Sophie's round up - what's on in photography
Museums
London
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. Tel: 020 7942 5020. e-mail WildPhoto@nhm.ac.uk Web www.nhm.ac.uk/WildPhoto Open: Mon - Sat 10am - 5.30pm, Sun 11am - 5.30pm. Adm to Wildlife Exhibition £ 5.00 Children & conc's £ 3.00, Family £12 under 5's free. Adm to Museum is free!
Until - 27th April 2008. SHELL WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR - 2007. This annual exhibition is an absolute delight. Not just for it's fantastic images of wildlife but also for the width of subjects covered and the differing styles of photography. Certainly a must to see!
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition organised by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
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VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM (V&A). Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Tel: 020 7942 2000. Web: http://www.vam.ac.uk Open: Daily 10am - 5.45pm, Fridays 10am - 10pm. Nearest Tube South Kensington.
Until - 13th April 2008. CURTIS MOFFAT - Experimental Photography and Design. Curtis Moffat created dynamic abstract photographs, innovative colour still lives and some of the most glamorous society portraits of the early 20th century. He was also a pivotal figure in Modernist interior design. Moffat’s archive, containing over 1,000 photographic prints and negatives as well as press cuttings, scrap books and ephemera, was generously donated to the V&A in 2007 by Penelope Smail. The donation is celebrated by featuring some of its highlights in this display. It also acts as a starting point to study Moffat’s pioneering but hitherto little-known work in more depth.
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Bradford - North England
NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM (Formerly Museum of Film and Photography). Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ. Tel: 0870 7010200. Web: http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk Open: Tues - Sun 10am - 6pm.
Until - 1st June 2008. EXTRA! EXTRA! - Tales From The Daily Herald Picure Library. This exhibition offers a light-hearted look at how photography, film, television, radio and the development of new media are represented by the Daily Herald picture library. This collection of over 3 million images is held by the National Media Museum. The Daily Herald was a national newspaper, which ran from 1912 to 1964 offering a fascinating photographic record of the period.
Alfred Hitchcock on the set of Coronation Street__________
Manchester - North England
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH. The Quays, Trafford Wharf, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1TZ. Tel: 0161 836 4000. e-mail: iwmnorth@iwm.org.uk Web: http://north.iwm.org.uk Open: Daily 10am - 5pm .
Until -27th April 2008. GEORGE RODGERS - War Photographs. Celebrating the centenary of George Rodger’s birth, this exhibition looks at the life and work of an extraordinary photographer. Born in Hale in Cheshire, Rodger captured many aspects of modern warfare, from the Blitz in 1940, to refugees escaping from Burma in 1942 and the experiences of liberation and surrender in 1945. This collection of powerful and compelling images, captures humanity in the hardship of war.
Rodger’s experiences towards the end of the Second World War led him to abandon war photography and he went on to co-found the Magnum photographic agency.
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