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May 24

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London Photography Exhibitions May 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 Even though Photo London 2018 is over there is still plenty of quality London photography exhibitions to end the month. Notably ‘Queer Gaze from Poland’ which showcases Polish photographers is one of the first major London photography exhibitions dedicated to Polish photography. As well as established photographers, you can see work from new talent this month. Foam Talent London 2018 introduces 20 young photographers from around the globe. Meanwhile Magnum photographers have stopped in London on the worldwide tour of their “Home” exhibition. Elliott Erwitt and Alec Soth as well as 14 other Magnum photographers give their take on the them “Home”. A lot of London photography exhibitions are ending soon. In particular, ending this weekend are Queer Gaze from Poland, “Home”, Thomas Mailaender (at Michael Hoppen Gallery). That is not to mention Another Kind of Life at the Barbican Centre. Read on for further details on both of these and others, lower down. 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 […]

May 17

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Photo London 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » Photo London 2018 & London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 Photo London 2018 & London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 Photo London 2018, sees the fair, return to Somerset House, now in its fourth edition. With over a hundred galleries participating there is a wealth of photography to discover this year, from discovering emerging artists and new work from established contemporary photographers to taking in classics. These is all that and plenty in between! Meanwhile away from the photography fervour at Somerset House, there is plenty more photography to see in the London. A few shows are closing soon. If you don’t have time to pop into Opera Gallery in Bond Street to see Ellen von Unwerth’s display, you are in luck. You can flick through a collector’s edition of her latest book, Heimat, at the Taschen stand at Photo London. As well as Ellen von Unwerth, a few more exhibitions are closing soon. These include Birgit Jürgenssen: Nocturnal Light in Fitzrovia and Thomas Mailaender: The Fun Archaeology in Chelsea. Victorian Giants, on at the National Portrait Gallery is also closing soon. Read on for further details on both of these […]

May 10

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London Photography Exhibitions May 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 This is a London Photography Exhibitions post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 Excitement is growing on the London photography exhibitions scene. Photo London 2018 is now just one week away! There is a new major exhibition at the Tate Modern and new Martin Parr work on show in Greenwich. The Great British Seaside at the National Maritime Museum features four feted photographers from these shores. Meanwhile there is 100 years’ of photography and abstract art on show at the Tate Modern. This new exhibition features modern classics as well as historical masterpieces. Ellen von Unwerth: Ladyland is closing soon as well as a couple of other shows. Birgit Jürgenssen is also entering it’s last week. Meanwhile it’s the final countdown for Jocelyn Lee: The Appearance of Things at Huxley-Parlour and Robert Frank at Hamiltons. Read on for further details on both of these and others, lower down. 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 […]

May 03

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London Photography Exhibitions May 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 This is a London Photography Exhibitions post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. London Photography Exhibitions May 2018 London photography exhibitions are so exciting this month. Photo London 2018 is now but a few of weeks away. Highlights this week include two photographers whose focus has been the female form. Ellen von Unwerth celebrates her 30 year career with a new exhibition at Opera Gallery. The show features the images of supermodels, such as Claudia Schiffer, which launched her photographic career. That’s not to mention new work including images from the recent book Heimat. Meanwhile in Fitzrovia, Austrain photographer Birgit Jürgenssen is the focus. That solo exhibition concentrates on work from 1987 to 1996. Importantly Alison Jacques feature the experimental fabric series. Some exhibitions are closing soon, such as the Sony WPO Awards exhibition at Somerset House. Also, Jocelyn Lee: The Appearance of Things is a fantastic and unique display at Huxley-Parlour, now coming to an end. Finally Robert Frank at Hamiltions is also entering its last week. Read on for further details on both of these and […]

Apr 26

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London Photography Exhibitions April 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 This is a London Photography Exhibitions post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 London photography exhibitions for to end April 2018 include a return of the World Photography Organisation Awards. Additionally there is something a little different over in Chelsea. The WPO show occurs yearly at Somerset House. Significantly, over 600 photographers are featured this year, including Candida Höfer. Indeed there is a room of Candida Höfer work, after her being awarded for Outstanding Contribution to Photography. There is something rather different at Michael Hoppen. Namely, a Thomas Mailaender exhibition. The gallery present eccentric and extreme work by the multimedia artist. Read on for further details on both of these and others, lower down. 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. Thomas Mailaender: The Fun Archaeology Just opened. Thomas Mailaender is a French artist who lives and works between Paris and Marseille. He creates weird and […]

