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Everything Was Moving: Photography from 60's and 70's - a review

I wandered down to the Barbican yesterday with a 3 month old daughter in tow to check out their new exhibition Everything was Moving: Photography from 60's and 70's.

The exbhibition signature is summed up by its curator Kate Bush writing:

"Photography does not merely illustrate the world, it articulates it."

The show attempts to show how the medium articulated the cultural and political change during the 60's and 70's. A golden age for photography and one of the most tumultoous periods in twentieth century history.

The exhibition had work from 12 photographers including: Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, David Goldblatt, Graciela Iturbide, Boris Mikhailov, Sigmar Polke, Malick Sidibe, Shomei Tomatsu, Li Zhensheng, Ernest Cole, Raghubir Singh and Larry Burrows. 

With over 400 photos on display it is a very ambitious exhibition, with some strong themes and inspiring voices. However, overall the exhibition failed to come together as a sum of its parts. Despite this the powerful glimpses into changing lives was moving and a reminder of the part photography can play in articulating new emerging worlds.

Here are some of my favourite photos from the exhibition:

(Larry Burrows)

(Shomei Tomatsu)

(William Eggleston) 

(Graciela Iturbide)

(Ernest Cole) 

(Bruce Davidson)

 

The SixBySix Photography Round Up No.5

Say hello to Scoopshot

The citizen journalism 'sell-your-shots' market is heating up again. Scoopshot is a photo crowd-sourcing service which allows you to engage readers with photography tasks received directly on their smart-phones. With a user base of 130k mobile photographers and some nifty features (like its verification service) it is taking a lead in the real time UGC photo market.

The Impossible Instant Lab just got possible

 

A fantastic concept from The Impossible Project called the Impossible Instant Lab turns your digital photos into instant analog prints. And it looks like it will be made as they have made their Kickstarter target of $250k.

Starmatic revives an old favourite

The app Starmatic has revived the vintage Brownie camera into a retro camera app for the iphone. Hot on the heels of EyeEm's update this app hopes to carve out a space in a very saturated mobile photography space. I haven't played with it properly yet, but first impressions are very positive

Meet @thexavius: a portrait of an Instagram artist

 

A brilliant parody of a much maligned art!

Wish I was at Luminance...

Luminance in New York kicks off today and I so wish I was there. Billed as a photography conference at the 'intersection of culture, technology and business' it promises to deliver some good talks by a good range of speakers. You can follow the talks via #luminance on Twitter. 

Future of Photography is going to be hacked

Berlin plays host to Photo Hack Day on Sept 28th where the most innovative developers and designers have been invited to hack the future of photography. The goal of the event is to rapidly prototype and build new projects. Check out their fascinating list of hack ideas.

What does the iphone 5 mean for mobile photography?

So its arrived. The iphone 5 in all its shiny glory has been unveiled.

But what does the new device mean for mobile photographers?

Here's my quick summary of how the new major features pan out:

1. Big screen = big love

A bigger screen means more space to review and edit images on the go. Just think of all those albums and images revelling in the 16:9 aspect ratio and 4inch crisp retina screen. An extra 5th row of icons - think your mobile photography studio!