Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photographic Portraiture

23/05/2008 - 31/08/2008

Street & Studio is a magnificent exhibition of international photography. It presents a fascinating history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two key locations in which photographers work. Street & Studio brings out the contrast between the photos taken in the carefully-orchestrated studio, and images captured in the changing and uncontrollable street, whilst highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other.

Over 350 striking works by some of the world’s most famous and important photographers are gathered in this stylish exhibition. Focussing on photos taken in buzzing cities, with their cosmopolitan cast of hipsters, businessmen, beauties and criminals, Street & Studio builds an engrossing urban history of photography, ranging from elegant fashion photography from the mid-20th Century, to cutting-edge portraiture by contemporary artists.

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