Another Kind of Life

Photography on the Margins

Wed 28 Feb —Sun 27 May 2018 ,Barbican Art Gallery

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Paz Errázuriz. From the series La Manzana de Adán (Adam’s Apple), 1983

Credit: © Paz Errázuriz. Courtesy of the artist.

Touching on themes of countercultures, subcultures and minorities of all kinds, the show featured 20 photographers from the 1950s to present day, reflecting a more diverse complex view of the world.

Another Kind of Life followed the lives of individuals & communities on the fringes of society from America to India, Chile to Nigeria. Driven by personal and political motivations, many of the photographers sought to provide an authentic representation of the disenfranchised communities with whom they spent months, years or even decades with, often conspiring with them to construct their own identity through the camera lens.

Featuring communities of sexual experimenters, romantic rebels, outlaws, survivalists, the economically dispossessed and those who openly flout social convention, the works present the outsider as an agent of change. From street photography to portraiture, vernacular albums to documentary reportage, the show includes the Casa Susanna Collection, Paz Errazuriz, Pieter Hugo, Mary Ellen Mark and Dayanita Singh.

This exhibition is part of our 2018 season The Art of Change, which explores how the arts respond to, reflect and potentially effect change in the social and political landscape.

This exhibition contains some works of an adult nature. Parental guidance advised, and children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

No photography, food or drink permitted in the gallery. Rucksacks and large bags must be deposited in the cloakroom.

The average viewing time for the exhibition is 90 minutes, excluding video run time.

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Photography on the Margins