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'Everything was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s'
What: This major photography exhibition surveys the medium from an international perspective, and includes renowned photographers from across the globe, all working during two of the most memorable decades of the 20th century. Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s brings together over 400 works, some rarely seen, others recently discovered and many shown in the UK for the first time.
Where: Barbican Art Gallery
When: Until 13 January 2013
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'William Klein and Daido Moriyama'
What: Explore modern urban life in New York and Tokyo through the photographs of William Klein and Daido Moriyama. This is the first exhibition to look at the relationship between the work of influential photographer and filmmaker Klein, and that of Moriyama, the most celebrated photographer to emerge from the Japanese Provoke movement of the 1960s. With work from the 1950s to the present day, the exhibition demonstrates the visual affinity between their urgent, blurred and grainy style of photography and also their shared desire to convey street life and political protest, from anti-war demonstrations and gay pride marches to the effects of globalisation and urban deprivation.
Where: Tate Modern
When: 10 October 2012 – 20 January 2013
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'Cecil Beaton: Theatre of War'
What: Theatre of War follows Beaton on his travels during the Second World War as he documented the impact of war on people and places in his own unique style.
Where: Imperial War Museum
When: Until 10 January 2013
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'Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present'
What: The exhibition explores early photography from the mid-19th century and the most exciting contemporary photographs, alongside historical painting. It takes a provocative look at how photographers use fine art traditions, including Old Master painting, to explore and justify the possibilities of their art. Work by leading photographers such as Martin Parr, Craigie Horsfield, Sam Taylor-Wood, Richard Billingham, Julia Margaret Cameron and Gustave Le Gray will be on display beside key paintings from the National Gallery collection.
Where: The National Gallery
When: 31 October 2012 – 20 January 2013
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'Light from the Middle East: New Photography'
What: Light from the Middle East: New Photography presents work by artists from across the Middle East (spanning North Africa to Central Asia), living in the region and in diaspora. The exhibition explores the ways in which these artists investigate the language and techniques of photography. Some use the camera to record or bear witness, while others subvert that process to reveal how surprisingly unreliable a photograph can be. The works range from documentary photographs and highly staged tableaux to images manipulated beyond recognition. The variety of approaches is appropriate to the complexities of a vast and diverse region.
Where: Victoria and Albert Museum
When: 13 November 2012 – 7 April 2013
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'Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012'
What: The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 offers a unique opportunity to see sixty new portraits by some of the most exciting contemporary photographers from around the world.
Where: National Portrait Gallery
When: 8 November 2012 – 7 February 2013
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'Tom Wood: Men and Women'
What: The first major UK show of Irish-born photographer Tom Wood Men and Women opens at The Photographers' Gallery on 12 October and runs until 6 January. Wood continuously recorded the everyday lives of the people of Liverpool and the Merseyside area from 1973 until the early 2000s, working in both black and white and later in colour. The exhibition will showcase over sixty previously unpublished portraits as well as a selection of vintage prints and book dummies of his now out-of-print publications Looking for Love (1989), All Zones off Peak (1998) and Photieman (2005).
Where: The Photographers' Gallery
When: 12 October 2012 – 6 January 2013
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