Mitra Tabrizian, City, London, 2008

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Kevin Newark,
Untitled 17, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Richard Learoyd, Agnes in black with my table, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Susan Derges,
Field / Hedgerow, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contributors

Veronica Bailey • David Bate • Sian Bonnell
Victor Burgin • Gayle Chong Kwan • Calum Colvin
Thomas Joshua Cooper • Dalziel + Scullion • John Davies
Susan Derges • Anna Fox • Stuart Franklin

Peter Fraser • Ori Gersht • John Goto • Paul Graham
Brian Griffin • Anne Hardy • Tom Hunter • Max Kandhola
Kennard Phillipps • Idris Khan • Karen Knorr
Richard Learoyd • Chrystel Lebas • Yve Lomax

Rut Blees Luxemburg • Neeta Madahar • Mari Mahr
Melanie Manchot • Edgar Martins • Garry Fabian Miller
Martina Mullaney • Kevin Newark • Simon Norfolk
Sarah Pickering • Olivier Richon • Sophy Rickett

Michelle Sank • Helen Sear • Paul Seawright
Jem Southam • Hannah Starkey • Iain Stewart
Mitra Tabrizian • Susan Trangmar • Bettina von Zwehl
David Williams • Catherine Yass • Clare Strand


Karen Knorr, La Republicaine (Marianne), 2009

 

It is a pleasure to announce the 50th issue of Portfolio, marking 21 years of the publication. To celebrate the occasion we have invited 50 of the UK’s most significant artist photographers to contribute two pages of their newest works for this special extended issue.


Anne Hardy, Prime, 2009

 

In reflecting back over Portfolio’s history, it is clear that photography has changed dramatically in terms of its production, distribution and consumption, and this 50th issue offers an opportunity to explore how and when these changes have evolved. A useful starting point is a key moment thirty years ago, when the groundbreaking exhibition ‘Three Perspectives on Photography: Recent British Photography’ was shown at the Hayward Gallery, London, in June 1979. This ambitious exhibition - and its catalogue - inspired a generation of photographers, and broadened the future scope of photography production and exhibition. The exhibition comprised three distinct strands that reflected the diversity of photography at the time – Paul Hill curated ‘Photographic Truth, Metaphor and Individual Expression’; Angela Kelly curated ‘Feminism and Photography’; and John Tagg curated ‘A Socialist Perspective on Photographic Practice’.


Tom Hunter, Hope & Anchor, 2009



John Goto, Mosaic 6, 2008-09

 

Continuing the theme of ‘three perspectives’, we have invited three writers to contribute their personal and professional analyses: David Bate looks at the origins and structure of the 1979 exhibition, its cultural and economic context, and how photographic practices have evolved during the following three decades; Martin Barnes discusses the major survey exhibitions that followed and the important shifts in practice; and Dewi Lewis explores external influences on photography in Britain, the tension between art and commerce, and the publishing sector.


Paul Graham, California (Sunny Cup), 2006

 

I sincerely hope that this incomplete survey of photographic art in Britain in 2009 will inspire emerging photographers and students, and that these illuminating essays will contribute towards the continuing history of photography.

Gloria Chalmers
Editor


Thomas Joshua Cooper, Looking South – sudden darkness, 2008

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Garry Fabian Miller,
Gold (March) 005, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Sarah Pickering,
Abduction, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Neeta Madahar,
Sarina with Jasmine, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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