photographers gallery

jaques-henri lartigue

jaques-henri lartigue

bibi-1the pho­tog­ra­phers’ gallery presents bibi by the renowned french pho­tog­ra­ph­er jacques hen­ri lar­tigue. the exhi­bi­tion will focus on pho­tographs from the 1920s depict­ing lartigue’s mar­riage to madeleine mes­sager, known as bibi, his first wife and the moth­er of his only child. this will be the first inter­na­tion­al show­cas­ing of the exhi­bi­tion fol­low­ing its unveil­ing ear­li­er this year in les ren­con­tres d’arles.
the photographers gallery new public opening

the photographers gallery new public opening

the pho­tog­ra­phers’ gallery will unveil its new home for inter­na­tion­al and british pho­tog­ra­phy in the heart of london’s soho on sat­ur­day 19 may 2012. the gallery’s open­ing will mark the con­clu­sion of its ambi­tious £9.2 mil­lion cap­i­tal cam­paign, which has been gen­er­ous­ly sup­port­ed by arts coun­cil england’s lot­tery fund along­side a range of trusts, foun­da­tions, cor­po­rates and indi­vid­u­als.

 

designed by award-win­ning irish archi­tects o’donnell + tuomey, the trans­formed build­ing fea­tures a two storey exten­sion that dou­bles the size of the pre­vi­ous exhi­bi­tion space. pro­vid­ing a plat­form for an enhanced pro­gramme of exhi­bi­tions, the gen­er­ous­ly pro­por­tioned gal­leries will show­case estab­lished and emerg­ing pho­to­graph­ic tal­ent from the uk and around the world. a new envi­ron­men­tal­ly-con­trolled floor will cre­ate oppor­tu­ni­ties to show more work from archives and muse­um col­lec­tions and high­er ceil­ings in the top floor gal­leries will pro­vide dynam­ic spaces for large-scale and mov­ing image works.

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