London Photography Exhibitions October 2016
London Photography Exhibitions October 2016
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London photography exhibitions this October have an international feel. The black and white social documentary images of Mali’s most influential photographer feature at an exhibition at Somerset House. Meanwhile, documentary photography is the theme of an exhibition at Michael Hoppen Gallery in Chelsea. Controversial Japanese photographer presents recent work at Hamiltons Gallery in Mayfair, while around the corner, Osborne Samuel displays iconic fashion photography by Erwin Blumenfeld. The two industrial landscape Edward Burtynsky displays continue at Flowers Gallery in Shoreditch while the Photomonth festival runs on in East London. Read on for opening times and closing dates of these and all the other October London photography exhibitions.
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Malick Sidibé: The Eye of Modern Mali
Free admission.
Malick Sidibé, probably Mali’s most famous photographer, rose to fame by producing his black and white captures of popular culture in Bamako, which is Mali’s largest city. Sidibé won many awards during his life, most noteworthy are the Hasselblad Award for photography and the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale. Malick Sidibé’s Bamako work from the 1950s to 1970s chronicles Mali’s transformation from a French colony to an independent state. For Sidibé photography was youth and joy as a result, his work captured candid images in the streets and nightclubs.
‘There wasn’t a youth trend he didn’t photograph’ – Guardian
Somerset House presents The Eye of Modern Mali which is the first solo Malick Sidibé exhibition in the UK. The displays consists of 45 original prints from the 1960s and 1970s while the gallery soundtrack recreates the spirit and soul of Mali nightclubs.
Somerset House is on the Strand in London, get lunch after seeing the show in Covent Garden or cross Waterloo Bridge to find somewhere to eat on the South Bank.
Free admission.
Where: Somerset House.
Ends: Sunday, 15th January.
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Araki
Free admission.
Araki is a Japanese photographer who is best known as a prolific author of photo books (he has released some 450 photo books). As well as being one of Japan’s most famous photographers, he is possibly aslo one of her most controversial photographers. Nobuyoshi Araki’s generates intimate, snapshot-style images of women, often considered erotic and sometimes pornographic. Among his followers are musical artists; most noteworthy are Björk and Lady Gaga who have both been photographed by Araki. Finally, Araki is also known for his Anime work. He contributed to the photography for the Brian Powerd series.
Hamiltons presents a selection of Araki’s more recent work, following on from the 2008 Bokuju Kitan London photography exhibition. Hamiltons Gallery is in Mayfair, close to Grosvenor Square and a short walk from Green Park tube station. To continue the Japanese theme after seeing the show, consider stopping by nearby Nobu and getting a little sushi on the way home.
Free admission.
Where: Hamiltons.
Ends: Tuesday, 22nd November.
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Edward Burtynsky: Salt Pans / Essential Elements
Free admission.
Closing soon!
Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer and produces large format works based on industrial landscapes. The predominant theme of his work is nature transformed through industry. Using drones, propeller planes and a gigantic selfie stick, Edward Burtynsky has let our eyes climb to reach vistas demonstrating how we have drilled and ‘drained our planet‘ to awesome effect. Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Eadweard Muybridge and Carleton Watkins all influenced Burtynsky through their work which he saw while on a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1980s.
Salt Pans is a series of geometric compositions. Burtynsky mostly photographed this series from a topographical perspective, which draws the eye to the surface while immersing it in detail. While Salt Pans has a single narrative, the second display, Essential Elements, is an evocative journey through some of Burtynsky’s past projects. The upper gallery display contrasts his early disorientation of perspective and scale while some later work celebrates rich organic patterns captured in Burtynsky’s first aerial photography project. In his own words, both displays ‘reflect pools of our times‘.
Flowers Central is in Shoreditch on Kingsland Road, close to Hoxton Overground station. If you like Vietnamese food, it’s probably worth combining the gallery visit with lunch at one of the restaurants on the Pho Mile.
Free admission.
Closing soon!
Where: Flowers Gallery.
Ends: Saturday, 29th October.
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The Image as Question
Free admission.
The Image as a Question is an exhibition which is rooted in the documentary tradition of photography. The exhibition catalogue contains works from Guy Bourdin, Simon Norfolk and Richard Avedon in addition to other photographers who feature in this Michael Hoppen Gallery London photography exhibition. Most noteworthy, there are only 200 hand-bound copies of the catalogue.
