London Photography Shows

The National Portrait Gallery Nov. 11th - Feb. 20th

 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 presents the very best in contemporary portrait photography, showcasing the work of talented young photographers and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals and photography students.

David Chancellor for Huntress with Buck from the series Hunters

V & A Museum - 13 October 2010 - 20 February 2011

Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography 


The essence of photography lies in its seemingly magical ability to fix shadows on light-sensitive surfaces. Normally, this requires a camera. Shadow Catchers, however, presents the work of five international contemporary artists - Floris Neusüss, Pierre Cordier, Susan Derges, Garry Fabian Miller and Adam Fuss - who work without a camera. Instead, they create images on photographic paper by casting shadows and manipulating light, or by chemically treating the surface of the paper.
Images made with a camera imply a documentary role. In contrast, camera-less photographs show what has never really existed. They are also always 'an original' because they are not made from a negative. Encountered as fragments, traces, signs, memories or dreams, they leave room for the imagination, transforming the world of objects into a world of visions.

SouthBank Centre - Friday 12 November 2010 - Sunday 5 December 2010

World Press Photo 2010 - Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall

The annual World Press Photo Exhibition is the best known of World Press Photo's activities and is a leading event in the organization's calendar.
Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on tour. In April, the exhibition is officially opened in Amsterdam and can be seen at venues around the globe until March of the next year. The tour program takes in approximately 100 cities in 45 countries and is still expanding.

Pietro Masturzo