Nadav Kander is exhibiting the images he shot for the New York Times Magazine in Birmingham this April. If you have not seen this brilliant portrait series, click on link above.
The person behind this exhibition is Rhonda Wilson, a dear friend that I got to know in Toronto last year. Rhonda is the force behind Rhubarb Rhubarb which is the most celebrated photo workshop in the UK.
Here is a statement from Rhonda:
"the whole series of 53 images in 'obama's people', 27 of them life sized,
opens to the public on 18 april 2009 in birmingham museum
and art gallery and will remain there for 5 months, through
the educational holidays, the tourist season and the rhubarb
international portfolio review, when our guests from around
the world will come and share in our great pride and delight.
like the obama administration itself, a team of people, unknown
to one another, have come together to make the show possible.
some unlikely partners. some with small but precious gifts
and others with quite large sums of money, have made the leap
of faith to join with myself and rhubarb in this extraordinary
adventure. we would like to thank them all."
Wish I could be there, how great to see the images life sized...
This exhibition is only 1mile from my studio, I'll let you know what they look like up close!
Posted by: simon winnall | April 07, 2009 at 05:05 PM
Hi Simon,
That would be SO great - thank you! I wish I could be there, what is Birmingham like anyway? Kristina
Posted by: Kristin | April 08, 2009 at 10:00 AM