas Demand presents a new series of large-scale close-up photographs inspired at the Tokyo offices of renowned architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, or SANAA, observing their working processes.
Sprüth Magers is in Mayfair, a short walk from Green Park tube station. Sushi fans might want to get lunch at nearby Nobu on Berkeley Street after seeing the exhibition.
Closing soon.
Where: Sprüth Magers.
Ends: Saturday, 19th December.
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Voces: Latin American Photography 1988 – 2015
Voces (meaning voices in Portuguese) is an exhibition attempting to explore the wealth of individual expression in Latin American photography. The exhibition includes some of the most influential and recognised photographers of Latin America as well as some emerging artists. Artist exhibited include Anna Bella Geiger, Enrique Metindes, Andrés Durán and Leonora Vincuña.
Michael Hoppen Gallery opens an exhibition which look at Latin America beyond the polarity of the centre and the periphery.
“A new show chronicles the artists, activist and pranksters who have shaped an entire continent” Guardian.
The Michael Hoppen Gallery is in Chelsea, just off the King’s Road, a short walk from South Kensington tube station or slightly further from Sloane Square. Famously, Michael Hoppen whose passion for photography is partly historical, never thought it would be a business on opening the gallery. 23 years later it is clear he was mistaken!
Where: Michael Hoppen Gallery.
Ends: Saturday, 9th January.
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The Photographers
Closing soon.
Beetles+Hexley teams up with Osborne Samuel Gallery to present spectacular survey of masterpieces by leading international photographers . The presentation goes from present day right back to 1910 and includes the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Garry Winogrand, Richard Avedon, David Bailey and Erwin Blumenfeld. Historically important work features, such as Yousuf Karsh’s 1941 portrait of Winston Churchill. See the teaser trailer on Beetles+Huxley channel.
Beetles+Huxley is just off Piccadilly, close to Fortnum & Mason… you might want to pop in to to do a reccy on their Christmas offerings!
Closing soon.
Where: Beetles+Huxley.
Ends: Wednesday, 23rd December.
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Noémie Goudal: Southern Light Stations
Free admission before 12 noon.
Noémie Goudal’s photography focusses on the interactions at the interface of man and nature or “the organic as “invaded” by the man-made“. The Photographers’ Gallery presents Noémie Goudal’s first major London solo show.
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.
Free admission before 12 noon.
Where: Photographers’ Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January, 2016.
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Julia Margaret Cameron: Influence and Intimacy
Free admission.
Second South Kensington Julia Mararet Cameron exhibition, marking her 200th anniversary. More above on the V&A museum exhibition.
The Media Space at South Kensington’s Science Museum marks Julia Margaret Cameron’s 200th birthday with this exhibition. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the Herschel Album (1864). 94 images which Julia considered to be her finest work.
The Science Museum is on Exhibition Road in South Kensington. Consider stopping for a crêpe on the walk back to South Kensington tube station at Kensington Crêperie after the exhibition.
Free admission.
Where: Science Museum.
Ends: Monday, 28th March, 2016.
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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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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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