A Seaside Album: Photographs and Memory
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: 10 May – 8 Oct 2003
A major exhibition, complemented by a book of the same name, curated and written by Phillippe Garner, a leading connoisseur and authority on photographs.
The history of photography in Brighton mirrors the history of the medium in Britain. Leading pioneers set up studios here, or visited, attracted by the fashionable clientele and the clear skies. In later years, both distinguished exponents and commercial photographers came too: they captured the popular mood, created memorable studies and recorded the changing topography of the town.
This exhibition and accompanying book revealed a story of changing times, changing attitudes and developing artistic visions through the power of the photographic image, as well as the changing face of Brighton & Hove from the 1840s to the early 1990s. Around 150 original photographs of Brighton & Hove were assembled from Philippe Garner's remarkable collection, which includes prints by many of the most celebrated photographers to have worked in the UK.
Press Coverage
Journal of Royal Photographic Society
May 2003
Front cover and four page feature, with six images, by Roger Hargreaves
Times Play
10 May 2003
Preview, with image
The Times
13 May 2003
Feature by Dalya Alberge, with two images
Daily Telegraph
17 May 2003
Review by Nigel Richardson, with image
Black & White Photography
July 2003
Five page feature with seven images
British Journal of Photography
21 May 2003
Feature, with images
Amateur Photographer
5 May 2003
Small preview, with image
Guardian Guide
Listings include:
24 May 2003
Listing
10 May 2003
Listing
Independent Information
10 May 2003
Listing
Argus
15 May 2003
Feature, with two images
7 May 2003
Feature, with three images
10 March 2003
Full page feature, with two images
Brighton & Hove Leader
9 May 2003
Preview, with image
This is Brighton
6 May 2003
Full page feature, with four images
Sussex Life
July 2003
Feature, with images
The Insight
May 2003
Feature, with image
West Sussex Gazette
12 June 2003
Feature, with images
Antiquarian Book Review
May 2003
Listing
Meridian
May 2003
TV News feature including interview with Philippe Garner
BBC South
May 2003
TV News feature
BBC Southern Counties Radio
May 2003
Interview with Philippe Garner
Coastway Hospital Radio
May 2003
Philippe Garner interview feature, with music