The Michael Hoppen Gallery is in Chelsea, just off the King’s Road. While the galllery is a short walk from South Kensington tube station, it is slightly further from Sloane Square.
Free admission.
Where: Michael Hoppen Gallery.
Ends: Saturday, 26th November.
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Photomonth
Photomonth, one of the largest and most inclusive fairs in the country, has returned to East London. Here is a summary of the shows that are part of the festival which you can visit this week. Follow the links for more details.
- 28 Years | The Fixation Showcase, at Fixation UK, until Wednesday, 30th November.
- Another’s Eye, at Four Corners, from Wednesday, 2nd November until Saturday, 5th November.
- Black | White | Colour, at Brady Arts Centre, until Friday, 28th October.
- Borderlands, at Stone Space, until Saturday, 30th January.
- Brick Lane Born: Some Photos, 1983-1989, at Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives, until Thursday, 7th January.
- Common Ground, at Cass Foyer Gallery, until Friday, 4th November.
- Dalston Street Show, at Dalson E8, until Monday, 14th November.
- Decolonial Desire, at Autograph ABP, until Saturday, 3rd December.
- Domestic Disorder, at Idea Store Canary Wharf, until Saturday, 5th November.
- Edition Five – The Rooftop Collective, at Clerkenwell Gallery, until Sunday, 30th October.
- Girl Town, at St Margarets House, until Tuesday, 1st November.
- India’s Gateway: Gujurat, Mumbai & Britain, at Redbridge Museum, until Thursday, 28th January.
- Last Night, at Other Café, from Friday, 28th October until Friday, 25th November.
- Of Shadows, at Lo & Behold, from Thursday, 27th October Wednesday, 2nd November.
- Photomonth Photo-Open, at Rich Mix, from Wednesday, 2nd November Saturday, 26th November.
- Rivers, Churches and Gum Prints, at Clifford-Thames Gallery, from Tuesday, 1st November Monday, 14th November.
- School of Punktum Projections, at Rich Mix, from Wednesday, 2nd November Wednesday, 2nd November.
- Six Years Six Conflicts, at Republic Gallery, Sunday, 30th October.
- Tales, at V&A Museum of Childhood, Sunday, 8th January.
- Territorial, at Bank Space Gallery, Saturday, 12th November.
- The Displaced, at Amnesty Human Rights Action Centre, Wednesday, 2nd November.
- The Transaction, at Canvas Café, from Sunday, 30th October Sunday, 13th November.
- Trajectory, at The Printspace Gallery, Tuesday, 1st November.
Erwin Blumenfeld
Closing soon!
Free admission.
Osborne Samuel celebrate Erwin Blumenfeld, German photographer, famous for his work in Vogue ad Harper’s Bazaar in the 1940s and 1950s. Blumenfeld was on of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Osborne Samuel’s exhibition highlights Bluemenfelds collage and experimental photography work.
Osborne Samuel is in Mayfair, a short walk from New Bond Street.
Closing soon!
Free admission.
Where: Osborne Samuel.
Ends: Saturday, 29th October.
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Platinum: Master Prints by Master Printers
Free admission.
Free admission.
Where: Atlas Gallery.
Ends: Saturday, 19th November.
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A History of Photography: The Body
Free admission.
A History of Photography: The Body is a free display in Gallery 100 at the V&A. They is some fantastic photography on show, including Bill Brandt’s beach captures from the 1950s in which he treats the body as a sculpture and Helmut Newton’s ‘Sie Kommen, Dressed and Undressed’.
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.
Free admission.
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 19th February 2017.
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Black Chronicles: Photographic Portraits 1862-1948
Free admission.
Black Chronicles is a new display on at the National Portrait Gallery and is a collaboration with Autograph ABP. In fact the display is part of Autograph ABPs Heritage Lottery Fund project, ‘The Missing Chapter’. The 40 photographs on display provide a snapshot of black lives and experiences in nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain.
The National Portrait Gallery is on St. Martin’s Place, a few strides from Leicester Square tube station.
Free admission.
Where: National Portrait Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 11th December.
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Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016
Free admission.
Where: Royal Observatory Greenwich.
Ends: Sunday, 25th June 2017.
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