Cartier-Bresson exhibition @ Somerset House

[davidc]

Running from 8th Nov to 27th Jan

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual- ... -of-colour

[Mike Farley]

It's just across the river from the Landscape Photographer of the Year exhbition, so it would be possible to combine both. Each one has free entry, as well.

[Rose]

Interesting article (and slideshow of images) about the exhibition on the BBC website today too...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20203475

[walterconquy]

Sounds like a good idea Mike

[Mike Farley]

The new issue of Amateur Photographer, which will be on sale from 20 November, has an article about this exhibition. The introductory HCB shot, which is printed full page, is most definitely soft focus and nothing is really sharp. I wonder what some judges would make of it?

The exhibition features 10 images by Cartier-Bresson which has never previously been exhibited in the UK, as well as 75 pictures by 15 other well known photographers. It looks at the influence HCB had on those who followed, even though the later images are in colour, which HCB considered inappropriate and his own work was almost entirely done in monochrome. Partly this was due to the quality of colour materials available at the time when HCB took most of his best known images. Although we will never know the answer, it is an interesting speculation what he would have done if he had had access to more modern equipment.