Rivington Place, London. 17th Sept - 27th Nov 2010
Barnor's archive was produced during a career spanning more than sixty years. It covers a remarkable period in history, and bridges continents and photographic genres, as it creates a transatlantic narrative marked by his passionate interest in people and cultures.
His street and studio portraits from the late 1940s to 1970s are shown for the first time in the UK in this exhibition.
Through the medium of portraiture, Barnor's photographs represent societies in transition: Ghana moving towards its independance and London becoming a cosmopolitan multicultural metropolis.
In the early 1950s, Barnor's photographic studio Ever Young was visited by civil servants and dignitaries, performance artists and newly-weds. Introducing a newly preserved body of work from the late 1940s to the early 1970s, the exhibition showcases fashion portraits in glorious colour, social documentatary, and street and studio photographs with elaborate backdrops.
His photographs simply draw you in; with 1940s family photo albums in glass cases, the exhibition makes you feel as if you've walked into a party
of history offering both documentary and fashion photography.
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