Photographs by Gregory Crewdson
Gregory Crewdson reworks the American suburb into a stage-set for the inexplicable, often disturbing, events that take place at twilight. In creating what he calls 'frozen …
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Photographs by Bill Henson
Bill Henson has returned consistently to the orchestration of available light, and in particular of twilight, using it to create a kind of modern mythology. The quiet melod…
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Photographs by Liang Yue
Liang Yue is a photographer whose work deals obliquely with the pace of change in contemporary China. Liang Yue made the Morse Code series in Beijing during China's recent,…
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Boris Mikhailov
Boris Mikhailov made his series At Dusk in his home city of Kharkov following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In it, he uses twilight to record a society in transition an…
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Photographs by Chrystel Lebas
Chrystel Lebas shot the Abyss series in forests where twilight heralds their loss, rather than creating a theatrical abundance of light and colour. Using a panoramic camera…
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Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Philip-Lorca diCorcia made the Hollywood series (also known as The Hustlers) in an area of Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, frequented by male prostitutes and drug addict…
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Christine Keeler Photograph: A Modern Icon
The urban myth that the photograph of Christine Keeler astride an Arne Jacobsen chair was taken when she was a model is false in more senses than one.
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Study Room resource: Contemporary photography
These Study Room resources contain a selection of photographs which were produced in the 1980s and early 1990s. They should give you an idea of the range of photographs bei…
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Contemporary documentary photographers
Contemporary documentary photography is not a unified form but neither is it a defunct or endangered area of photographic practice. It is simply that its contexts, visual s…
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Photographs from 'New Society' magazine
The pioneering weekly publication New Society was founded in 1962 and continued as an independent magazine until 1988. Focusing on everyday people from all corners of moder…
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Study Room resource: Culture and identity in photography
This study room resource contains photographs that deal with issues of cultural identity. It explores the work of black, Asian and Middle Eastern photographers and of white…
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Contemporary International Glass (Paperback)
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