✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

You have reached the limit of free articles.


To enjoy unlimited access to Culture Whisper sign up for FREE.
Find out more about Culture Whisper


Sign up by Email or Facebook.

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy

Each week, we sent newsletters and communication featuring articles, our latest tickets invitations, and exclusive offers.

Occasional information about discounts, special offers and promotions.


OR
LOG IN

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

Thanks for signing up to Culture Whisper.
Please check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the link to verify your account.



EXPLORE CULTURE WHISPER
✕ ✕
Turning tips into memories
Login
Signup

Please fix the following input errors:

  • dummy
Forgot your username or password?
Don't have an account? Sign Up

OR
  • LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK

If you click «Log in with Facebook» and are not a Culture Whisper user, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and to our Privacy Policy, which includes our Cookie Use

Turning tips into memories

Get started Login
  • Home
  • Going Out
    • Things to do
    • Food & Drink
    • Theatre
    • Visual Arts
    • Cinema
    • Kids
    • Festival
    • Gigs
    • Dance
    • Classical Music
    • Opera
    • Immersive
    • Talks
  • Staying In
    • TV
    • Books
    • Cook
    • Podcast
    • Design
    • Netflix
  • Life & Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Gifting
    • Wellbeing
    • Lifestyle
    • Shopping
    • Jewellery
  • Explore
  • Kids
  • Benefits
  • Membership
  • Get Started
  • Membership
  • Benefits
Get the Best of London Life, Culture and Style
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
Visual Arts

Burden of Proof: The Construction of Visual Evidence, The Photographers’ Gallery

02 Oct 15 – 10 Jan 16, Mon – Fri: 10.00 - 18.00
, Thu: 10.00 - 20.00, Sat: 10.00 - 18.00
, Sun: 11.00 - 18.00

Explore the complex power of photographs to reveal and hide the truth at The Photographers’ Gallery's mind-bending new exhibition

By CW Contributor on 28/7/2015

Rodolphe A. Reiss, Demonstration of the Bertillon metric photography system, The Photographers' Gallery London
Rodolphe A. Reiss, Demonstration of the Bertillon metric photography system, The Photographers' Gallery London
Burden of Proof: The Construction of Visual Evidence, The Photographers’ Gallery Burden of Proof: The Construction of Visual Evidence, The Photographers’ Gallery Ali Godwin
The Photographers’ Gallery opens the autumn season with a one-of-a-kind exhibition exploring the power of images to document acts of violence and crime.

What to expect

Presenting case studies from the dawn of photography up to the present day, this show questions the ability of photographic images to convey objective reality, and how they may construct rather than reflect the truth.

From 19th century scientific measurements of crime scenes and portraits taken of citizens sentenced to death during Stalin’s 1930s Great Purge, to satellite images of drone strikes in 2012 Pakistan, this photography exhibition in London highlights 11 case studies that discuss the ways photographs are taken and utilised in varying contexts.

Exhibition highlights

Look out for ‘The Man of the Shroud’: a series of documentary boards that recreate the historical artefacts of Jesus’s Passion and a photographic reproduction of the Shroud of Turin. This curious display gets to grips with the mystery behind the mysterious cloth that was wrapped around Jesus's body before his death.

The Photographers’ Gallery never ceases to impress with its thought-provoking exhibits, which appeal to art historians, photography lovers and the culturally curious. For something a little different this autumn, be sure not to miss this show.


click for the best
photography in London


What Burden of Proof: The Construction of Visual Evidence, The Photographers’ Gallery
Where The Photographers' Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7LW | MAP
Nearest tube Oxford Circus (underground)
When 02 Oct 15 – 10 Jan 16, Mon – Fri: 10.00 - 18.00
, Thu: 10.00 - 20.00, Sat: 10.00 - 18.00
, Sun: 11.00 - 18.00
Price £Free
Website Click here for more details



Most popular

10 things to do this weekend
Things to do in London this weekend: 15 - 17 January
Ellie Bamber and Billy Howle in The Serpent, BBC One (Photo: BBC)
The Serpent, BBC One review
UK Disneyland? Paramount Theme Park, Kent. Photo: Paramount
Everything you need to know about UK Disneyland, Kent's London Resort

A little more...

  • click for the best
    photography in London

Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).

We recommend nearby

  • Social Eating House

    Social Eating House has a dream menu of thoughtfully sourced British ingredients put together in an unexpected yet wholly seductive manner. For a real piece of action in the kitchen, book to sit at the chef's table – it really does immerse you.

    Read more...
    Book Map
  • Ember Yard

    Spanish and Italian open wood-fired cooking is the speciality of this lively Soho outpost from the Salt Yard Group. The ibérico presa with whipped jamón butter is a delight, and diners must try one of the smoked cocktails – the negroni is made with smoked ice and garnished with grilled orange, and is so compelling that one is never enough.

    Read more...
    Book Map
  • Chi Kitchen

    Go on a tour of East and South East Asian cuisine at Chi Kitchen, located on the ground floor of Debenhams in Oxford Street. With an extensive menu covering traditional dishes from China, Japan, Vietnam and many more, Chi Kitchen is an award-winning restaurant that is sure to satisfy your taste buds.

    Read more...

    Culture Whisper is your ultimate guide to the newest, most exciting cafés, bars and restaurants in London and we are sure you will love Chi Kitchen!

    Book Map

photography exhibitions in London 2015

Frieze London 2015

photography

exhibition

visual arts

The Photographers' Gallery

You might like

  • Thomas Ruff artist, neg stil_07, 2015, chromogenic print, ed. of 8 © Thomas Ruff, Gagosian Gallery London

    Thomas Ruff: nature morte, Gagosian

  • Alec Soth photographer, Science Museum London

    Gathered Leaves: Photographs by Alec Soth, Science Museum

  • Emily Jacir artist, Lydda Airport film still, 2009, Whitechapel Gallery London

    Emily Jacir: Europa, Whitechapel Gallery

  • Uptown West, New York, USA, 26 January 1955, Vivian Maier street photographer

    Vivian Maier, Beetles + Huxley



  • The Culture Whisper team
  • What is Culture Whisper membership
  • Corporate membership
  • Give a gift membership
  • Retrieve a gift membership
  • Contact us
  • Press
  • FAQ
  • Privacy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Cookies
  • Discover
  • Venues
  • Restaurants
  • Stations
  • Boroughs
Sign up to CW’s newsletter
By entering my email I agree to the CultureWhisper Privacy Policy (we won`t share data & you can unsubscribe anytime).
×