Exhibition

The English at Home: Twentieth Century Photographs from the Hyman Collection

26 Jan 2023 – 23 Apr 2023

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Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 16:00
Sunday
11:00 – 16:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00

Free admission

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Centre for British Photography

London
England, United Kingdom

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  • 6,9,14,19, 38
  • Green Park, Piccadilly Circus
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This exhibition will present over 150 works to explore the central place of the home in British photography in twentieth century British photography.

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The exhibition takes its title from one of the most important 20th century photography publications, Bill Brandt’s first book, The English at Home (1935). It will propose that to understand contemporary depictions of the home, there is much to learn from exploring a lineage that begins with Bill Brandt and travels through the crucial years of Picture Post magazine and on to the more conceptual strategies of photographers since the 1970s.

The English at Home will take the visitor on a journey from the street, up the front steps, and into the private spaces of the living room, kitchen and bedroom before sending them out into the back garden. It begins by exploring the ways in which the neighbourhood streets were an extension of the home, a place to chat with neighbours and for children to play. Running through this is a strand that builds from Brandt's work to address how these images reflect and critique the English class system. The exhibition is broadly thematic and includes major historical series as well as some of the most important work of the late 20th century.

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Bill Brandt

Anna Fox

David Moore

Jo Spence

Edith Tudor-Hart

Charlie Phillips

Martin Parr

Daniel Meadows

Karen Knorr

Kurt Hutton

Richard Billingham

Roger Mayne

Ken Grant

Nick Hedges

Bert Hardy

Shirley Baker

COLIN JONES

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