Amateur Photographer - UK (2019-08-23)

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Thelatestandbestbooksandexhibitions

fromthe world of photography

Kaleidoscope:Immigration and

ModernBritain

SomersetHouse,London.Entry is free.

http://www.somersethouse.org.uk

YOU’VESTILLgota fewweekslefttoseethis

importantexhibitionin London.Featuringbothstills

andmovingimages,Kaleidoscopeshowcasesthework

of 10photographersbornorbasedin Britain,many

withfamilyoriginsabroadincludingHongKong,India,

JamaicaandRussia.Theshowexploreswhatit means

andhowit feelstoliveasanimmigrant,ordescendent

of immigrants,in Britaintoday.Theaimis toreflectthe

significanceof immigrantcommunities,particularly

howtheyinfluencethecountry’sidentity.WithBrexit

onthehorizon,it’sa hottopicof discussioncurrently,

sotheshowfeelsparticularlypoignant.Photographers

in theshowincludeChrisSteele-Perkins(seeimage

above),LorenzoVitturi,TeresaEng,KurtTongand

MahtabHussain.If youareinterestedin socialhistory,

portraitureanddocumentarywork,it’swortha visit.

The exhibition runs until 8 September.Amy Davies

© CHRIS STEELE-PERKINS

Space Steps

‘SpaceSteps:TheMoonandBeyond’is onat RPSHouse, 337 Paintworks,BristolBS43AR,andrunsuntil 29

September.Entryis £7(standard),andthe gallery is open Thursday-Sunday and Bank Holidays. Visitwww.rps.org.

L

aunchedto celebrate 50 years

sincethemoonlanding,Space

Stepsis a comprehensivelook

at imageryandhistoryfrom

theApollo 11 landings,andtheevents

immediatelyprecedingandfollowingit.

CuratedbyDeborahIreland,alsoknown

forherbook,HasselbladandtheMoon

Landings, theexhibitionis a must-seefor

bothspaceandphotographyenthusiasts,

witha littlebitof socialhistorythrown

in forgoodmeasure.

Ondisplayis thefirstHasselbladcamera

everusedin space,andthere’salsoa

selectionof spacedogmemorabilialoaned

bytheMartinParrFoundation(whichis

nextdoorto RPSHouseandextremely

worthyof a visitif you’rein thearea).

Theroleofwomenin spacemissions

is anotherhighlightoftheexhibitionwith

anentirepanelandportraitsofeach

ofthoseinvolved,includingMargaret

Hamilton,anAmericancomputer

scientistwhocreatedthelanding

program for the lunar modules and

whois widelycreditedwithinventing

theterm‘softwareengineering’.

Obviouslya celebrationof what

humankindwasabletoachieveat a

timewhentechnologywaslimited,the

imagesfromthehistoricalsectionof the

exhibitionpossessa kindof innocence

andwide-eyedwonderat allthenew

frontiersthatwerebeingdiscovered.

Buildingfromthat,thecontemporary

sectionof theexhibitionfeaturesthework

of British-MexicanphotographerMonica

Alcazar-Duarte.It examinesthecurrent

spacerace– ledmorebycorporations

thannation-states.Complementedbyan

augmentedrealityapp,thesectionfeels

entirelyseparatefromtherestof the

show,butgetsyourmindworkingabout

whatwe’relikelytoseein thefuture.

Aswellastheexhibition,overthe

summer,a seriesof eventswillbetaking

placewitha broadprogrammeof talks,

workshopsandseminars.Visitrps.org/

spacestepsevents to fi nd out more.

Amy Davies

BOOK

EXHIBITION

DerelictLondon

ByPaulTalling,RandomHouseBooks,£14.99,

224 pages,softcover,ISBN978-

PAULTALLING’Sinterestin derelict

buildingsbeganmorethan 15 years

ago,afterwitnessingthedemolition

of anoldcandlefactoryin Battersea.

Afterthat,hesetupthewebsite

derelictlondon.com,collectingphotos

of andstoriesaboutthecapital’sabandonedspots.

ThefirsteditionofDerelictLondonwaspublishedin

2008 andreceivedwidespreadacclaim.ThisAllNew

Editionfollowsonfromthatsuccess,buthasbeen

updatedtoreflectthefactthatsomeof theareasand

buildingsin thefirsteditionhavebeenregenerated

and/orknockeddown.If you’retiredof seeingimages

of Londonin allitsfinest,thisis thebookforyou.In

somerespects,I seethebookasmoreof a guidebook

• helpingyoutoseea sideof a citythatis often
  hiddenaway(sometimesin plainsight)andtouseit
  asinspirationtogetoutandcaptureunusualurban
  landscapes for yourself.★★★★★ Amy Davies

The Moon and Beyond

EXHIBITION

BuzzAldrinnearthenorth

footpadwithNeilArmstrong’s

reflection in visor

© NASA