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Reporting back on the Post-Grad Mixer at The Photographers’ Gallery and Snapping Central London

Written byNici Eberl
Published date 10 May 2023

Post-Grad Community Ambassador and LCC MA Commercial Photography student, Nici Eberl, invited the community to an exhibition visit at The Photographers’ Gallery’s current showcase of the Deutsche Börse Photography award, followed by a guided photo walk in central London.

The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize has been organized annually since 2005 by the Gallery. The internationally acclaimed prize aims to recognise and promote contemporary photographers who have made significant contributions to the medium of photography through their innovative and impactful work.

students looking at a photo display — **CC MA Commercial Photography student, Nici Eberl**

The group had a chance to look at the amazing artworks of 3 photographers. Bieke Deeporter explores the complex ethical relationships and boundaries between photographer and subject. Arthur Jafa articulates Black experiences in his work, and Frida Orupabo reimagines the historical Black female body through her multi-layered collages.

You can see each nominee’s works exhibited until Sunday 11 June 2023, with the winner announced on Thursday 11 May 2023.

Whilst the works of the Deutsche Börse Awards showcase would have already given us enough visual inspiration to head out and take our own photos, we were lucky enough to also be able and explore the second exhibition currently on display at the gallery: A Hard Man is Good to Find.

This exhibit celebrates a clandestine visual culture of men’s bodies which emerged in the post-war period all around London – a time in which making and distributing such images was a criminal offence. It’s visual and spatial mapping outlines a territory of risk and possibility across the capital.

Again, this fine exhibition is open until Sunday 11 June 2023.

Snapping Central London

Following this visual overload, it was now on us to head out and photograph the streets of London, which resulted in some amazing imagery exhibiting the beauty of London’s streets.