Exhibition programme spring-summer 2012

In addition the VB Photographic Centre arranges seminars, work shops and lectures.

21.5.­–3.6. closed for renovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Manuel Alvarez Bravo / Hasselblad Foundation, ""El ensueno / Day Dreaming", 1931 Mexico"
 
 6.6.–2.9. The summer exhibition ”Duro y bonito”

Seven photographers from Latin America show their works and bring along simultaneously
the whole spectrum of the daily life in Central and South America. The photographers
involved are Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Mexico, Eduardo Gil, Argentina, Graciela Iturbide,
Mexico, Adriana Lestido, Argentina, Mario Cravo Neto, Brasilia,  Sebastião Salgado,
Brasilia,  Marcela Taboada, Mexico.

 

© Robert Whitaker

7.9.-28.10.  Robert Whitaker - "The Beatles"

The Beatles and especially John Lennon, with whom Whitaker became close friends, that he created
his most famous and enduring work. One of his first assignments was photographing The Beatles
during their triumphant second American tour, including the historic Shea Stadium concert in New York.
He spent the next two years travelling with the Beatles and shooting them at work, at rest and at play—on
their tours, at home, in the recording studio, during private moments, and in formal photo-sessions.
His photos from this period include the portraits that were used to form the Klaus Voormann
collage-illustration on the cover of the group's landmark 1966 LP Revolver.

With almost unlimited access to the most famous and popular band in the world, Whitaker quickly became
a key figure of the London underground scene, capturing "the creativity and excess of London in the sixties".
He has been quoted as saying: "There were about 100 people who ran the Sixties" and he was fortunate
enough to meet and photograph virtually all of them.
Whitaker's most celebrated work is the 1966 photo which was appropriated for The Beatles' infamous
Yesterday and Today album cover, which was briefly released in the U.S. in 1966 but hastily withdrawn.