New York Fashion,
© Louis Faurer, date unknown
Vintage silver gelatin print

Discussions in a Parisian coffee-house,
© Paul Almasy, c. 1966
Vintage silver gelatin print

Worker at Atlas Steel,
© Karsh, 1950
Vintage silver gelatin print

David Bailey at work,
© Terry O'Neill, date unknown
Vintage silver gelatin print

Les Scuse and Bristol Tattoo Club,
© John Deakin, c. 1966
Vintage silver gelatin print

lost and found
   
 
Lost And Found
Treasures from the Camera Press Archive
17 September - 12 November 2004

Bringing together the work of some of the twentieth century's most significant photographers, Lost and Found showcases vintage prints made between the late 1940's and 1970's from the Camera Press archive.

The exhibition includes photojournalism, documentary, fashion, portrait, celebrity and personalimages by known and unknown photographers as varied in their practice as Yousuf Karsh and Don McCullin. Some of these photographs have been in constant circulation since they were made while others have probably never been published. Some of the photographs were once well known and have subsequently been forgotten, others are by photographers whose work is in the process of being critically re-appraised.

Lost and Found brings these diverse works together to look at the development of photography in the past half century and suggests that contemporary photographic practice can be traced back to some extraordinary pieces.