Prix Pictet announces ‘Fire’ as the theme for the ninth cycle of the award. As Chair Stephen Barber explains, the choice of theme is timely. “Fire has hardly been out of the news since the inferno that consumed Notre Dame in Paris in early 2019. We have seen record rainforest blazes in the Amazon, forest and bush fires in Australia…
Joseph Clarke, An eye into Autumn. Congratulations to Joseph Clarke for winning the H&M Membership x Photo London Emerging Photography competition with his image titled ‘An eye into Autumn’. Fariba Farshad, co-founder of Photo London and jury member, commented: “Our congratulations to the winners. We look forward to welcoming you to Somerset House for Photo London in May next year.” We…
Ormond Gigli, Girls in the Windows, 1960. Courtesy Holden Luntz Gallery; Claire Aho Surprise, ca. 1958. © and Courtesy Aho & Soldan Photo and Film Foundation; Georges Rousse, Kochi, 2018. © the Artist Courtesy GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN; Ernst Scheidegger, Alberto Giacometti at work in his atelier, Paris, ca. 1957. Courtesy Suite 59 Gallery; Yannis Davy Guibinga, The First Woman III,…
Image: Nikon By Andrew Barber (OmniStyle). Photo London is delighted to announce the Emerging Photographer of the Year Award 2020, in partnership with Nikon Northern Europe. The prize was launched during the first edition of Photo London in 2015. It is awarded to a young artist showing at Photo London. Previous award winners have included Daisuke Yokata, Thibaut Brunet and…
© Robbie Lawrence Courtesy Webber Gallery Saturday 17 October, 6 pm BST on the Photo London Instagram channel,@photolondonfair. Free, no registration required. In 2016 Robbie Lawrence travelled to a remote stretch of coastline in the west coast of Scotland, to Linn Gardens, which lies at the head of Cove Bay on the west side of Rosneath peninsula. The gardens had…
Drum Cover Girl, Erlin Ibreck, at Trafalgar Square, London. 1966. Courtesy Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière © James Barnor. Thursday, 15 October 11 am BST – online panel discussion, registration required (free). Register here Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London, will be in conversation with British-Ghanaian photographer James Barnor, about his life and…
Cross Road Blues (Av. Almirante Barroso, Rio, Brazil), 2019 ©Oli_Kellett_Courtesy HackelBury Fine Art Thursday, 15 October at 3 pm BST – online panel discussion, registration required (free). Register here This “In Conversation” will be between artist Oli Kellett and academic, writer and curator Camilla Brown. Focussing on his latest exhibition, the talk will explore Kellett’s practice and influences….
Vik Muniz, The Scream, after Edvard Munch (Pictures of Pigment), 2006. Chromogenic print, 228.6 x 182.9 cm. (90 x 72 in.). Edition of 6 + 4 AP. © the Artist Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts Thursday 15 October, 6 pm BST on the Photo London Instagram channel, @photolondonfair. Free, no registration required. Ben Brown Fine Arts presents internationally acclaimed artists Vik Muniz…
Chrystel Lebas, Re-visiting Scirpus[Bolboschoenus]maritimus Plate n°1075, Arrochar, August 2012 (Low tide) 56°12.342’N 4°45.038’W. Friday 9 October, 6 pm BST – online panel discussion, registration required (free). Register here In this online panel presented by the FT Weekend Magazine, artists Dafna Talmor and Chrystel Lebas will discuss their practice and varying approaches to engaging with representations of landscape with…
