Vernaclar Photography Exhibition
Posted on: Thu March 15, 2012
I have some photographs in a group touring exhibition run by The Photographic Angle that starts next month. The exhibition will go to London, Crawley & Bristol.
14-18 Apr
Atria House, 219 Bath Road, Slough
21-25 Apr
Henrietta House, Henrietta Place, London
28apr – 2May
Astral Towers, Betts Way, Crawley
5-9 May
2 Longwalk Rd, Stockley Park, Uxbridge
12-16 May
Glaxo Smithkline, Greenford Rd, London
This one is the largest one with over 160 large format photographs on display. I will probably have 10 images in this.
19-23 May
Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, Bristol
MISSION STATEMENT:
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ANGLE SUPPORTS PROFESSIONAL, STUDENT AND AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE, DISCUSS AND CULTIVATE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
Photography was for a long time stuck in the portrait studio where the upper classes went to have their picture taken. Within months of Daguerre’s 1839 announcement of his photographic breakthrough in Paris, many amateurs began experimenting with the daguerreotype process capturing their members of their families in what would be the first family photographs.
By the 1890’s there had been a tremendous rise in amateur photography with the arrival of smaller formats and more simple cameras to use. The family album was born, where visual fragments of daily life were collected and preserved.
This year The Photographic Angle (TPA) will begin a touring exhibition of the UK with work from twelve artists who have explored the genre of Vernacular Photography in their work. Included in this exhibition are photographs by Chris Cockerill, Yehia Asem El Alaily, Jessica Allen, Somendra Singh Mahiyaria, Andrew Newson, Alan Underwood-Parry, Jon Stanley Austin, Francesca Limb, Catherine Amyes, Robert Davies, Pearl Findlay and Steven Schofield. Together, their work demonstrates the breadth, diversity and fascination of this medium.