Photography Exhibitions London July 2019
Photography Exhibitions London July 2019
This is a Photography Art Exhibitions in London post from our archives. Click link to see the latest London Photography Exhibitions. For some exhibitions to see online during the lockdown see our latest post which has a list of some good online photography exhibitions.
July is shaping up to be one of the best months so far for photography exhibitions in London. While Huxley-Parlour takes us back to the swinging sixties, Flowers features female contemporary photographers. The Huxley-Parlour show features archive prints as well as contact sheets from the Terrence Donovan archive. Together with David Bailey and Brian Duffy, Donovan transformed fashion photography. Further east in Hoxton, meanwhile, nine female photographers are exhibiting work at Flowers. The group display explores landscape as a term.
Note that some photography exhibitions in London are ending soon. First of all, the Werner Bischof display at David Hill ends next week. Though he died young, Bischof was able to establish himself as a pioneer of colour photography. The David Hill USA exhibition features work from a groundbreaking trip shown for the very first time.
As well as this post we have a regularly updated London Photography Galleries list. That list compliments this post on London Photography Exhibitions so is also worth a peek. It contains information such as opening times and maps for the London photography exhibitions.
Photography Exhibitions London July 2019
Terrence Donovan: the 1960s Vintage Prints from the Archive
Closing soon!
Terrence Donovan, British fashion photography was one of the trio named The Terrible Three by Cecil Beaton. Together with David Bailey and Brian Duffy, he quickly usurped established photographers, including Cecil Beaton. It was still the Swinging Sixties and together, the three helped shape the moment.
Huxley-Parlour present an exhibition of no fewer than 30 vintage photographs from Terrence Donovan’s early career. Huxley-Parlour is just off Piccadilly, close to Fortnum & Mason. The Royal Academy of Arts as well as well some other galleries are nearby. Huxley-Parlour is, at most, a few minutes’ walk from Piccadilly Circus tube station. Regent’s Street is also walkable.
Closing soon!
Huxley-Parlour, Mayfair. Map:
Until Saturday, 27th July.
More information: Huxley-Parlour.
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Her Ground: Women Photographing Landscape
Just opening!
Flowers present a group exhibition featuring nine female photographers. The theme of Her Ground is the term landscape. Among the nine photographers chosen for the display are internationally known artists such as Scarlett Hooft Graafland and Mona Kuhn. Scarlett Hooft Graafland is known internationally, having exhibited at Huis Marseille in Amsterdam and Parson’s School of Design in New York. Brazilian-born Mona Kuhn is Los Angeles based. She has also exhibited extensively in international galleries. Other artists presenting their work are Lisa Barnard and Maja Daniels, together with Rikke Flensberg.
Flowers in Hoxton is just a short walk from Hoxton Overground station (interchanges with Underground at Whitechapel as well as Highbury & Islington). Old Street is also walkable, though this is a longer walk.
Just opened!
Flowers, Hoxton. Map:
Until Saturday, 7th September.
More information: Flowers.
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Jeff Wall
Canadian photographer Jeff Wall’s work provokes anger and awe. He has been making large scale colour prints since the 1970s. He is a conceptual photographer who stages the scenes he shoots.
White Cube present new and recent Jeff Wall works. Included in the exhibition is the Parent child series. There is not just large-scale colour work on show; Weightlifter (2015) which is Wall’s most recent black and white work is also on display.
White Cube Mason’s Yard is in St. James’. The nearest tube station is Piccadilly, with the Huxley-Parlour gallery also a short walk.
White Cube Mason’s Yard, St. James’s. Map:
Until Saturday, 7th September.
More information: White Cube.
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Cindy Sherman
American photographer Cindy Sherman is probably one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. In particular, the American photographer is known for her conceptual portraits. She was making ‘selfies’ long before the term existed. Probably her most famous series is ‘Untitled Film Stills‘. Sherman challenges social stereotypes, dressing up in wigs together with vintage clothing, and putting herself in front of the camera. The series comprises 69 black and white images made between 1977 and 1980. Photograph Number 48 from the series features in the list of 20 Most Expensive Photos Sold at Auction. Sherman work appears no fewer than six times in that list. The most expensive being ‘Untitled 96 1981’, in third place. The chromogenic colour print was sold for $3.9 million by Christie’s in 2011.
The National Portrait Gallery offers a major retrospective of the Cindy Sherman work. Untitled Film Stills as well as more recent work will feature in the show. Some work is being shown in public for the very first time. In total more than 150 works coming from international public and private collection will be on show.
The National Portrait Gallery is on St. Martin’s Place. It is near to Leicester Square tube station. Charing Cross station is also just a short walk.
Adult with donation (including Online Transaction Fee): £21.85 Tickets:
National Portrait Gallery, Westminster. Map:
Until Sunday, 15th September.
More information: National Portrait Gallery.
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Erwin Olaf: Women
Photographer Erwin Olaf is known for addressing social issues through his photography. In doing so, over the years, he has sparked a little bit of controversy. His photography studies the human form in much detail. In particular, Joel-Peter Witkin and Robert Mapplethorpe influenced Erwin Olaf. The Dutch photographer won the Young European Photographer in 1988. Olaf became notorious for his subversive and transgressive photography. Ultimately Olaf has become a leading pioneer of “staged photography”. Amongst his most known works are Mature (1999) and Royal Blood (2000) together with Paradise (2001).
