Portraiture

Images of the Feminist avant-garde in the 1970s shine a light on an artistic movement too long overlooked

October sees the launch of Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s, a 12-week exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery in Central London. BJP sat down with curators Gabriele Schor and Anna Dannemann to discuss a collection that celebrates seeks to challenge ‘accepted social conventions, including the mechanisms and male dominance of the art industry.’

12 September 2016

Portraits of the 30,000 Somali Diaspora in Minneapolis, America

In the early 1990s, when the world watched TV footage of a Somalia once again devastated by recurring famine, the United States started taking in refugees as part of an international humanitarian relief effort. Many settled in Minneapolis, where they soon found jobs and integrated into the wider Minnesota community.

12 September 2016

Guido Harari’s portraits of Kate Bush document their ten-year collaboration

An upcoming exhibition at Project Space, Bermondsey showcases the images of Guido Harari over a ten year period as Kate Bush’s official photographer. The collection, which is taken from Harari’s book The Kate Inside, includes Polaroids, contact sheets, personal notes and out-takes from studio shoots alongside observations and reminiscences by the photographer. It’s foreword is written by Bush’s creative collaborator and artistic mentor, Lindsay Kemp, who is responsible for the initial introduction between Bush & Harari. BJP sat down with the Italian photographer to discuss a collection which sought to detail the personality of this complex icon.

29 July 2016

Celebrities Photographed with Recovering Addicts

One of the music industry’s best loved photographers, Lawrence Watson, has turned his hand to photographing portraits of Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, and Trevor Nelson once again for a new exhibition, but this time alongside recovered addicts.

28 June 2016