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Photo London Top 10

Lee Sharrock picks her favourite exhibits at the 2022 edition of Photo London at Somerset House. In what feels like the largest Photo London display to date, featuring 106 exhibitors from 18 countries taking over all 3 floors of Somerset House as well as the East and West Wing, and a pavilion in the courtyard

The Fair has Legs: Photo London

Photo London opens today (to 12 Sept), and where two years back people might have been wondering ‘Are there too many fairs?’ now it’s ‘Wow, a fair!’  And although there is a reduced international presence, especially from America and Asia, the 88 galleries have responded well. My guess is that more than half the images show people, and most of those give some focus to the face. But what about the legs? Here is a selection…

Jamel Shabazz, 'The Playboy, Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY' (1982) © Jamel Shabazz, courtesy Galerie Bene Taschen

Photo London 2019 opens this week

Photo London opens this week for its fifth edition. Building on the success of its first four editions, Photo London 2019 returns to Somerset House to showcase the very best of the past, present and future of photography.

The Auction as Show

Unsurprisingly, the leading auction houses are all selling photographic work to coincide with Photo London (18-21 May). By way of a warm-up, I looked at them as exhibits rather than as potential purchases. Do they make for a good visit?

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