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Tom Wood “Men & Women” at the Photographers’ Gallery

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

Tom Wood is probably the photographer that virtually everyone who styles themselves a street photographer believes themselves to be. For the past four decades he has been out with his camera in the badlands of Liverpool and Merseyside. His work … Continue reading →

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Edward Burtynsky: Oil (Photographers’ Gallery)

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

From the writers of Dallas to the gas-pipe dictators of certain less than savoury regimes, it is known that it is oil that makes the world go round. It is oil that defines our age and the structures that show … Continue reading →

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Brave New World: The Photographers’ Gallery returns

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

The Photographers’ Gallery used to be on Great Newport Street. Split into two narrow galleries with a theatre in between it also crammed in a very tight shop and a cafe whose benches ran down the middle of the second … Continue reading →

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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Moved this year to the warehouse space of Ambika P3 at the University of Westminster the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2011 again shows both the strengths and weaknesses of ‘art photography’ and as ever is likely to provoke strong … Continue reading →

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Doors close, windows open

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

The Photographers’ Gallery is to close its doors on 19 September as its newish space on Ramillies Street is closed for a refurbishment that will see the gallery transformed into something approaching the original idea it set out before vacating … Continue reading →

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This remains

Posted on July 16, 2010 by

The Family and the The Land, Sally Mann Photographers’ Gallery, London In the far corner of the upper floor of the Photographers’ Gallery, behind the repeated notices that what lies ahead is disturbing, are Sally Mann’s images, What Remains. Produced … Continue reading →

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Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010, Photographers’ Gallery

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

There’s nothing more guaranteed to get the “bewildered shrugging shoulders” emoticon onto a photography messageboard than the announcement of a major photography prize. World Press Photo normally gets an easier ride because, well, the winners are normally dodging bullets (although … Continue reading →

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The glass half full

Posted on November 18, 2009 by

A nice drink to unwind after Max Kozloff’s engrossing talk at the Photographers’ Gallery about portrait photography. And after the great man had lectured at length about the interdependence, complicity and friction between subject, taker and viewer what better way … Continue reading →

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An Idea of Home

Posted on November 4, 2009 by

Linked to the Jim Goldberg Open See exhibition, the Photographers’ Gallery is hosting an online open response gallery entitled An Idea of Home. The flickr group acts as a holding pen prior to selections appearing on the gallery’s website. It’s … Continue reading →

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What’s going on?

Posted on October 23, 2009 by

I’m not quite sure what to make of Jim Goldberg’s Open See and even less certain of my reaction to Sara Ramo’s Movable Planes – the two exhibitions currently showing at the Photographers’ Gallery. At least Ramo’s is the first … Continue reading →

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