Monroe, Bardot and a naughty elephant: iconic portraits in pictures
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Monroe, Bardot  and a naughty elephant: iconic portraits  in pictures
"PhotoMonth is a festival of 50 pop-up exhibitions across east and south-east London that run until 3 November. It opens with Wonderland, which brings together some of the finest portrait work made in camera and in the darkroom over a 40-year period. Wonderland The Joy of Analogue: Portraits from 1955-1995 is at Yorkton Studios until 19 October 2025 Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images This exhibition brings together a wide range of extraordinary and evocative portraits using an analogue camera as the medium of choice Photograph: Chalkie Davies"
"The show will include giant polaroids and platinum and silver gelatin prints by some of the world's leading artists, including Mary Ellen Mark, Sandra Lousada, Brian Griffin, David Bailey, Herb Ritts, John Claridge, Joel-Peter Witkin and Eve Arnold Photograph: Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos The exhibition highlights the technical and creative aspects of the medium in the production of the photographic print before the age of digitisation Photograph: John Claridge"
PhotoMonth features 50 pop-up exhibitions across east and south-east London running until 3 November, opening with Wonderland: The Joy of Analogue: Portraits from 1955–1995 at Yorkton Studios until 19 October 2025. The exhibition presents a wide range of evocative portraits made with analogue cameras and darkroom processes. The show includes giant polaroids and platinum and silver gelatin prints by internationally renowned photographers such as Mary Ellen Mark, Sandra Lousada, Brian Griffin, David Bailey, Herb Ritts, John Claridge, Joel-Peter Witkin and Eve Arnold. The exhibition emphasizes technical and creative print production before digitisation and traces camera technology progression across decades.
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