L’Oeil de la Photographie is pleased to link up with a new educational resource britishphotography.org to provide an A to Z of British Photography based on photographs in the Hyman Collection. Every two weeks we will present the next letter of the alphabet.
Just launched britishphotography.org gives online access to Claire and James Hyman’s personal collection of British photography as well as providing essays on the subject and links to other websites.
Established over a period of nearly twenty years, the Hyman Collection consists of over 3,000 artworks with an emphasis on photography from nineteenth century salt prints to contemporary works. The Hyman Collection seeks to support British Photography through education and acquisitions and to use britishphotography.org as a forum for promoting British Photography.
Today E is for Eccentricity
From the days of the music hall through to Monty Pythons, there is a strong strand of eccentricity that characterises many aspects of British society, especially as viewed from outside: from local folk festivals to village fairs and Butlins holiday camps. A central theme of British photographs in the Hyman Collection is artifice and fiction in the forming of personal, collection and national identity. A central aspect of this is the performative, the love of dressing up, theatre, masquerade and cross-dressing.
INFORMATION
The Hyman Collection
16 Savile Row
London W1S 3PL
United Kingdom
http://britishphotography.org
