Photography Fair now Open
The ninth edition of Photo London The ninth edition of the fair opens its doors at Somerset House from 16 to 19 May, Preview Day 15 May 2024. 2024’s Fair will offer visitors the opportunity to marvel at, explore and acquire some of the finest photographic works, there is so much to see. With its vibrant Public Programme, the Fair will present three major exhibitions including a display by 2024 Master of Photography recipient Valérie Belin.
Along with a selection of the world’s leading photography dealers and galleries, Photo London’s Discovery section is dedicated to the most exciting emerging galleries and artists. In addition, each edition sees a unique Public Programme including special exhibitions and installations; and several Awards announced, headlined by the Photo London Master of Photography Award.
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Discovery section
Koop Projects, Brighton, United Kingdom
Group show: Maheder Haileselassie, Yassmin Forte, Senzeni Marasela, Tshepiso Moropa
Presenting four exciting female African artists from South African, Ethiopia and Mozambique. Each artist is engaged with telling stories of Africa and Africans told by Africans.
Themes in the work are myth, migration, family, folklore, memory geography and history (real and imagined) and the work includes photography, collage, textile and a short form moving image / animation.
Senzeni Marasela is one of Africa’s most significant female artists working today, known for her ongoing, narrative, project Waiting For Gebane, which she began in 2003. We will be showing early photographic work (not exhibited for many years) alongside more recent textiles.
Marasela describes her large scale works as “monuments” to the woman at the centre of Waiting for Gebane, and, by extension, other black women. She is interested in stories that remain unheard and untold of women who came before her and who will come after.
Maheder Haileselassie was one of five artists to win the CAP (Contemporary African Photography) prize in 2023. She has also been shortlisted for Grand Prix Images Vevey 2023/24 and a Phmuseum grant. Maheder works at the intersection of photography, history, anthropology and architecture.
We are showing images from Between Yesterday And Tomorrow, a series of landscape images and portraits inspired by the history books owned by her father. Maheder has superimposed 19th archives with her current photography and family albums.
Yassmin Forte was also a winner of CAP in 2023. We will show photographs from her series: This Is A Story About My Family. In this body of work she addresses her family, migration, colonization and the repetition of patterns of history.
She uses collage (archival images and her own new work) to create layers of the past and present, maps connecting her family’s history with the landscapes and history of Mocambique.
Tshepiso Moropa is a self-taught collage artist whose work weaves threads of history, symbolism and imagination. She creates hand-crafted collages and short animated films from archival imagery and her own photography, exploring the past and present tense of black people, the African diaspora and historical archives. The moving image works are translations of African folklore tales.
Themes: African diaspora, Female perspective, Migration, Family, Folklore, History
Bright Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel Solo Show: Kweku Yeboah
Kweku Yeboah is a Ghanian photographer living and working in Accra, Ghana. His work is inspired by Ghana’s multi-ethnic, diverse population, consisting of different cultures and beliefs.
“One of my favourite things is spotting daily occurrences in the Accra scene, through music and colours of individual clothing or styles of dress. I get to see different types of African style, fashion in different colours and rare accessories worn by diverse individuals which excites me to document or create them.
” Yeboah’s work is shot from varying angles in order to keep his viewers in suspense: “it’s a way of disturbing the comfortable and comforting the disturbed.” His work reflects people, community, social life, religion and the freedom of youth. Theme: Portraiture, Documentary, Still Life, Nature, Fashion, Ghana.
Cierra Britton Gallery, New York City, USA Group Show: Kennedi Carter and Satchel Lee
Cierra Britton Gallery is pleased to present a duo exhibition with the work of Kennedi Carter and Satchel Lee for Photo London 2024 titled Body & Soul. Body & Soul exhibits a collection of portraiture depicting the reclamation of the Black body, culture, and space.
The artists featured in this exhibit capture moments of reclamation through portraiture, investigation of space, and personal storytelling through photojournalism.
Courtesy of the artist
Rising above the long and problematic history of Black bodies being seen predominantly through the white male gaze in visual culture, each of these artists have radically established their presence in contemporary photography by telling personal and communal stories through their lens.
Themes: Portraiture, Black Culture, Photojournalism, Storytelling, Female Perspective
‘Ghada Khunji – FaRIDA Series’, marking Khunji’s second solo exhibition with at Janer Rady Fine Art.
Founded in 2007, London / Dubai based Janet Rady Fine Art showcases a wide range of cutting edge emerging and mid-career International artists. We focus on regular, innovative, online exhibitions, curated pop-up shows and fairs and are an exhibiting member of Cromwell Place in London.
Up Gallery, Taiwan, China Solo show: Mia Liu
Up Gallery: Continuing her exploration of “scapes,” the artist will unveil new works at this year’s fair. Drawing inspiration from literature, particularly The Tales of Two Cities and Zhuang Zhou’s Butterfly Dream, she will delve into these new themes in her upcoming creations.
Through the traverse and collision of various psychological and physical experiences in life with the things in contact in the moment, she catalyzes a series of creations in search for “dialogues,” producing poetic scenes where everything is connected.
Hence, while it is as if she produces visual art in diverse forms, ranging from spatial installation to paper sculpture, drawing, photography, video installation, botanical sculpture, etc., Liu roams in the midst of and connects them as one.
Themes: Memory, Nature, Sculpture, Mixed Media
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Galerie Binome / Magnin-A, Paris, France Solo show: Lee Shulman & Omar Victor Diop
From the encounter between Lee Shulman / The Anonymous Project and Omar Victor Diop was born “Being There” series, at the crossroads of the two artists’ universes.
As a specialist of self-portraits, the Senegalese photographer introduces himself into the vernacular slide images of The Anonymous Project collection. Work of staging and re-assembling of the images orchestrated by Shulman, the series revisits in about sixty works the archetypes of the Trente Glorieuses society. These augmented pictures question the foundations of our contemporary society. By repairing absence, “Being There” opens a conversation on our history.
Themes: Portraiture, Slide Images, France, Trente Glorieuses
Galerie Bene Taschen, Köln, Germany
Group show: Miron Zownir, Gregory Bojorquez, Joseph Rodriguez and Arlene Gottfried
Galerie Bene Taschen: At Photo London 2024 Galerie Bene Taschen curates a group show of selected works representing some of its photographers and the essence of its program. With a focus of classic documentary photography, the represented artists depict urban spheres and human life at the social edge.
Seeing the unseen, Miron Zownir, Gregory Bojorquez, Joseph Rodriguez and Arlene Gottfried share an interest in so-called outlaws. They approach the city’s notorious gangs, dark neighbourhoods or rural landscapes.
Themes: Documentary, Urban, Rural Landscape, Neighbourhoods
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