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Exhibition -
Modern Day
Frankenstein
FREE ADMISSION
1st Nov – 29th Dec
Hamiltons
Gallery
13 Carlos Place
London
W1K 2EU
U.K.
Contact us at :
Tel – 0207 499 9493/4
FREE ADMISSION
Location
This exhibition looks at
several pieces of work from
Edward Steichen, Francesca
Woodman and Tommy Nease.
The images would be put
under the genre of abstract
photography, but it is up to
you the viewer to make your
own interpretation of these
works.
The title came from the idea
that isolation plays a major
role in todays society. This
idea we are all wall flowers
looking on other peoples lives
going unnoticed. We feel
these works express this title
in many different forms.
I hope you enjoy this
exhibition and thank you for
taking the time to read this
leaflet
Kind Regards The Curators of
This Exhibition
Tommy Nease – Phantasm Edward Steichen Francesca Woodman
His variety of ghostly and gothic
images conveyed through the
silver tones and large depth of
field. Neases experimentation
with exposure and sharpness's
creates a phantasmal mood within
his images .
Steichen was born 27th March 1879
he was an American photographer,
painter and art gallery curator. He
was considered one of the first
published fashion photographers of
the early 20th century. He had work
featured in Vogue and Vanity Fair.
After WW2 He then went on to be
director of the department of
Photography at the New York
Museum of Modern Art until 1962 .
He died 25th March 1973.
Nease is a young American
photography who work has
recently become more popular
online.
Steichen's images perfectly
convey this gothic style with the
de-saturated colours and rich
tones in the black and white
images. He creates a gloomy
mood, but the objects and
environments still have their
Francesca Woodmen was an American
photographer she was born 3rd April 1958 .
Her most well known work is black and
white images with nude ladies with in
them. She wanted to express her views on
gender equality and how she viewed
herself. She studied at the Rhode Island
School of Art and Design. Woodman
committed suicide on 19th January 1981
aged 23. Although she lived her short life
her memories live on through her
spectacular work. Woodman
experimented with exposure and
movement within her images. The single
figures in most of her images facial
expressions are obscured, creating an
expressionless being. I feel that
Woodman’s work really conveys a feeling
of isolation and creates this feeling that the
figures are insane.