Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain
Raymond Moore, Pembrokeshire, 1967. Museum no. PH.412-1981
16 March – 19 September 2012
Room 38a
Free admission
Drawn exclusively from the V&A collections, this display features a selection of more than 80 photographs made in the UK since the 1950s. It focuses on individual projects, each of which tells a story. Collectively, they give a picture of life in Britain that reflects upon subjects ranging from landscape and industry to family and community.
The photographers represented include: Maurice Broomfield, Elsbeth Juda, Roger Mayne, Don McCullin, Raymond Moore, Bill Brandt, Grace Robertson, Fay Godwin, Chris Killip, Martin Parr, Nigel Shafran, Peter Fraser, John R. J. Taylor, Mark Edwards and Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane.
This display complements the exhibition
British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March - 12 August 2012
Sponsored by
Ernst & Young
Part of the V&A British Design Season
About displays
Complementing our permanent collections, there are many free temporary displays around the V&A. They range in size from a single case to a room.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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Design and the Decorative Arts: Victorian Britain 1837-1901
Tells the story of design and the decorative arts in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria.
Buy nowEvent - Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain
Thu 14 June 2012 13:00
FREE TALK: The rapidly shifting cultural environment after 1945 provided some of the greatest photographers of recent. Discover how photographers working in Britain since the Second World War have captured the diversity of the island and its people.
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