Family Ties photography exhibition curated by Kasia Kowalska features thirteen artists who address compelling questions around how photography can both shape and reveal our distinctive perspectives on the subjects of memory, family, migration and temporality.
Petya Abraham, Giulia Ballarin, Mina Boromand, Alba de la Cruz, Ania Dąbrowska, Cristina Filimon, Nina Ijomone, Kasia Kowalska, Therry Maltauro, Heather McDonough, Angela Moreno, Dilyana Tankova, Fiona Yaron-Field
Photography is a medium that has given us a unique insight into the human experience. As over five billion photographs are taken every day - almost 95 percent of which with smartphones - it has enabled us to record our lives and the lives of our families in ever-increasing volumes.* Yet, photography is not a passive medium and has the capacity to shape and alter the way we experience the world, how we relate to others, and how we see ourselves.
How does photography shape our memories and experience?
Can a photographic image reinforce or reshape familial ties?
What do our photographs reveal about how we interact with our loved ones?
Considering these and many other questions, the artists in this exhibition offer their contemporary response and make evident why the family photographic archive remains a central subject in photography and invite us to delve deeper into the connections between the photographic image, temporality, migration and memory.
All the exhibiting artists are associated with London Metropolitan University’s Photography degree course, be it as students, alumnae or tutors, and thus belong to its unique photographic community.
* Source: Photutorial.com
Venue: The Gallery Café, St. Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, London E2 9PL
Dates: Tuesday 2nd July – Monday 29th July 2024
Opening Hours: Monday – Sunday, 8:30am – 6pm
Private View and Talk: Tuesday, 9th July 2024, 6.30pm - Free but booking essential. Click to see more and book.
Graphic Design: Nina Ijomone Studio
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