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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Celebrating Silver

Helmut Newton, Tied Up Torso, Ramatuelle, 1980.

Feb 7 – Mar 9, 2024
13 Carlos Pl, Mayfair, London W1K 2EU, UK

Before the advent of digital photography, 20th-century fashion photographers, street photographers, and photojournalists relied on the silver-gelatin process to create tonally rich black-and-white photographs. A new exhibition gathers the greatest prints from some of the leading photographers in the medium, from bold fashion campaigns by Richard Avedon and Irving Penn to images of the Troubles by the war photographer Don McCullin. Black-and-white prints from household names such as Hiro, Helmut Newton, and Daido Moriyama are also featured. —Paulina Prosnitz

Photo: © Helmut Newton/courtesy of Hamiltons Gallery