London Photography Exhibitions January 2016
London Photography Exhibitions January 2016
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2016 is going to be a fantastic year for photography exhibitions in London. With exhibitions featuring the work of legends from Henry Fox Talbot, the photography pioneer to Saul Leiter the great pioneer of colour photography. Paul Strand, master of modern fine art photography and British favourite, Magnum’s Magnum Parr both have exhibitions in the capital. To top it all, Photo London returns for a second year.
2015 saw the opening of two exhibitions in South Kensington, featuring the work of British photography pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron. In fact 2015 saw some recognition of 20th century female photographers too. Another exhibition that continues into 2016 is ‘Lee Miller: A Woman’s War’ at the Imperial War Museum. The exhibition of accredited photojournalist, Lee Miller, tells the story of the effect of the Second World War on women’s lives.
Irving Penn: Flowers, at Hamiltons is closing soon. The London photography exhibition is 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. Top 2015 London photography exhibitions closing soon are: ‘Irving Penn: Flowers’ at Hamiltons in Mayfair, ‘Voces: Latin American Photography 1988 – 2015′ at Chelsea’s Michael Hoppen Gallery, Noémie Goudal: Southern Light Stations at The Photographers’ Gallery in the West End and ‘London Dust’ at the Museum of London in The City. Don’t miss the last chance to catch them! Read on for opening times and closing dates.
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Lee Miller: A Woman’s War
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Lee Miller was one of New York’s top fashion models, working with Edward Steichen amongst other legends of the era. In the 1920s, she left New York for Paris to become an established fine are and fashion photographer. After the breakout of WWII, Lee Miller became an acclaimed War Correspondent for Vogue Magazine. By 1943, she took up an opportunity to work as an accredited photojournalist attached to the American military forces. The exhibition features her work from this time.
When she died in 1977, Lee Miller’s body was cremated and her ashes were spread through her herb garden at Farley Farm House in East Sussex.
‘Lee Miller: A Woman’s War’ is a book published to coincide with the London photography Exhibition, telling the story of the lives’ of women affected by the war.
The Imperial War Museum presents previously unseen images of conflict. The project began several years ago, coming from a conversation with Antony Penrose, Lee Miller’s son. The exhibition puts the Lee Miller’s vision of gender during the conflict centre stage.
“This incredible selection […] cements [Lee Miller’s] position as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century” – Artfund.
The Imperial War Museum is on Lambeth Road, close to Elephant & Castle underground and mainline stations.
Where: Imperial War Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 24th April.
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Irving Penn: Flowers
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Closing soon.
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.
Closing soon.
Where: Hamiltons.
Ends: Saturday, 16th January.
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Prix Pictet Sixth Cylce: Disorder
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The global prize for photography and sustainability, Prix Pictet, kicks off in London at Somerset House. The sixth annual prize has a ‘Disorder’ theme. Short-listed artists include Alixandra Fazzina with a piece titled ‘A Million Shillings – Escape from Somalia’. Don’t miss the
artist conversation on 13th January at Somerset House.
Somerset House is on the Embankment. There is no end of top places to get lunch or just a coffee and slice of cake nearby in Covent Garden, the South Bank or Holborn.
Closing soon.
Where: Somerset House.
Ends: Sunday, 17th January.
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Landscape Photographer of the Year
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A must see for any lover of the Great British Landscape. It is free to see the exhibition which is open during normal station opening hours.
Where: London Waterloo Station.
Ends: Sunday, 7th February.
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Burden of Proof: The Construction of Visual Evidence
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A forensic foray into how photography has been used as evidence from the dawn of photography in the late 1800s.
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.
Closing soon.
Where: The Photographers’ Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January.
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Julia Margaret Cameron
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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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Voces: Latin American Photography 1988 – 2015
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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!
Closing soon.
Where: Michael Hoppen Gallery.
Ends: Saturday, 9th January.
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Noémie Goudal: Southern Light Stations
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Closing soon.
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.
Closing soon.
Free admission before 12 noon.
Where: Photographers’ Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 10th January, 2016.
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Julia Margaret Cameron: Influence and Intimacy
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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
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Closing soon.
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.
Closing soon.
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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