Recovered historical portraits of leading British cultural figures – including Dame Judi Dench, Daniel-Day Lewis, Damon Albarn, Kenneth Branagh, Ronnie Wood and Morrissey – are exhibited in London this month. The photographs, taken by the Douglas Brothers, were lost for over 20 years. Some have never been seen before. They are on show for the first time at Art Bermondsey Project Space in an exhibition entitled See/Saw.
The Douglas Brothers – real-life siblings Stuart and Andrew – spent a decade photographing leading figures from the worlds of art, literature, film, music, sport and fashion. Their signature style is considered highly influential. Sabina Gaskot-Gill from the National Portrait Gallery described it as “work that shaped the course of photography for a decade.”
After the brothers left the UK to make films, their stills work sat gathering dust for two decades in a disused storage unit and came very close to being lost forever. The Douglas Brothers distinctive image making extended beyond portraiture and into abstract, collage, still-life, reportage, nudes and fashion.
The Douglas brothers, See/Saw
15-24th June 2017
Art Bermonsdey Project Space
183-185 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3UW
United Kingdom
