An interesting and diverse range of talent was on display at
The Photographers' Gallery exhibition for new and aspiring photographers and artists. They were not all to my taste but a couple of ideas really struck a cord. The first was by
David Birkin, with a piece entitled
I Was So Entranced Seeing that I Did Not Think About the Sight, which depicted a sheet of gelatin silver paper that had been exposed to the light from atop the Empire State Building whilst facing south towards the World Trade Center - embossed onto the paper was a braille translation of Helen Keller's blindsight description of the New York skyline in 1932, which I thought was a wonderfully inventive way of bringing the viewer towards the image (although I was desperate to touch the paper and feel the braille - maybe that was what Birkin had intended, but I didn't feel the gallery would be too pleased).
The second series of images which really caught my eye were by
Jonny Briggs, which I thought were truly original, creating 'new realities' through re-imagining what at first glance was a simple 'family snap'; by cutting the image within its frame and 'sliding' it along, it created a fun, yet bizarrely faux-real concept of the documentary.
Of other worthy note (from my own subjective perspective) was
Anders Birger,
Alison Bettles,
Emma Critchley and
Seo-Yeoung Won; excellent and thought-provoking work.
Anders Birger
Alison Bettles
Emma Critchley
Seo-Yeoung Won
I got some great ideas for presenting my own images for my exhibition in Sheffield - or should I say, I feel more comfortable about my choice of presentation, having now seen the diverse display of arrangements offered in this exhibition.
