To mark the opening of the Amgueddfa Cymru‘s (National Museum of Wales’) first gallery dedicated to photography, an exhibition of photographs from David Hurn’s private collection is running from the 30th September 2017 to 11th March 2018. Hurn, a Magnum photographer since 1967, donated his collections to the Amgueddfa Cymru in May of 2017. The […]
Author: Ian Butler
Ami Barwell – Mastectomy
The Huffington Post this morning (01/10/17) reports on a series of portraits of women who have had mastectomies. The series, photographed by UK photographer Ami Barwell, is being used as part of the Stand Up to Cancer campaign. Barwell says that she ‘wanted to shoot this project to raise awareness and show how the defiance […]
Martin Parr
A link to some of Martin Parr’s recent work. Parr’s term for ‘the overwhelming power of published images is “propaganda”. He counters this propaganda with his own chosen weapons: criticism, seduction and humour.’
