Month: August 2016

Photographing the people who gather around famous monuments

On visiting the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo in 2012, Oliver Curtis turned and looked back in the direction he had come from. What he saw fascinated him. He has since made a point of turning his back on some of world’s most photographed monuments and historic sites, looking at their counter-views and forgotten faces.

22 August 2016

Dynasty Marubi – A hundred years of Albanian studio photography

A selection of photos from the archive of the Albanian photo studio Marubi, from 1856 to 1959, showcasing three generations of photographers made studio portraits of a wide variety of people, ranging from the urban bourgeoisie, shepherds, the Ottoman emperor and King Zog, to criminals and famous actors and painters, are about to go on show at Foam, Amsterdam.

19 August 2016