Recently i visited, White Cloth Gallery is a unique photography + film gallery with events space and café bar in the heart of the inspiring cultural city of Leeds.
WCG showcases challenging, stimulating and energetic work from established and emerging artists from across the world.
12pm – 7pm Mon – Sat
At the moment they have a exhibition on by Ewen Spencer thats called "England's Dreaming".
England’s Dreaming consists of a series of images taken in and around the country that encompass the artist’s profound interest in youth and street culture. This highly anticipated exhibition, shot over 15-years, examines what it means to be young in 21st century Britain, capturing the awkward moments of adolescence that are familiar to so many of us.
Within the gallery the images had be put up in a poster fashion, they had creases within the pictures and lots of excess glue, spencer did this purposely to give a street culture effect, so they look as if they were poster that had been rushed to put up. This was interesting and grab my attention, which then made me think a lot deeper about the photographs.This gallery also have small exhibitions where small up coming photographers may display there work within the cafe area. These exhibitions are changed monthly, but are a very good way to get your work seen and noticed.
This gallery also has to offer a very supportive network which can help you find resources and give you valuable information that may help up and coming photographers, new photographers or mature photographers looking for inspiration or exhibition space. They also have monthly group crits, where a group of photographers all come together and bring along their work you all then share thoughts and ideas about the different pieces of work, this help you develop you pieces to the highest standard and may make you step back and think twice about where you project or piece is going. Crits are very important to the practice, its just as important as taking the photograph itself. These happen on a monthly bases and more information can be given via the website.
http://www.whiteclothgallery.com/
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