The Image as Question, the new exhibition opening at the Michael Hoppen Gallery this week, brings together some of the greatest image-makers of modern times.
What do photographs of 9/11, burnt filing cabinets and a police line-up all have in common?
They are all compelling records that uncover revealing evidence.
Since it’s invention, photography’s claims of truth and scientific objectivity have long furnished the photograph as the primary tool of evidence.
From crime scenes, zoological specimens, lunar and space exploration, to family holidays and atrocities taking place on the global stage, the photograph has been used as ‘proof’. Any contemporary artist using photography has to accept the evidential language embedded in the medium.
