Southern Africa: A portrait in black and white' by Joy Harwood-Cooke. Joy studied photography in South Africa under John Everand then in London at the Regent Street Polytechnic. Here she served an apprenticeship under Angus McBean and Marcus Adams, the Royal Family photographer, in the early 1950s. After returning to South Africa in 1953 Joy photographed for TIME and LIFE which included covering the Royal Tour of Rhodesia. This magazine work was in conjunction with commercial contracts with leading South African companies and the Tourist Commission. The South African Department of Information approached Joy to produce a collection of photo...

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The project In the Shadow of Photography is eminently photographical in a twofold sense: it talks about a presence which is also an absence, in the sense that it reflects on the medium of photography with very few actual photographs; and it considers its own self-reference in a natural, innate way, without forcing any awkward situations. This reflection is carried out from an essential yet (or possible necessarily) invisible position. It considers the way in which the appearance, democratisation and extension of photography has changed our social behaviour.

This set of thirty objects includes drawings, photographs taken from...

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This expansive inter-generational exhibition records the wide-ranging changes to the built environment which are underway in China today. Showcasing Ma Laing’s ‘wonderlands’, Ji Zhou’s futuristic representations of traditional Chinese architecture, and Qinwen’s account of the destruction of the old, stories traditional and contemporary intermingle. Another Story further extends the ongoing dialogue between FotoFreo and Pingyao International Photography Festival, one of China’s eminent photography events.

Zhang Guotian has been the Chief Artistic Director of Pingyao International Photograph...

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