London Lives: “A Roost for Every Bird” with Julia Fullerton-Batten, Tom Hunter & Nick Turpin

Benjamin Disraeli had one of his characters, Felix Drolin, say of London that it was ‘a roost for every bird’. In a panel discussion linked to the London Lives show in the Embankment Galleries for the duration of PhotoLondon, three very different London photographers will talk about the city as an inspiration and a subject for photography, their various practices, and some of what they love about being Londoners.

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Speakers

 

Julia Fullerton-Batten

Julia Fullerton-Batten is a fine-art photographer renowned for her highly cinematic visual story-telling. Each image in the project embellishes her subject matter in a series of thought-provoking narrative ‘stories’ using staged tableaux and sophisticated lighting techniques. She insinuates visual tensions in her images and imbues them with a mystique that teases the viewer into continually re-examining the picture; something new coming to the fore each time.

 

Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning artist working in photography and film. He is Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East London. His work is exhibited around the world in leading galleries and museums.
Tom lives and works in Hackney, East London, where he has worked on numerous community engagement projects including The Serpentine Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Holly Street Public Arts Trust, Help the Aged, Hackney Council and the Museum of London.
Tom has earned several awards including the Photographic Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and is the only artist to have a solo photography show at the National Gallery, London with his series Living in Hell and Other Stories. His work has been exhibited internationally including Life and Death in Hackney, National Gallery Washington DC, USA and has been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, U.K. Dorky Park Dance company, Germany and The Serpentine Gallery, London. He has produced 8 photographic monographs including The Way Home, Le Crowbar and Where Have all the Flowers Gone. His work is in many museum collections around the world including, The Tate, London, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, The National Gallery, Washington DC, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

 

Nick Turpin

Nick Turpin is an internationally renowned, British ‘street photographer’, whose photographs document everyday life in urban settings. His work has developed from conventional, moment-based, single images – to more conceptual, explorative photography that deliberately pushes at the boundaries of street photography as a genre.