Look11 Photography Festival

42 Women of Sierra Leone - Images by Lee Karen Stow

adamlee — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:02:14 +0000

An exhibition of 42 portraits by British photographer Lee Karen Stow, including photographs taken in summer 2010 which have not been shown before. The photographs pay tribute to the strength, resilience and beauty of the women of Sierra Leone.

Form more information: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/42

Location: International Slavery Museum

Opening Times: Daily 10am - 5pm

Images by Don McPhee

adamlee — Thu, 12 May 2011 11:17:33 +0000

The collection of more than 50 prints put together with the help of the Guardian and now owned by Liverpool Hope University includes McPhee’s most famous shot in which a picket in a toy police helmet eyeballs a police officer at the Orgreave coking plant during the 1984 miners’ strike. McPhee produced hundreds of pictures of the strike, many of them reflecting the epic nature of the conflict between the state and the NUM. This exhibition includes iconic news pictures, portraits of politicians and affectionate shots of the people of the North.

Location: The Cornerstone Gallery

Opening Times: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

The Exploring Eye - Images by Eric de Maré

adamlee — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:44:41 +0000

Eric de Maré (1910–2002) was one of Britain ’s most influential architectural photographers, greatly broadening the perception of where architecture was to be found. A prolific contributor to the Architectural Review, he illustrated pioneering studies of architecture in and around the Thames as well as of Britain ’s neglected industrial heritage. His seminal book The Functional Tradition in Early Industrial Buildings (1958) potently suggested how warehouses and mill buildings could serve as an inspiration to architects rebuilding postwar Britain .

Location: RIBA

Opening Times: TBC

Like You’ve Never Been Away- Images by Paul Trevor

adamlee — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:08:14 +0000

Paul Trevor’s street photographs of Liverpool were taken in 1975 as part of Survival Programmes, a project which looked at inner city deprivation. The collection of fascinating images, which portray a community defiant and in high spirits despite a backdrop of unemployment and poverty, are on show during Liverpool’s first-ever international photography festival Look11.

For more information: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/exhibitions/paultrevor/

Location: Walker Art Gallery

Opening Times: Daily 10am - 5pm

Living Apart - Images by Ian Berry

adamlee — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:07:58 +0000

An exhibition of 90 stunning black and white photographs, by Preston-born Ian Berry, portrays life in South Africa where segregation was institutionalised by the government. Berry first visited as a boy of 17 and returned many times to record the ordinary lives of those living in extraordinary circumstances. He captured many of the country’s most significant moments before and after the collapse of apartheid.

For more information: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/exhibitions/livingapart/

Location: International Slavery Museum

Opening Times: Daily 10am - 5pm