Hungry eye magazine
London Festival of Photography
19-07-12, . Tickets
In line with Dench’s exhibition, the White Cloth Gallery will be hosting a selection of work from the ‘Great British Public’ as part of its ‘Best of British’ summer season. The exhibition that includes the award winning photographers, Simon Roberts and Zed Nelson, will arrive in Leeds on the 19th of July (running through until 17th September) after its showing at the London Festival of Photography 2012. Welcoming over 50,000 people, the London Festival of Photography comprised of over forty events that took place in venues across the capital including the British Library, the V&A, King’s Cross Station and the Tate Modern.
Embracing the spirit of patriotism with the upcoming Olympics and a year that has already witnessed the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this show will present images from photographers working the length and breadth of the British Isles documenting the daily life, work and rituals of the British in their many incarnations.
A focus on street photography will be complimented by intimate documentary studies and portraits from a range of established practitioners including John Angerson (Ilford Photograper of The Year), Nick Cunard, Peter Dench (World Press Photo Award), Liz Hingley (Canon Female Photojournalist Award Winner), Zed Nelson (World Press Photo Winner), Ben Roberts (Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographer Winner), Simon Roberts (Official 2010 UK election artist), Arnhel de Serra, Homer Sykes and Giulietta Verdon-Roe.
This multidisciplinary exhibition will celebrate the extremes and quirks of life on our islands; military funeral parades, pomp and pageantry to Hackney in London to the most northernmost island of Orkney in Scotland, via New Brighton and beyond… all explored through print and multimedia. It is rare that such a stellar collection of British artists are shown together in celebration of Britishness.
White Cloth Gallery, Leeds are delighted to invite you to a private viewing of the Best of British exhibition which will be held in support of St Gemma’s Hospice. For more info on the event and to purchase tickets please use the link bellow;