A new home for British Photography
Stop press. And grab your wallet and QUICK QUICK what are you waiting for, for a new online print sale featuring the work of more than 50 of the greatest photographers working in Britain today went live on the 17 November and will be available to purchase only until the 22nd Dec. Christmas pressies AHOY. But wait, you haven’t heard the best bit…
The sale features work by the ridiculously clever Julia Fullerton-Batten, David Hurn, Karen Knorr and Martin Parr among others and (here it comes) they are all priced at £70.
SEVENTY POUNDS.
The A4 prints will be available to purchase on the Centre for British Photography website and will raise funds for the new Centre for British Photography and the Hyman Foundation’s support of emerging photographers in Britain, through commissions, grants, exhibitions and acquisitions… it’s all very exciting.
Opening in London next January, on the very gorgeous Jermyn Street, The Centre will be a new home for British photography, building on the world-renowned Hyman Collection of British photography and the work of the Hyman Foundation.
The 8000 sq. ft. Centre, set across three floors, will be free to visit year-round and will offer exhibitions, events and talks (bringing together the photographic community – professional and amateur) a shop (love me a shop. I’m gonna buy ALL the pencils) an archive and a library. The various exhibitions will present the diverse landscape of British photography today, as well as an historical overview, featuring photographs from 1900 to the present, work by photographers living and working in the UK today, and images taken by those who immigrated to the UK.
“The Centre for British Photography is for anyone with an interest in photography. Photography in Britain is some of the best in the world and we want to give it more exposure and support. With this new physical space, alive with exhibitions and events, we hope to create a hub that increases British photography’s national and international status. We hope in the long run to develop an independent centre. The print sale will help us to create a self-sustaining dedicated National Collection and public programme.” -James Hyman, Founding Director
I, as you know, am a great lover of photography and will be first in line through the doors! Anyone fancy coming with me? Race you to the shop!
Photographers donating work to the print sale (A to Z):
Heather Agyepong, Frederic Aranda, Sian Bonnell, Tessa Bunney, The Caravan Gallery, Natasha Caruana, Edmund Clark, Robert Darch, Sian Davey, John Davies, Lottie Davies, Craig Easton, Jillian Edelstein, Mark Edwards, Anna Fox, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Ken Grant, Brian Griffin, Sunil Gupta, Paul Hart, Paul Hill, Jane Hilton, Tom Hunter, David Hurn, Dafydd Jones, Karen Knorr, Barry Lewis, Jenny Lewis, Jo Longhurst, Tom Lovelace, Sarah Maple, Celine Marchbank, Colin McPherson, Daniel Meadows, Carolyn Mendelsohn, David Moore, Hayley Morris-Cafiero, Jim Mortram, Cheryl Newman, Laura Pannack, Martin Parr, Polly Penrose, Charlie Phillips, Paul Reas, Simon Roberts, Michelle Sank, Helen Sear, Paul Seawright, Andy Sewell, Jem Southam, Homer Sykes, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Jon Tonks, Bindi Vora and Donovan Wylie.
The Centre for British Photography
49 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6LX
www.britishphotography.org
