C/O Berlin: Ron Galella - Paparazzo Extrodanaire
I did enjoy looking at this work but I wouldn't have liked it half as much if it wasn't for the interesting stories and captions going with the majority of photos. On initial viewing I found myself slightly unable to appreciate his work, probably because paparazzi photography is something I could never imagine myself doing, and even find slightly annoying how much they can pester people? However the addition of the stories added context and humour to each photograph and made me appreciate the crazy extent Ron Galella had gone to to capture some of these photographs.
Gallery Talk: Ida Pimenoff - A Shadow at the Edge of Every Moment of the Day
I remember this talk from the gallery owner being really interesting and inspiring, and completely contextualized the work that was being shown. Ida Pimenoff's work looks at her personal feelings such as losing and longing. Her photographs create 'sublime sceneries that play with the ambiguity of emotions adhered between imagination and reality'. I really liked the title of this work; I like the idea of drawing attention towards quiet, calm and usually unnoticed moments in everyday life, and her work captured this. I also spent a lot of time looking at the Helsinki School books that were in the gallery, they were really interesting to flick through, I could have sat looking at them all day - and thats not even just because they had heated flooring to sit on.
Private
Dirk Braekman
Seichi Furuya
Jacob Holdt
Larry Sultan
Mette Tronvoll
Tobias Zielony
This was one of the last exhibitions we looked at and probably one of my favourite. I particularly liked Larry Sultan's image 'Practicing Golf Swing, 1989'. Its from Sultan's series 'Home' which looks at his relationship with his family. I was drawn to it by the dusk-like colours and detail in the print, I like way the typical suburban American lifestyle he's portraying works in images - reminds me in some way of Gregory Crewdson's work.
The Helmut Newton Foundation
Having never looked at any of Helmut Newton's work before, this visit was a good opportunity to get an in depth look into a photographer and the way he works. The museum below was dedicated to items and objects he had owned, showing various crazy outfits he'd worn throughout the decades, and different cameras he'd used. There was a wide selection of his work shown, mainly his 'Polaroids' collection, which was such a nice space to look around, with so many beautiful blue skies and waters which the Polaroids had captured perfectly.
