Constructing Worlds curator Alona Pardo introduces the ways photography has helped shape our view of the built world.
‘A modern gaze for a very modern city’ – curators Alona Pardo and Elias Redstone describe Berenice Abbott’s New York alongside Walker Evans’ documentary style.
‘He’s selling these buildings’ – we discuss the impact of advertising on architectural photography amongst the rise of the illustrated press.
‘He had the soul of an architect’ – we explore the longstanding collaborative relationship between Lucien Hervé and Le Corbusier.
‘Being in awe of the very beauty of the everyday’ – capturing the art of street furniture, these four photographers elevate the mundane through their work.
‘Within the chaos and the mess, I can find beauty’ – how did the social and political moments of the 60s inspire and influence the photographers of the time?
‘What are these strange, peculiar objects?’ – we follow the Bechers’ preservationist campaign, transforming water towers into beautiful, anonymous sculptures.
‘A fascination with the peripheral, the marginal, the forgotten’ – join Stephen Shore on his vibrant journey through America on the open road.
‘These are not lifeless places’ – but where are all the people? Discover the human presence that exists beyond the deserted streetscapes.
‘A much more ethereal, lyrical, meditative response to space’ – moving downstairs, see the ways this group of artists experience space in their photography.