Internationale Fotobiënnale Oostende

The Oostende International Photobiennale features works from thirty Belgian, Dutch and French photographers. The biennale runs from the beginning of September until late October and work is displayed at twenty-eight locations throughout the city including several galleries and museums as well as large, outdoor installations. As I was only in Oostende for a short time I was not able to view much of the work and whilst I found some of it to be quite trite, I liked that the exhibition was in large part displayed in public sites, thus enabling people to engage with the work without having a … Continue reading Internationale Fotobiënnale Oostende

Joseph McKenzie – McManus Gallery, Dundee

The McManus gallery in Dundee is currently staging a retrospective of Joseph McKenzie’s work documenting the city. I had not heard of McKenzie or the McManus gallery but came across both following a visit to the V&A in Dundee. McKenzie was born in London in 1929 into a poor family and was evacuated to Doreset at the onset of the second world war. After the war, in 1947, McKenzie was conscripted into the Royal Air Force where he severed as a corporal in the Photographic Corps until 1950. In 1954 McKenzie started teaching at St Martin’s in London and ten … Continue reading Joseph McKenzie – McManus Gallery, Dundee