Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers
by Mafalda Correa
This March, at the Barbican Art Gallery, international photographers expose the social, cultural, and political identity of the UK. The exhibition gathers the work of 23 photographers from the 20th and 21st centuries, ranging from social documentary and street photography, to portraiture and architectural photography. They each capture different characteristics of life around Britain from the 1930s onwards in their own distinctive photographic style. |
“The exhibition will reveal a very different take on British life than that produced by British photographers. It is both familiar and strange at the same time,” said Martin Parr, British photographer and curator of the exhibition.
Strange and Familiar is an appreciation of life in Britain through the camera lens of strangers that see us, the British, as the strangers. It portrays images of daily life that, while familiar to us, are strange to the photographers behind the camera who capture them in such peculiar ways that will make them seem strange even for those familiar with it.
The exhibition opens on 16 March at the Barbican Art Gallery and the standard tickets will cost £12.
Strange and Familiar is an appreciation of life in Britain through the camera lens of strangers that see us, the British, as the strangers. It portrays images of daily life that, while familiar to us, are strange to the photographers behind the camera who capture them in such peculiar ways that will make them seem strange even for those familiar with it.
The exhibition opens on 16 March at the Barbican Art Gallery and the standard tickets will cost £12.