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News from the black & white world. Edited by Mark Bentley. [email protected]A black & white picture of two
lions has won the Lumix People’s
Choice Award in the Wildlife
Photographer of the Year.
The picture by David Lloyd
received the most votes after
16,000 people voted in the
competition. David said: ‘I’m
so pleased this image did well
because it illustrates the emotion
and feeling of animals and
emphasises that this is not limited
to humans. It is something I think
more people need to be aware of
for the sake of all animals.’
The photograph is showcased
at the Wildlife Photographer
of the Year exhibition, which
continues at the Natural History
Museum in London until 30 June.PEOPLE’SCHOICE© David Lloyd / Wildlife Photographer of the YearNEWSAlmost 100 exhibitors from 21
countries will be showing work at
this year’s Photo London. The fair
runs at Somerset House in London
from 16 to 19 May. More details
in next month’s issue.The London Photograph Fair will
take place next door to Photo
London on 18 to 19 May. The fair
is dedicated to vintage photography
and runs at the Great Hall at King’s
College, London, which is adjacent
to Somerset House.Acclaimed photographer Daido
Moriyama is the recipient of the
2019 Hasselblad Foundation
International Award in Photography.
The prestigious award will be
presented at a ceremony in
Gothenburg, Sweden, in October,
followed by a symposium, an
exhibition of Moriyama’s work and
a new book about the artist. He will
also receive about $110,000.HIGH CONTRAST
A collection of photographs
of important moments in British
theatre has been acquired by
the V&A in London.
The pictures were taken by
Ivan Kyncl, a Czech political
refugee who captured key
theatrical figures and some of
the greatest plays, operas and
musicals on the British stage
in the post-war period. The
Ivan Kyncl Theatrical Archive
comprises 100,000 negatives,
including pictures of actors such
as Fiona Shaw, Alan Rickman
and Antony Sher, as well as
playwrights Arthur Miller,
Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.
Kyncl travelled to major
theatres around the UK and was
given rare access to roam the
space and create dynamic new
perspectives. An exhibition of his
work, Ivan Kyncl: In the Minute,
runs at the V&A until 7 July.ON STAGEIvan Kyncl’s picture of Cleansed
by Sarah Kane, at the Royal Court
Theatre, London, in 1998.
© Ivan Kyncl. Courtesy of the V&A, London