TateGyörgy Kepes makes photograms which are made without a camera, and instead in a darkroom by arranging and exposing objects on light sensitive paper. He uses organic and inorganic items like leaves, eyes and feathers. It shows abstract juxtaposition of seemingly natural and scientific worlds he works on unifying these two thing. This relates to our project with using and older way of making the photogram and with new industrial objects. In tate they were layer out really well and all of the images flowed nicely and linked together.
Metamorphosis of japan after the war, this photograph is of a Japanese man finishing his management course in 1961. This exhibition shows the period of time after the war showing the democracy and transformation that lead Japan to becoming a great power, this links to our theme of old and new. The exhibition was laid out in three sections "The Aftermath of the War", "Between Tradition and Modernity" and "Towards a New Japan".
Walker Art Gallery
Only in England is made up of photographs by Tony Ray Jones and Martin Parr, they took photographs in places like Blackpool and Bradford and many more places around England. The exhibition includes over 100 humorous photographs and it shows a lot of English traits and its quirky side.
