It’s every historian’s dream to track down an untouched archive. That is exactly what Kieron Connell – a researcher at the University of Birmingham – experienced in 2014 when, after months of searching, he received an email from a photographer: ‘I would love it if you could take over the collection of all my images […] More
Melanie Vandenbrouck visits some of the most interesting and pertinent photography exhibitions to kick off 2016 It is a sobering experience, to visit the Prix Pictet’s Disorder exhibition (inaugurated Paris 12 November–13 December 2015; now at Somerset House until 17 January before continuing its global tour). The prize was established in 2008 to showcase leading photographers’ contributions to debates […] More
At first, ‘The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet film’ at the Jewish Museum, seems to be telling us a story about politics and art that we already know. After a period of openness in the early days of the Soviet Union, during which artistic experimentation was encouraged, artistic production soon came to […] More
He’s known for his fashion and portrait photography, in particular the works that appeared in Vogue, but with a selection of 146 photographs the Smithsonian American Art Museum presents a far more complex picture of famous photographer Irving Penn. This exhibition – the first retrospective since Penn’s death in 2009 – strives to show the full […] More
Photograph of a ruin possibly near St Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire (c.1930s–80s), John Piper © The Piper Estate Recognise this ruin? Tate called on the general public for help yesterday, as they attempt to identify the locations in nearly 1,000 photographs taken by John Piper. The British artist is best known as a painter of bombed-out buildings and romanticised […] More
This is the week to see top photography in and of London – but don’t confine yourself to the main fair at Somerset House More
Ernie Kovacs. Image provided by Photofest, New York Exhibition Clip; Revolution of the EyeModern Art and the Birth of American TelevisionThe Jewish MuseumMay 1 – September 20, 2015; Organized by the Jewish Museum, New York, and the Center for Art, Design,and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).Exhibition Curator: Maurice Berger More
Before the outbreak of the First World War, the French banker Albert Kahn commissioned a series of colour photographs and films from around the world. Martin-Gropius-Bau presents a selection of these remarkable images, which sought to promote understanding between different nations and cultures at a time when the world was heading inexorably towards conflict. Albert Kahn, Les […] More
