London Photography Exhibitions October 2018
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London Photography Exhibitions October 2018
There is even more good photography to see in London this autumn. First we go back around 100 years to the aftermath of the First World War. Renewal at the Imperial War Museum offers a look in detail at rebuilding cities after the Great War. Meanwhile in Notting Hill, there is a very different landscape on display. Hunter Barnes offers a photographic study of Las Vegas, taking the vivid vistas of the buildings as well as the workers of the legendary city. Finally, the 2018 Taylor Wessing photographic Prize exhibition has just opened. That is at the National Portrait Gallery, where you can also catch Illuminating Women.
London Nights, featuring over 50 artists continues at the Museum of London. There is also a group show at Hamiltons. Modern Masters features work by Helmut Newton and Irving Penn together with Erwin Olaf and Robert Mapplethorpe.
Some photography exhibitions in London, such as Expectations are ending soon. That display at the Black Cultural Archives captures the struggles as well as victories of Windrush Britain. Read on for further details on these as well as others. See the regularly updated London Photography Galleries list. The London Photography Galleries list compliments this post on London Photography Exhibitions. It contains information such as opening times and maps for the London photography exhibitions.
Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs
Free display.
Renewal looks at the period after the end of the First World War. The images help to explain how we applied innovation and resourcefulness to rebuild the country. As well as photographs, there are installations and immersive experiences. You can see over 130 black and white photographs together with documents and objects from time Imperial War Museum archive. The material is not just limited to Britain. The Museum calls upon images from conflict following the Russian Revolution as well as other parts of the world to show in detail a global picture of the world during this era.
The Imperial War Museum is on Lambeth Road, close to Elephant & Castle. It is also a short walk from Lambeth North underground station.
Free display.
Where: Imperial War Museum.
Ends: Sunday, 31st March 2019.
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Hunter Barnes – Off the Strip
Closing soon.
American documentary photographer Hunter Barnes offers a photographic study of Las Vegas. True to the city’s legend, he captures Las Vegas architecture in vivid colour. Barnes also captures the vivid life of Vegas inhabitants, not just the architecture. He is known for forging bonds with the people he photographs and markedly offers a rare insight into Vegas workers. Show girls and lounge singers as well as former casino bosses and bodyguards feature.
David Hill Gallery is on Ladbroke Grove in Notting Hill. The nearest underground station is also on Ladbroke Grove. Circle Line as well as Hammersmith & City line trains stop there. Notting Hill is also walkable for a ramble through Portobello Road market on the way home.
Closing soon.
Where: David Hill.
Ends: Friday, 26th October.
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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
Just opened.
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, a populist high point of the Gallery calendar, returns. 57 works are on show including the winner of the £15,000 prize. The competition was judged by photographer Miles Aldridge as well as curators and directors from London galleries. First in the competition was Alice Mann with ‘Drummies‘.
The National Portrait Gallery is on St. Martin’s Place, a few strides from Leicester Square tube station. Charing Cross station, by Trafalgar Square, is also a short walk.
Just opened.
Adult with donation: £7.85 (including £1.85 online transaction fee).
Where: National Portrait Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 27th January 2019.
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Expectations: The Untold Story of Black Community Leaders in the 60s and 70s
Closing soon.
Expectations is show featuring photography from Neil Kenlock. Kenlock is known for his important work capturing the struggles and victories of Windrush Britain. The show tells the previously untold story of Black British community leaders in the 1960s and 70s.
Black Cultural Archives is on Windrush Square in Brixton
and entry is free. Brixton Underground Station as well as the mainline
station are a short walk away. You might also want to stop by Photofusion while in the area. They host regular photography exhibitions; for example Chloe Rosser had a show there recently.
Closing soon.
Where: Black Cultural Archives.
Ends: Wednesday, 24th October.
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Illuminating Women: Photographs by Mayotte Magnus
Free display
Significantly, in 1977, the National Portrait Gallery hosted their first ever photographic exhibition to focus on female achievement. Nearly ninety portraits by Mayotte Magnus of eminent British women were featured in the landmark exhibition. Her photography is known for illuminating subjects through her instinct for composition as well as harmony.
Magnus was allowed free reign to choose the subjects of the 100
commissioned portraits. By and large, the exhibition was a success, with
as many as 30,000 visitors. In fact the works were shown in public
again the following year and in the presence of the Prime Minister.
