What would Martians find if they visited Leeds?
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2024
- In this Sofa Session Martin Parr is in conversation with Manchester born photographer Peter Mitchell. Peter was a pioneer of colour photography, being the first to have a show of colour work in a photography gallery in the UK.
Originally a printmaker, Martin and Peter discuss the journey from printmaking to photography, rediscovering unpublished work, and working on the retrospective exhibition of photography and ephemera opening at Leeds Art Gallery 17 MAY 2024.
This Sofa Session has been released to coincide with the publication of Nothing Lasts Forever, a new photobook by Peter Mitchell from RRB Photobooks, which accompanies the exhibition in Leeds. Copies are available from the MPF online shop: www.martinparrfoundation.org/...
Filmed and edited by Alexander Parkyn-Smith.
I just returned from the exhibition at the Leeds Art Gallery. It was fantastic! There were some truly stunning stand alone pictures, but the work as a whole was awesome to see - such a rich encapsulation of the histories of everyday Leeds.
Peter was my tutor at Leeds Met University (now Leeds Beckett) in 1999. It'll come as no surprise to hear that he was a lovely chap and a great tutor. It's wonderful seeing his work being celebrated; he was- and continues to be- a fantastic image maker.
A lovely chat and very timely, for me, because Peter Mictchell's exhibition is now on at Leeds Art Gallery. Needless to say, I'll be going.
This is wonderful. Such a modest man with such a rich story to tell.
Looking forward to the exhibition.
We are too!
What a wonderful chat, i loved the story about the two ladies. The whole video is wonderful, what a great character i just met. Is this kind of conversations and ways to see photography that we need to remember what photography is it all about. Thank you!
Thank you for your kind comments @_pedro_vidal. It is lovely to have feedback from our audience and to hear their thoughts
That was a pleasure to watch.
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