Out Of The Frame – Photo London 2018 – Edward Lucie-Smith
Photo London 2018 is, as usual, an overwhelmingly large event.
16 May 2018
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New Ramones Photography Book By Manager Danny Fields Published
Danny Fields became the manager of the pioneering Punk band The Ramones within fifteen minutes of seeing them on stage at CBGB.
22 April 2018
London’s Latest Must-See Photography Exhibitions
There are some thought-provoking and informative photography exhibitions on show in London at the moment. Ranging from the Barbican’s Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins which explores subjects on the edge of society to the four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2018 at the Photographers’ gallery. Also just opened is the Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography which shows together Oscar Rejlander (1813–75), Lewis Carroll (1832–98), Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–79) and Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-65). Here is a selection of what’s on offer.
28 February 2018
Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins
Touching on themes of gender and sexuality, drugs and addiction, youth culture and minorities of all kinds, the show features the work of 20 photographers from the 1950s to the present day.
Sat–Wed: 10am–6pm Thu–Fri: 10am–10pm (last entry at 9pm)
Shape of Light 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art
An exhibition looking at how photographers responded and contributed to the invention of abstract art
Sun-Thurs 10-6 Sat-Sun 10-10
New Private Fotografiska Photography Museum To Open In London’s White Chapel District
A new Photography Museum is to open in London’s East End near the White Chapel Gallery. Swedish photography curator Fotografiska’s first gallery outside Stockholm has agreed on a deal to move into property developer Derwent’s new buildings in the area. The building was used as one of the venues for Art Night which took place in July.
14 August 2017
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust is a speculative history of the 20th century, featuring works by over 30 artists and photographers including Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Gerhard Richter.
Tues/Wed 11am–6pm Thursday 11am–9pm Friday/Sat/Sun 11am–6pm
David Bailey Talks Art, Photography And Sumatran Tigers – Artlyst Exclusive Interview
David Bailey is not at all what I expected. He’s imposing without being scary. He’s warm and down to earth. He speaks his mind, unafraid and not at all intimidated by the art establishment.
23 May 2017
Photo London 2017 Everything You Need To Know About The Fair
Photo London opens their third edition to the public this week. The fair was created to give London an international photography event befitting the city’s status as a global cultural capital. Founded in 2015, it has already established itself as a world-class photography Fair and as a catalyst for London’s dynamic photography community.
16 May 2017
You Are Looking at Something That Never Occurred
This group exhibition brings together artists who use photography as a tool with which to question the boundaries between past and present, the factual and fictional, making these notions feel less solid and more elusive.
Thursday – Sunday 12–6pm
Film Director Ken Russell’s 1950’s Teddy Girls And Boys Photos Exhibited
Fifty photographs of Teddy Girls and Boys, taken by groundbreaking film director, Ken Russell (1927-2011) go on display at Oxford’s North Wall Arts Centre in February.
7 December 2016
Jane England’s Turn and Face The Strange A Time Capsule Of 1970’s / 80’s Demimonde
JANE ENGLAND: TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE a new book reviewed by Paul Carey -Kent
5 December 2016
Seventh Prix Pictet Award Shortlist Announced In Paris
The twelve shortlisted photographers have been selected for the seventh Prix Pictet, Space, has been announced at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
14 November 2016
Must-See this Summer: Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, France until 25 September
Leaving grey and depressed post-Brexit London to attend Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles in south of France was a relief. The journey from London is… Read More
19 July 2016
Tate And Barbican Focus On Heavy Hitting Spring Photography Exhibitions
It’s interesting to compare the curatorial approaches to the two densely comprehensive photography group shows on at the the moment:… Read More
26 March 2016
Nostalgia And Longing Plays Out In Guggenheim’s Photo Poetics Exhibition
I recently attended a guided tour of the new photography show at the Guggenheim in New York. The exhibition is… Read More
21 December 2015
Black Middle Class Society Explored In New London Exhibition
A new photography exhibition celebrating the lives of the ‘first black middle-class’ – the children of the 1950s and ‘60s who… Read More
11 September 2015
Hannah Collins Leads Three Must See London Photography Exhibitions
As the dry months approach, there’s still some strong work on show around London. some of it in unlikely venues…. Read More
18 July 2015
Did You Know That Mr. Spock Actor Leonard Nimoy Was A Photographer?
Leonard Nimoy, who most sci-fi fans knew as the permanently ‘fascinated’ Mr Spock from the original Star Trek series and… Read More
9 March 2015
Unstuck in Time: Conflict Explored In Tate Modern Photography Exhibition
He sits there lifesize or perhaps larger-than-life, still frozen almost 50 years later, with the vacant stare of a witness… Read More
24 February 2015
Duration And Conflict Explored In New Tate Photography Exhibition
It’s an ambitious show that seeks to refresh assumptions about a photographic genre whilst also bringing together works from 150… Read More
1 December 2014
C/O Berlin Venue Reopens In Germany
It has been nearly two years since C/O Berlin has had a space of its own or hosted an exhibition,… Read More
30 October 2014
Andrea Hamilton Captures Tidal Resonance and Luminous Icescapes In New Exhibition
A new exhibition titled ‘Water Works’ features two bodies of work on the notion of ‘water’. The projects Tidal Resonance… Read More
2 October 2014
Justine Kurland Sincere Auto Care
Justine Kurland’s show at Mitchell-Innes & Nash is called “Sincere Auto Care’. Every image features our love or dependence on… Read More
17 September 2014
Nadav Kander – Dust
Photographer Nadav Kander’s latest series of photographs ‘Dust’ exhibited at Flowers, London, explore the vestiges of the Cold War era… Read More
12 September 2014
Horst P. Horst: Superlative Survey Of A Great Photographer Of Style
It’s another coup for the V&A with this superlative survey of the late, great Horst P. Horst. Not only does… Read More
7 September 2014
Chalkie Davies: Seminal Portraits From The 70s and 80s Exhibited In London
The first major British exhibition of the photographer Chalkie Davies, since his groundbreaking show at the Photographers gallery in the… Read More
1 March 2014
Julian Lennon Launches His First London Solo Show Of Photography
The Little Black Gallery is presenting the first solo show of photographs by Julian Lennon from 7 September – 19… Read More
7 September 2013
Royal College Of Art Graduate Photography Exhibition 2013
This year’s Photography Graduates at the RCA have put together a surprisingly subdued collection of imagery. Not that the RCA… Read More
30 June 2013
Photography Given Kudos In First National Gallery Exhibition – Review
The exploration of the relationship between painting and photography is so large a topic that this complex, sober exhibition cannot… Read More
31 October 2012
Free Range Showcases Graduate Shows From Across The UK
Free Range is an Old Truman Brewery special project set up by Tamsin O’Hanlon to provide new creative graduates with… Read More
28 May 2012
Cindy Sherman Launches Affordable Art Makeup
The Artist Cindy Sherman has collaborated with the make up company MAC to create her own limited edition ‘Art’ make-up… Read More
2 August 2011