Apr 23

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Fox Talbot Process

Pop by 'n say hi!Fox Talbot Process Henry Fox Talbot is the father of the negative-positive photography process. Analogue or film-based photography, after falling out of favour as use of digital photography became widespread, is making a comeback. This resurgence it not too different to the re-emergence of vinyl records. Fox Talbot invented his analogue process in the 1830s. Unknown to Fox Talbot at the time, rival French inventor, Louis Daguerre was working on his own process. The Fox Talbot process had an advantage over the Daguerroypes though. Daguerre’s process created only one single print. Before the invention of the digital scanner, this meant you were stuck with single copy of the photograph. Although Fox Talbot could not produce prints directly with his camera, the ‘negatives’ he produced were much more useful. Negatives are essentially a recording of the image on film (with the modern process). If you hold a processed negative up to a light you will see the tones are reversed: the darkest parts (for example a tree trunk) would appear lightest and the lightest parts (for example white clouds in the sky) would appear darkest. This is not a major issue as the negative is an intermediate […]

Apr 19

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London Photography Exhibitions April 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 This is a London Photography Exhibitions post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 London photography exhibitions this April include two very different but equally interesting photographers. In contrast with the modern digital photography featured in her work, Christiane Baumgartner fuses traditional printmaking craftsmanship. On the other hand Jocelyn Lee skillfully uses colour to paint textures in her photography. Christiane Baumgartner work is on display at Alan Cristea while you can see Jocelyn Lee’s work at Huxley-Parlour. Although it feels like the Gursky exhibition has only just opened, it is coming to an end soon! Also ending soon is a free display at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Into the Woods, at the V&A, closes this weekend. Welsh photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths’ display at TJ Boulting is another exhibition ending this weekend. Read on for further details on all of these, lower down. 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 […]

Apr 18

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Lacock, Wiltshire

Pop by 'n say hi!Lacock, Wiltshire Lacock, Wiltshire is a pretty village close to the Wiltshire town of Chippenham and just a short drive from the M4 motorway. The village is known for the National Trust tourist sites in the village including Lacock Abbey and the Fox Talbot Museum. Henry Fox Talbot, who lived at Lacock Abbey notably was a pioneer in developing modern photography. Beyond the National Trust sites in the village, Lacock has a long history of being used as the setting for films. Lacock featured in the first two Harry Potter films. Also, the BBC chose Lacock for some of the Pemberley scenes in Pride & Prejudice. As well as Lacock Abbey, National Heritage have listed a number of buildings in the village itself. Make sure you leave enough time to explore the village on foot after you visit the abbey and museum. Lacock, Wiltshire is not far from the M4 motorway. You can use the postcode SN15 2LG for SatNav. By train, the distance is similar from Chippenham and Melksham stations, around three miles. We post regularly on Photo Exhibitions in London and a wide range of topics such as travel and healthy living. Of course, […]

Apr 16

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Lacock Abbey – Home of Photography

Pop by 'n say hi!Lacock Abbey Lacock Abbey is a country house near to Chippenham in rural Wiltshire. Notably, it might be considered home to modern photography. It was here at his Lacock Abbey home, that British photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot developed a process for making photographic prints from negatives. At the time this was a comparatively huge advantage over the rival French, daguerreotype, process. Louis Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce invented the daguerreotype photographic process. The process produced a single daguerreotype rather than a negative. In contrast to modern film photography, the process made the production of several copy images from one single shot difficult. Around the same time, British chemist Henry Fox Talbot was experimenting with his new salt paper and calotype, negative / positive process. At Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot developed his Fox Talbot process and the three primary elements of photography: developing, fixing and printing. He received a medal from the Royal Society for his work. He went on to write ‘The Pencil of Nature‘ a book detailing the new process developed by Henry Fox Talbot. Lacock Abbey Today, Lacock Abbey is home to the Fox Talbot Museum which the National Trust manage. The National […]

Apr 12

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London Photography Exhibitions April 2018

Pop by 'n say hi!jfFrank online » Home » Latest » London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 This is a London Photography Exhibitions post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. London Photography Exhibitions April 2018 London photography exhibitions on the South Bank are like buses this April! While the Andreas Gursky retrospective continues at Hayward Gallery, there two other interesting displays. A Martin Parr display at Tate Modern shows work from the 1980s up until the last decade. Meanwhile Valda Bailey together with eight landscape photographers have a short show at the Oxo Gallery. As well as the Oxo Gallery exhibition, a few other are coming to an end. These are Philip Jones Girffiths at TJ. Boulting and The American Document at Huxley-Parlour. Read on for further details, lower down. 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. Vision 9 Closing soon. Free admission. With her MMX Gallery display fresh in the memories of photography lovers, Valda Bailey returns. The exhibition at the Oxo Gallery on the South Bank […]