Next month sees a new Erwin Olaf exhibition open at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. That is just one of the three Dutch exhibitions this year to celebrate one of the Netherlands’ most famous photographers 60th birthday. There was also a double exhibition at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and The Hague Museum of Photography. There is also a new photo book: Erwin Olaf: I Am produced in honour of his birthday.
Hamiltons in London celebrate Olaf’s 60th birthday with their own exhibition — Erwin Olaf: Women. Tim Jefferies, from Hamiltons, has selected photographs from Olaf’s oeuvre of 40 years. Hamiltons include vintage prints, never previously shown in a gallery setting in this exhibition.
The gallery is in Mayfair, close to Grosvenor Square and only a short walk from Green Park tube station.
Hamiltons, Mayfair. Map:
Until Friday, 16th August.
More information: Hamiltons Gallery.
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Photography Exhibitions London July 2019
Nan Goldin
American photographer Nan Goldin is known for her lush colour photography work which often featuring LGBT-related themes. Reflected in her work is her uncompromised manner and style, portraying subjects in a candid way. According to Goldin, this reflects her desire ‘to leave a record of her life that no one can revise’. Goldin’s work was influenced Larry Clark together with Diane Arbus.
Tate Modern presents a slide show projection a well as framed prints from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency was a visual diary which chronicled the struggle for intimacy and understanding within Goldin’s ‘tribe’.
The Tate Modern is on the South Bank of the Thames, and just a few minutes’ walk from St. Paul’s tube station. There is also always some interesting photography within in the Tate permanent displays. Although there is no admission fee to see the permanent collection, there is an optional donation.
Natalie Bell Building: Level 3 East, Tate Modern, Southbank. Map:
Until Sunday, 27th October.
More information: Tate.
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Robert Capa: D–Day in 35 mm
Magnum founder Robert Capa was considered the “greatest war photographer“. He was one of only four press photographers permitted to cover the American beaches on D–Day. His work as publish in LIFE magazine, June 1944. The Imperial War Museum presents ten photographs commemorating a day on which so much was owed by so many to so few.
The Imperial War Museum is on Lambeth Road and close to Elephant & Castle. It is also a short walk from Lambeth North underground station. The mainline as well as underground facilities at Waterloo are also within walking distance
Imperial War Museum, Elephant & Castle. Map:
Until Sunday, 29th September.
More information: Imperial War Museums.
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László Moholy–Nagy
Moholy-Nagy was a self-taught Bauhaus master, considered a genius of all media. He is known for advancing photography, securing its place in modern art. Notably he extensively explored photograms, coining the term. A photogram is a photographic image, made without the use of a camera. Typically an object is placed on light sensitive paper and an image is created when the composition is exposed to light. Moholy-Nagy featured in the recent Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art at Tate Modern.
Hauser & Wirth present an exhibition of László Moholy-Nagy work to mark the hundredth year of the Bauhaus. The show is curated by Daniel Hug — grandson of Moholy-Nagy. Selected are works from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
Hauser & Wirth is on Saville Row with both Oxford Circus and Piccadilly London Underground stations only a short walk. There are almost as many photography galleries as tailors in the area, with Huxley-Parlour as well as The Photographers’ Gallery a few minutes’ walk away.
Hauser & Wirth, Mayfair. Map:
Until Saturday, 7th September.
More information: Hauser & Wirth.
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London Photography Exhibitions July 2019
Werner Bischof — USA
Werner Bischof was a Swiss Magnum photographer. He received international recognition on his work documenting the devastation caused by the Second World War. In 1949 he was rewarded as a pioneer of colour photography and then invited to join Magnum as the first non-founding member.
Werner visited the USA in the early 1950s using colour to shape the development of photojournalism. David Hill presents 25 photographs from the pioneering trip to the USA. The work is being shown for the first time.
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.
David Hill, Ladbroke Grove. Map:
Until Friday, 26th July.
More information: David Hill.
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Urban Impulses: Latin American Photography from 1959 to 2016
Urban Impulses is a group exhibition featuring the work of over 70 photographers. Included are Cuban photographer Alberto Korda known for his iconic image of Che Guevara, as well as Chilean Sergio Larraín.
Sergio Larraín is considered to be the most important Chilean photographer of all times and was a living legend of artistic photography. He was a Magnum photographer and internationally recognised for his work in the 1960s, Chile’s finest lensman later became a recluse. His break came in 1958 when he won a bursary from the British Council, for an eight-month reportage project. With the bursary he took his Leica camera – which he had saved up for, working in a cafe – to Britain and captivated shots of the everyday, particularly in London. Just one year later he was invited to join Magnum by Henri Cartier-Bresson, himself being so impressed by the work. Larrain was endlessly experimental. Photographers looking for inspiration might look to the letter Sergio Larraín wrote to his nephew in 1982, when asked where to begin to become a photographer translated into English.
The exhibition is curated by María Wills together with Alexis Fabry. The Photographers’ Gallery is by Liberty of London, not far from either Oxford Street or Regent Street. The gallery has a great café as well as a print shop.
Exhibition Day Pass: £5/£2.50. Free from 17:00 daily.
Photographers’ Gallery, Soho. Map:
Until Sunday, 6th October.
More information: Photographers’ Gallery.
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Photography Exhibitions London July 2019
That’s it for this week’s Photography Exhibitions in London July 2019. Look out for next week’s list of Photography Exhibitions in London!
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Photography Exhibitions London July 2019