50 Exhibitions for 50 Years: 1990s

On the 14th Jan, 1971, The Photographers' Gallery opened its doors to the public. To mark our 50th anniversary, we’ve explored our archives and revisited 50 exhibitions that mark significant moments both in the history of the Gallery and of the photographic medium itself.

50 Exhibitions for 50 Years: 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s

An Economy of Signs. Poster. Ephemera Courtesy The Photographers' Gallery Archive

Exhibition

An Economy of Signs: Contemporary Indian Photography

20 July - 31 August 1990

Sebastiao Salgado Exhibition Poster. Ephemera courtesy of The Photographers' Gallery Archive

Exhibition

Sebastiao Salgado

9 March - 14 April 1990

© John Davies. Courtesy The Photographers' Gallery Archive, 1991

Exhibition

Phase 11: John Davies

30 March - 11 May 1991

Exhibition

Photovideo: Photography In The Age Of The Computer

1 November - 7 December 1991

Essay

Gordon Parks: Black Americans

21 Sep – 13 Nov 1993

The Impossible Science of Being: Dialogues Between Anthropology and Photography

20 Oct 1995 - 13 Jan 1996

Ray de Lucia installing models (The forest floor in the hall of forests). © American Museum of Natural History, New York. Photographer: Alex J. Rota, 1958

Exhibition

Camera Obscured: Photographic Documentation and the Public Museum

1 May - 21 June 1997.

© Richard Billingham

Exhibition

Offsite exhibition

The Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 1997

23 - 31 January 1997

© Naoya Hatakeyama

Exhibition

Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age

19 September - 14 November 1998

Francesca Woodman Self portrait at thirteen Boulder, Colorado, 1972 - 1975 © The Estate of Francesca Woodman, New York Courtesy Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris

Exhibition

Francesca Woodman

6 August - 18 September 1999