A strange and familiar portrait of Britain
Decades of British life captured through the lens of international photographers.
What does Britain look like to the rest of the world? The 'Strange and Familiar' exhibition, curated by the iconic British photographer Martin Parr, brings together hundreds of images of the UK taken by international photographers, from the 1930s to the present day. From social documentary and portraiture, to street and architectural photography, the exhibition at London's Barbican Art Gallery paints a rich and varied picture of British social, political and cultural identity. Dan Damon takes a look at some of the photographs with Barbican curator, Alona Pardo.
(Featured image: Glasgow 1980, Raymond Depardon
Image credits:
Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos. Courtesy of Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson;
Cas Oorthuys / Nederlands Fotomuseum;
Evelyn Hofer / The Evelyn Hofer Estate. Courtesy of ROSEGALLERY;
Frank Habicht; Gian Butturini. Courtesy of the Estate of Gian Butturini;
Candida Höfer, Cologne; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2016. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander;
Axel HΓΌtte;
Edith Tudor-Hart / National Galleries of Scotland;
Raymond Depardon / Magnum Photos;
Akihiko Okamura. Courtesy of the Estate of Akihiko Okamura, Hakodate, Japan.)
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