A comprehensive survey of the work of a master of modernist design today.

Facing Britain brings together for the first time almost all important representatives* of British documentary photography in a large overview exhibition outside the UK. Long forgotten and only recently rediscovered positions such as John Myers, Tish Murtha or Peter Mitchell are shown alongside works by world stars such as Martin Parr. The show thus offers a unique insight into the developments in the field of photography in the United Kingdom, which are interwoven with continental Europe and North America, but also independent of them. tars such as Martin Parr. The show thus offers a unique insight into the developments in the field of photography in the United Kingdom, which are interwoven with continental Europe and North America, but also independent of them.

Details

ISBN13: 9783753300627
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 220
Edition:
Publication Date: 10 Feb 2022
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Publication City, Country: Germany
Dimensions (cm): 230(H)x220(L)1020
Weight (gm): 1020

Author Biography

Ralph Goertz is a curator, responsible for the Facing Britain exhibition at Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany.

Graham Harrison is a photographer and writer.

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