Earlier this month I visited the Science Museum, London, primarily to see the Alec Soth (pronounced as in ‘both’, I believe) exhibition, ‘Gathered Leaves’. This is the award winning American photographer’s first major UK show and brings together a decade of work covering four projects. The exhibition opens with ‘Sleeping by the Mississippi’, a series […]
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‘The Salt of The Earth’
In April 2013 I took the opportunity to see Sebastiao Salgado’s project ‘Genesis’, at the Natural History Museum, London. Already familiar with some of his earlier work such as the famous images of famine in Ethiopia, and his series on ‘The Other Americans’, the Genesis project was intriguing as Salgado was not previously noted for […]
Musicians as Photographers – Two Exhibitions At Somerset House
On a recent trip to London, I took the opportunity to visit Somerset House and take in a couple of exhibitions, both of which featured work by artists better known (to me at least) as musicians than as photographers. The shows in question present the work of Chris Stein, founder member of the punk band ‘Blondie’, and […]