BERT HARDY – CENTENARY EXHIBITION

Posted on 2013-04-29

Bert Hardy, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year, is rightly regarded now as one of the country’s foremost photojournalists. Though he was a gifted war photographer, Hardy’s sharp, spontaneous images of people in everyday situations were more characteristic of his work. His work stands out because he himself had come from a very poor background but his photographs never strayed in to sentimentality and he was able to achieve captured moments that resonate to this day.

Most of the exhibited photographs were shot shot using Hardy’s second hand Leica camera which he personally adapted to enable him to shoot in poor lighting conditions. Some of the editions were printed from the original negatives at the time, but there is also more recent signed work, affording a rare buying opportunity for limited edition photography print collectors.

Exhibition runs through till May 26th, 2013

The Photographers’ Gallery
16 – 18 Ramillies Street
London
W1F 7LW

thephotographersgallery.org.uk

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MARTIN PARR & TOM WOOD

Posted on 2013-04-29

Parr and Wood embarked on their careers at a time when the perception of photography was shifting. At the start of the 1960s it had been the eccentric face of the London fashion world; the visual language of advertising, and a middle-class hobby. Parr and Wood were amongst the first photographers to turn their cameras on modern Britain, elevating everyday life into fine art.
Charlotte Keenan, Tomlinson Curator of works on paper said: “Taken between 1976 and 1987 the emotive photographs in Every Man and Woman is a Star convey the similarities in the work of Tom Wood and Martin Parr, who are old friends, as well as their differences.

“The photographs are an important part of the Walker’s works on paper collection. They represent a significant period for photography, which was finally establishing itself as a fine art, as well as the changes in society for both the local area and on a wider scale.”
Parr’s images span the period 1976 to 1983 and predate his change to colour film. They respond to his desire to document the world around him before it disappeared, illustrating many of his enduring interests including leisure, consumerism and community. These continue to influence his work, which he describes as ‘subjective documentary.’

Included in the exhibition are a selection of Parr’s images of the west ofIreland, which reveal the modern face of American investment, as well as the unusual customs and traditions of a vanishing community. There are also several images of the patrons of Yates’s Wine Lodge,Liverpool, some of his last work in black and white.
Wood photographed the area and people of Merseyside for more than 20 years, earning himself the nickname ‘photie man’. The photographs on display were taken between 1980 and 1986.
Wood’s photographs are the result of chance encounters. From fellow passengers on a bus, claustrophobic scenes in a nightclub, and well-kept suburban gardens, there is a voyeuristic quality about the work.

Exhibition runs through till May 19th, 2013

Walker Art Gallery
William Brown Street
Liverpool
L3 8EL
England

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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TYLER SHIELDS – SUSPENSE

Posted on 2013-04-29

Tyler Shields’ “Suspense,” an exhilarating array of images that began with a shot the photographer took of himself backflipping across train tracks in the middle of the desert, was originally planned as a series of self-portraits. But then Shields’ previous muse Emma Roberts and girlfriend Francesca Eastwood learned of the project and immediately wanted to get in on the action.

“When people look at these images, you see a moment when sometimes somebody looks like they’re about to die, and sometimes somebody looks like they’re about to live. And that was one of the most exciting things to me: How can you create an image that really makes somebody feel something?” – Tyler Shields

Exhibition runs through till May 19th, 2013

Guy Hepner
300 N Robertson Blvd
West Hollywood
CA
90048

www.guyhepner.com

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