Dark Tales, the photo exhibition that celebrates British weirdness
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Why use a picture of a bare foot to spearhead the publicity for a photographic exhibition? Not a glamorous, beautifully pedicured, brightly nailed foot, but one with scabby skin and flaking varnish. Not a pretty sight.
But, as Isaac Blease, curator of Dark Tales, an exhibition at the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol explains, this is an example of documentary photography making the familiar strange.
The scope of the show is drawn from 5,000 prints owned by the Foundation and covers the 80
But, as Isaac Blease, curator of Dark Tales, an exhibition at the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol explains, this is an example of documentary photography making the familiar strange.
The scope of the show is drawn from 5,000 prints owned by the Foundation and covers the 80
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