Equally as important as the National Gallery exhibition, this show was
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Women’s vote.
The National Portrait Gallery is on St. Martin’s Place.
Located between Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square, there are
several transport options. Leicester Square, as well as Charing Cross,
station is just a short walk. The Photographers’ Gallery is not too
long a walk either – try to arrive there before midday for free entry.
Free display
Where: Room 32, Floor 1, National Portrait Gallery.
Ends: Sunday, 24th March 2019.
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Modern Masters
Modern Masters is a new group show at Hamiltons Gallery in Mayfair. Some of the greatest names in Modern and Contemporary photographic history feature. Hamiltons display work from modern masters like Erwin Olaf and back in time to figures from last century such as Robert Frank. They also include work from Helmut Newton and Irving Penn as well as Robert Mapplethorpe and Don McCullin.
Hamiltons Gallery is in Mayfair, close to Grosvenor Square and a short walk from Green Park tube station.
Where: Hamiltons.
Ends: Friday, 23rd November.
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Shashin: are-bure-boke
Michael Hoppen gallery holds one of the most extensive collections of modern Japanese photography outside Asia. Shashin: are-bure-boke is a show spread over two floors of the Chelsea gallery. It features some lesser-known Japanese artists. As well as highlighting those artists, the gallery present more familiar photographers such as Daido Moriyama and Masahisa Fukase. The exhibition name is a play on Provoke photography. Provoke was a magazine which crystallised the best of progressive art photography in the 1960s. Although there were just three issues, Provoke went on to influence artists into the 1970s and 80s.
Michael Hoppen is just off the King’s Road. It is close to South Kensington tube station or a slightly further walk from Sloane Square.
Where: Michael Hoppen.
Ends: Monday, 12th November.
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Omar Victor Diop: Liberty / Diaspora
Free admission.
Omar Victor Diop impressed the Arles festival with his vivid metaphorical portraits of African historical figures in 2015. A few years on, Autograph brings Project Diaspora which he presented at Arles that year, together with Liberty to London. Liberty: A Universal Chronology of Black Protest looks at the diaspora as well as Africa. Recent and past events in the United States, such as the Million Hoodie March and Selma help define the fight for freedom and human rights. Diop takes the lead role in front of the camera in all of the shots. This was the case for Project Diaspora too.
Autograph present Omar Victor Diop’s first solo UK exhibition. The
gallery is at Rivington Place in Shoreditch. Shoreditch High Street
London Overground station as well as Boxpark Shoreditch are just a few
minutes’ walk. Liverpool Street station is also close; about 900 metres.
Free admission.
Where: Autograph ABP.
Ends: Saturday, 3rd November.
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London Nights
London Nights is an exhibition which, in summary, shines a light on nocturnal London. Portraiture, documentary, conceptual photography as well as film are included. Featured photographers include Alvin Langdon Coburn together with Bill Brandt and Bruce Davidson. In total, over 50 artists feature in this exhibition curated by Anna Sparham.
The Museum of London is in the City on London Wall with Barbican as well as Moorgate and Liverpool Street tube stations nearby.
Entry: £11.50 (including £1.50 donation, paid advanced booking)
Where: Museum of London.
Ends: Sunday, 11th November.
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Martin Parr
Free admission.
This is a permanent display at the Tate Modern, in the Artist rooms. You might remember a recent Daido Moriyama display at Tate Modern. This current Martin Parr display is the same area as that Moriyama one, on the fourth floor of the Boiler House. In addition to prints of famous Matrin Parr images hung on the walls, there is a short video featuring further shots. On the walls you will find work from ‘The Last Resort’ right up to the last decade. The Last Resort, shot in New Brighton, close to Liverpool in 1983 documented British day-trippers enjoying time at the seaside. The resort was a popular working class destination. With north-west England in decline, the work was seen as “an indictment of the market-led economic policies” of the government of the day.
Tate Modern is on the South Bank of the Thames, and just a few minutes’ walk from St. Paul’s tube station. The show seems like a perfect drop-in on a walk along the South Bank on a sunny spring day. On the same floor at the Tate, you can find an equally interesting display of work by Karl Blossfeldt and Germaine Krull.
Free admission.
Where: Tate Modern: Boiler House Level 4 East.
Ends: Permanent display.
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London Photography Exhibitions October 2018
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