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Helen Sear – Beyond the View

Photographed in and around the agricultural lands south of Milan, Beyond the View explores the sublime.

Jem Southam – Rockfalls, River Mouths, Ponds

Photographs from three of Jem Southam's large format colour photographs, depicting the interplay of natural, cultural and mythical elements.

Fergus Heron – Cawdor, Common, A View of London

The work of Fergus Heron involves photography as a way of picturing ordinarily encountered places.

Beate Gütschow – HC

HC (hortus conclusus) is a series of photographs by Beate Gütschow offering ostensibly passing views of urban parks.

Xavier Ribas – Nitrate

In this project, Xavier Ribas devotes his photographic practice to looking into the natural history of nitrate in Chile.

Susan Derges – Alder Brook

In Alder Brook, Derges makes otherworldly images of watery surfaces, exploring the relationship between the self and nature.

Corinne Silva – Accidental Topographies

Corinne Silva engages with questions of landscape through photography, installation and film

Dafna Talmor – Constructed Landscapes

In Constructed Landscapes, Dafna Talmor conjures imaginary places through a process of collaging and montaging colour negatives.

A Young Person Recommends... Life in Photographs

Tanne Van Der Wal reviews the book Life in Photographs by Linda McCartney

TPG Activity: Curating Patterns

Patterns are everywhere – on the floor, on the walls, on our clothing and even in artworks. For this activity, you’re invited to locate and document different patterns around you.

TPG Activity: Shoot Like Svoboda

In this activity, you will take a series of photographs that encourage you to look closely at the objects and surfaces directly around you.

TPG Activity: Still Life & Filters

This activity, devised by artist Jeanne Blissett Robertson, invites you to create and share a series of still life photos made with filters using household ingredients and objects.

TPG Activity: Photographic Distortion

This activity invites you to use everyday recyclable and household objects to create and share a series of distorted photographic portraits.

TPG Activity: Everyday Actions and Interactions

This activity, created by artist Marysa Dowling, invites you to take a series of photographs exploring everyday actions and interactions with hands.

A Young Person Recommends... So It Goes So It Goes

Emma McGarry reviews the photobook So It Goes So It Goes by Miho Kajioka

A Story Behind A Photograph by Abigail Evans

Abigail Evans shares a story behind her photograph Knife and Thumb

A Story Behind A Photograph by Valentin Schörghuber

Valentin Schörghuber shares the story behind his photograph Grandmother Gertrude

A Story Behind A Photograph by Cameron Paterson

Cameron Paterson shares the story behind his photograph One Man Tells Tale and Other Parts

A Young Person Recommends... The Missing Eye

Yazid Rowe-Habbari reviews the photobook The Missing Eye by Mattia Parodi and Piergiorgio Sorgetti

Light Years: Curator's Diary - pt1

This extended text forms part of the Light Years: The Photographers’ Gallery at 50 programme and accompanies the first in a series of four exhibitions focusing on 50 years of

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