Photo London 2023 Talks | Wed 10 May

Providing you with unique insight into some of the world’s most exciting voices in medium, the Talks Programme features leading photographers, curators, writers and critics to discuss the photographic medium and its significance in the contemporary art world today.   

Talk tickets cost £9.50, these can be booked via the Somerset House website. Nikon talks are free of charge however booking in advance is strongly advised. 

Talk tickets do not include admission to the Fair. You must purchase a Day Pass ticket alongside your Talk ticket for the same day as the talk is taking place. Talks start promptly in The Screening Room at the scheduled time please arrive five minutes before the talk starts to avoid disappointment. 

Schedule

14.00 – 15.00
Civilization: The Way We Live
Curator William A. Ewing talks to photographers Lisa Barnard and Jermaine Francis about the major exhibition Civilization: The Way We Live, opening at Saatchi Gallery this summer after its global tour. Featuring the work of 150 of the world’s finest photographers, the exhibition addresses major aspects of our increasingly global 21st-century civilization. It stresses the fact that contemporary civilization is an extremely complex collective enterprise.

15.30 – 16.30
Fotografía Maroma: A Living Gallery of Mexican Photographers
Fotografía Maroma is an artistic platform connecting Maroma, a Belmond Hotel with a uniquely profound perspective of the Riviera Maya. Tapping the talents of two distinguished curators — Fariba Farshad of Candlestar and Patricia Conde Juaristi of Patricia Conde Galería — the combined expertise resulted in the scouting of four Mexican photographers, three of which with established careers – Patricia Lagarde, Javier Hinojosa and Ilán Rabchinskey – and one emerging artist – Margot Kalach. The four artists were commissioned to create artwork inspired by the modern vitality, and rich, mystical spirit of the Riviera Maya. The travelling exhibition made its debut in December 2022 during Miami Art Week and participated in Mexico City’s ZONAMACO art show. This May, the display will be showcased at the prestigious Photo London fair. 

This panel discussion will feature curator and collaborator Patricia Conde Juaristi along with exhibiting artist Ilán Rabchinskey. Moderated by Avery Fletcher (Belmond’s Divisional Brand & Marketing Director for North America), the conversation will uncover the artists’ unique creative processes and the concept behind the Fotografia Maroma exhibition, all while generating buzz for the official grand opening of Belmond Maroma property this summer. 

17.00 – 18.00
Our land: Tahmineh Monzavi, Babak Kazemi and Pargol E. Naloo share their work rooted in their home country. Moderated by Vali Mahlouji.
At a moment when the country is experiencing a revolution, Iran’s artists and image-makers have an important and highly complex role to play. In this talk artists Babak Kazemi, Pargol E. Naloo and Tahmineh Monzavi discuss their work and how it is connected to their home country of Iran. The distinguished curator Vali Mahlouji will moderate the talk.

18.30 – 19.30
Photographing motherhood: Andi Gáldi Vinkó in conversation with Susan Bright
Motherhood: This capacious subject is interrogated through the lens of artist Andi Gáldi Vinkó in her project 'Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I’m Back'. Curator Susan Bright invites Gáldi Vinkó to reflect on this body of work, and her drive to expose the personal yet perhaps common insecurities associated with what happens when an artist becomes a mother.