Photography’s unsung heroes
Photographers and their subjects both enjoy their fair share of scrutiny and appreciation for their part in creating an image. The all-important printers, on the other hand, get barely a look in. So, happily, here is an exhibition that celebrates all three. It collects the work of expert black-and-white printer Robin Bell, who over the last 35 years has hand-printed photographs for some of the industry's biggest names - including Norman Parkinson, John Swannell (Chair Series No 2, 1991, above) and Ernst Haas - who, in turn, have captured an unbeatable array of people, places and fashions in some of the most feted images yet to be produced.
FIRST POSTED MAY 19, 2009
‘Robin Bell’s Silver Footprint’ at the Independent Photographers Gallery until June 20, 2009, 3 Old Brewery Yard, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AF




