An Urban History of Photography at Tate Modern
I thought I’d use this post to rave a little about a phenomenal exhibition going on at Tate Modern right now. The exhibition, Street and Studio: an Urban History of Photography, is a must see for any and everyone interested in the history of photography. With gelatine silver plate images dating from the 1880s to current examples by today’s photography vanguard, Street & Studio is (according to the Tate) “the first exhibition to explore the urban photographic portrait through the parallel development of its two important sites: the street and the studio.”
For the most part, I preferred the ‘street’ side of things; there are photos of all sort of people and scenes of urban life – from 19th century chimney sweeps to modern day Tube commuters. I really got a kick out of Laurie Anderson’s Fully Automated Nikon, a series of photos taken of men on the streets of New York whom found it necessary to cat call at her and was completely captivated by Pieter Hugo’s photograph of a man posing with his muzzled ‘pet’ hyena. However, I honestly have to say that the entire exhibition was well worth the couple of hours I spent checking it out. In fact, I think I’m going to need to give it a re-visit – there was just too much fascinating and engaging photography for me to take in at one go.
Cheers,
tikichris
Written by tikichris on July 2nd 2008. Category: Art, Photography, Things to do, What's On
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