London Tate

November 2011.

I went to London for the weekend and had my first ever trip to London Tate which was really interesting. There is so much to take in and so many interesting ideas and art works. I felt a bit over whelmed. There was some really thought provoking photographic work of Documentary Photography. 

Photography: New Documentary Forms is an exhibition of political photographs, observational photographs everyday life and events from around the world including Iraq, The Congo, Beirut, Ukraine among other places.

Boris Mikhailov photographs Ukraine through the time of Communism and the Soviet Union. Some of the images were shocking and revealing of this complicated time, I found the photographs very interesting as there were many contrasting images within them. For example, the photograph below second from the top on the left of the soldier holding a pink flower. The soldier is a sign of war, conflict, power in his uniform yet he is holding a pink flower and smiling at the camera, seeming soft, a total contrast in the reality of what may be happening seconds after the photo is captured.

One of my favourite illustrators called Sara Fanelli has created this timeline for the Tate which covers a whole floor all over the walls. As soon as I saw it I knew it was by Sara Fanelli as her style is so recognisable.