Events and Exhibitions
This April, acclaimed Bradfordian social documentary photographer Ian Beesley turns 70. He has spent the last 5 decades documenting life in the North of England. He had planned to retire this year. Instead, the appetite for his work is stronger than ever. So on April 27 a previously unseen selection of Beesley’s work selected from his archive of over 200,000 images goes on show at Salts Mill, Saltaire.
Venues
Past Events and Exhibitions
Still life has inspired photographers throughout the history of the medium. The form, developed throughout centuries of painting and visual art, is full of striking imagery and dark symbolism, focusing on decay and the fleeting nature of life.
Featuring works by some of the most celebrated practitioners of photography, Art of Arrangement investigates the photographic still life through both classic examples and works that challenge the definition of the genre.
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In November 1972 Impressions Gallery opened in a room above a shop in York with the first ever exhibition by the then unknown Martin Parr. As one of the first specialist photography galleries in Europe it has gone on to play a vital role in championing photography and has had a huge impact on the development of the photographic culture in Britain.
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Support Impressions in this special fundraising campaign and help them to continue bringing the best of contemporary photography to as many people as possible.
To commemorate their 40th birthday, Impressions are giving one person the chance to win an original Martin Parr print, specially selected by the artist himself. All money raised from the prize draw will support their exhibition and events programme.
There are only 1,000 exclusive tickets at just £10 each, limited to 2 per person. The prize draw will be made on Friday 9 November 2012.
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Made over a period of five years, Personal Best explores the stories of sixteen young athletes in the build up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The exhibition documents a unique time in British history, and captures the development of a generation of sportspeople as they grow from childhood to adulthood within the intense world of elite sport. This is the UK premiere and first major solo show of award-winning photographer Paul Floyd Blake.
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In its British premiere, Making Space explores the expansion and development of Islam in contemporary Ireland.
Made over the course of three years, the exhibition examines the reuse of spaces for the purpose of prayer by Muslim communities throughout Ireland. This is Noel Bowler’s first major solo show in Britain.
Bowler reveals the quiet transformation of everyday spaces in urban, residential and rural locations. He records how private homes, warehouses, office spaces, and industrial units are being turned into spaces for prayer.
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Made over a period of five years, The Sound of Two Songs offers an extensive and personal photographic survey of Poland.
This is the UK premiere of a major new exhibition by renowned Magnum photographer Mark Power.
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The National Media Museum, in a unique collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, is curating and hosting the premiere exhibition of new work exploring the architecture of modern conflict by Magnum photographer Donovan Wylie.
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First retrospective of the hugely influential photographer, documentarian and storyteller.
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An exhibition of Red Saunders’ epic photographic tableaux vivants. Extended until 31 December 2011.
In this exhibition at Impressions Gallery, Red Saunders’ epic photographic tableaux vivants (‘living pictures’) recreate momentous but overlooked events from Britain’s struggle for democracy and equality, from the Peasants Revolt of 1381 to the Chartist movement of the mid nineteenth century.
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One-day conference on photography of war in urban spaces.
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