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Photographers Gallery

16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW

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New Westerners [8 February 2009]

It is a short walk through Soho from the old location of the Photographers Gallery to the new one in Ramillies Street. Walking there with my daugther we re-assembled a mythical Soho built on the three generations of family stories that begin in the  Read on…

Photographers Gallery, London
6 December 2008 - 8 February 2009

Reviewed by: Andrea Kim Valdez »

In Darkness Visible [14 October 2007]
Nicholas Hughes, '2'. [enlarge]

In Darkness Visible at The Photographers’ Gallery presents the new body of work by Nicholas Hughes. These dark brooding photographs combine an experience of pure aesthetic pleasure with an ambiguous discomfort: there is no denying the  Read on…

The Photographers' Gallery , London
12 September - 3 November 2007

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Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar [26 September 2007]
'White Tiger (Kenny)', Selective Inbreeding, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Courtesy: Steidl / Gagosian. ' 2007 Taryn Simon. [enlarge]

Index of the unfamiliar? A checklist of photos from Taryn Simon's exhibition at the Photographers Gallery reads like a A-Z of iconic American cultural symbols: death row, plastic surgery, satellite news, playboy, great white shark, such variety  Read on…

The Photographer's Gallery, London
13 September - 11 November 2007

Reviewed by: David Foster »

An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar [21 September 2007]
‘White Tiger (Kenny)’, Selective Inbreeding, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Courtesy: Steidl / Gagosian. © 2007 Taryn Simon.In the United States, all living white tigers are the result of selective inbreeding to artificially create the genetic conditions that lead to white fur, ice-blue eyes and a pink nose. Kenny was born to a breeder in Bentonville, Arkansas on February 3, 1999. As a result of inbreeding, Kenny is mentally retarded and has significant physical limitations. Due to his deep-set nose, he has difficulty breathing and closing his jaw, his teeth are severely malformed and he limps from abnormal bone structure in his forearms. The three other tigers in Kenny’s litter are not considered to be quality white tigers as they are yellow-coated, cross-eyed, and knock-kneed. [enlarge]

Taryn Simon’s exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery is a spatial interpretation of Simon’s catalogue, “An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar”. Having spent four years of committed research, Simon has  Read on…

Photographers' Gallery
9 September 2007 to 11 November 2007

Reviewed by: Alanna Lawley »

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