From lollipop ladies and accountants, bankers to train station employees, curator Alona Pardo introduces German photographer Evelyn Hofer’s intimate portraits of those everyday workers in their uniforms. 

See the photo: http://www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio/photographs/evelyn-hofer/

To complement the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, we’ve selected five photographs from the exhibition to bring us closer to the themes, histories and communities that reveal how others see us. Featuring Martin Parr, curator Alona Pardo, exhibition assistant Jilke Golbach, Sean O'Hagan, Pamela Roberts plus more voices from around the UK.

Explore the five photographs discussed in the audio online: www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio. 

Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers is open at Barbican Art Gallery from 16 March–19 June 2016 http://bit.ly/1LdYoLG


Strange and Familiar: Evelyn Hofer - Man on Station Vehicle

Exhibition Assistant, Jilke Golbach and author of ‘Black Oxford’, Pamela Roberts look closer at Cas Oorthuys’ photograph of two black Oxford students and the story it tells of Britain as a place of great cultural diversity.  

See the photo: http://www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio/photographs/cas-oorthuys/

To complement the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, we’ve selected five photographs from the exhibition to bring us closer to the themes, histories and communities that reveal how others see us. Featuring Martin Parr, curator Alona Pardo, exhibition assistant Jilke Golbach, Sean O'Hagan, Pamela Roberts plus more voices from around the UK.

Explore the five photographs discussed in the audio online: www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio. 

Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers is open at Barbican Art Gallery from 16 March–19 June 2016 http://bit.ly/1LdYoLG 


Strange and Familiar: Cas Oorthuys – Black Oxford Students

With the help of some Liverpool football fans, curator Alona Pardo imagines German photographer, Candida Hofer’s arrival in Liverpool, experiencing the Anfield atmosphere and the overwhelming influence of Sir Roger Hunt.  

See the photo: http://www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio/photographs/candida-hofer/
To complement the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, we’ve selected five photographs from the exhibition to bring us closer to the themes, histories and communities that reveal how others see us. Featuring Martin Parr, curator Alona Pardo, exhibition assistant Jilke Golbach, Sean O'Hagan, Pamela Roberts plus more voices from around the UK.

Explore the five photographs discussed in the audio online: www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio. 

Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers is open at Barbican Art Gallery from 16 March–19 June 2016 http://bit.ly/1LdYoLG


Strange and Familiar: Candida Hofer – The Boy with the Roger Hunt Badge

The Guardian’s Sean O’Hagan introduces New Yorker Paul Strand’s faceless portrait of hard work, struggle and survival, captured on the remote community of Uist in the Outer Hebrides.  

See the photo: http://www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio/photographs/paul-strand/

To complement the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, we’ve selected five photographs from the exhibition to bring us closer to the themes, histories and communities that reveal how others see us. Featuring Martin Parr, curator Alona Pardo, exhibition assistant Jilke Golbach, Sean O'Hagan, Pamela Roberts plus more voices from around the UK.

Explore the five photographs discussed in the audio online: www.barbican.org.uk/strangeaudio. 

Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers is open at Barbican Art Gallery from 16 March–19 June 2016 http://bit.ly/1LdYoLG 


Strange and Familiar: Paul Strand - Hands

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