Somerset House is the perfect venue for the extravagantly extensive exhibition that is ‘A Positive View’; a provocative exhibition bringing the best of 100 years of photography into ‘collision, collusion and dialogue’. Showcasing photographic works that span across the past 100 years from rare vintage prints to never before seen contemporary works, A Positive view is a treat not to be missed.
On display you will find 130 works from a diverse range of artist including the likes of Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Juergen Teller and Marc Quinn. The whole exhibition is masterfully curated, weaving between old and new, known and unknown and ranging across a vast variety of geographical representations including Korea, China, Japan and West Africa.
The exhibition is being run in aid of Crisis, the UK’s leading homelessness charity supporting single homeless people. A special feature of the display is the ‘Crisis Royal Diptych’, comprising a new portrait of Prince William (Crisis Royal Patron) by Jeff Hubbard, together with an image of Jeff, taken by the Prince. Both photos were taken under the creative guidance of highly acclaimed photographer Ian Rankin and it is the first time a photograph taken by Prince William has been put on display.
All works, including the Royal Diptych will be sold at a live auction to be held at Christies, London, on 15th April 2010. All proceeds raised will go towards benefiting Crisis. As well as raising money for their cause, the charity hopes the exhibition will “challenge preconceptions and raise questions: About the lives we dream of, the lives we live and what can be done to help those on the outside.”
The exhibition is currently on display at Somerset House’s Embankment Galleries and runs until 5th April 2010. Admission is free. Auction lots are available to view online at www.christies.com/events
