Only In England – VirginMedia Media Space – Science Museum, London
We were recently delighted to attend the Private Viewing of the fabulous ‘Only In England’ Photo Exhibition at the Science Museum, London. As Press Partners to VirginMedia and as they are the main sponsors of the event, we were delighted to share our evening with among others, Richard Branson.
Only in England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr is the first major exhibition at the Science Museum’s new Media Space, a £4 million space which includes 500 metre square gallery for major exhibitions, a studio for installations, events and creative workshops, and a cafe and bar.
The exhibition, put together by Greg Hobson curator at the National Media Museum, features Tony Ray-Jones’s striking 1960s images of Britons at play as well as 50 rarely seen early black and white photographs by Martin Parr. The exhibition explores the relationship between these two important photographers who met in 1970 when Parr was inspired by Ray-Jones to produce The Non-Conformists, a series of black and white images shot largely in the Hebden Bridge in the Yorkshire Pennines.
The exhibition is open daily 10am-6pm, last admission 5.15pm.
To book tickets, go here – it is a tremendous gallery and should not be missed!
‘Joanne Carter with Martin Parr’, 2013
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Beauty contestants, Southport, Merseyside, 1967 by Tony Ray-Jones
© National Media Museum
‘Fascinated by the eccentricities of English social customs, Tony Ray-Jones spent the latter half of the 1960s traveling across England, photographing what he saw as a disappearing way of life. Humorous yet melancholy, these works had a profound influence on photographer Martin Parr, who has now made a new selection including over 50 previously unseen works from the National Media Museum’s Ray-Jones archive. Shown alongside The Non-Conformists, Parr’s rarely seen work from the 1970s, this selection forms a major new exhibition which demonstrates the close relationships between the work of these two important photographers’.
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
