Art

In Your Face

Date: Wednesday, Sep 26 2018 - Saturday, Dec 22 2018
Venue: Martin Parr Foundation
Artists
Paul Trevor

Exhibition of images by photographer Paul Trevor.

In Your Face presents a series of spontaneous close-up portraits made unobserved on the streets of London between 1977 and 1992.

“The work contrasts the Brick Lane street market with London’s money market, the City, a mile away.

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“Paul Trevor’s motivation was partly political as this was the era of Margaret Thatcher, who polarised debate about the differences between market forces and community values.

“The idea was to say something about the two places without having to show what people did. The story would be in people’s faces. Requiring a close-range approach, the project involved me in a new way of making photographs.” – Paul Trevor

Sept 26-Dec 22, Wed-Sat 11am-6pm. Pictured above (detail) and below: Brick Lane.

By steve wright, Friday, Aug 17 2018

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