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![Ex-Special Forces turned artist and reportage photographer, Bran Symondson and House of Fineart Gallery bring ‘Hollywood Re-loaded’, a bold reinvention of Terry O’Neill’s portraits of Hollywood icons posing with guns. Inspired by the changing perception of guns and the conversation about gun violence around the world, ‘Hollywood Re-loaded’ showcase classic portraits by Terry O’Neill of […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/frank-bran-symndson-761x1024.jpg "HOLLYWOOD RE-LOADED: Bran Symondson x Terry O’Neill")
![Time to embrace rejection because Portrait Salon is back! For its ninth year running Portrait Salon is accepting rejected work from the National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize – which this year received 3,700 submissions from 1,611 photographers – and Metro Imaging is proud to continue its support of this ‘Salon des Refusés’. “Portrait […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/189_Michal-Dzierza_1-793x1024-793x1024.jpg "Portrait Salon 2019 – Ninth Edition")
![Become immersed in deep lustres of black punctuated with luminous 24-karat gold and opulent ultramarine blue hues in Lina Iris Viktor’s singular artistic universe. The first major solo exhibition in the UK of British-Liberian artist, Lina Iris Viktor will open at Autograph, London this September. SOME ARE BORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT — DARK MATTER will […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/new-lina-iris-viktor-we-are-the-night-—the-keepers-of-light-2015-9.-commissioned-by-autograph.-courtesy-the-artist-and-autograph-london.jpg "Lina Iris Viktor: SOME ARE BORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT — DARK MATTER")
![Join us at the Life Framer 5th Edition Exhibition as we host an evening of Q&A with Curators, Gallerists and Artists on the reality, practicality and future of producing an art exhibition. From selling artworks and signing contracts to installing works, sourcing materials and managing expectations; the panel will give their expert advice and personal […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_2403-1024x854.jpg "EVENT Exhibiting Your Work: Relevance, Reality + Sustainability")
![“John and Vivienne” is an exclusive collection of portrait and fashion photography by British portraitist John Stoddart. The work is composed of 26 photographs, all from negatives, about two of the greatest British stylists: John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood, taken in London, between 1987 and 1991. A true ode to the romanticism of the post-punk […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/©“Women-wearing-a-corset-and-skirt”Vivienne-Westwood-Collection-Harris-Tweed-AutumnWinter-1987-88.jpg "Exclusive Collection of Portrait Photography by John Stoddart")
![For the past five years Metro Imaging has partnered with the Life Framer Photography Award, producing their globe-touring exhibitions and collaborating on various portfolio events. As they plan for their 5th edition Exhibition and gear up for 2020 we catch-up with co-founder Ralph Wilson to hear about the journey so far… Life Framer was established […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Life-Framer-Open-Call-4-Willem-Kuijpers-1024x683.jpg "Interview: Life Framer")
![The Secret Art Prize only urban and contemporary art prize in the UK. Focusing on nurturing and celebrating new talent, the Secret Art Prize is designed to guide young and emerging artists pave their ways into the art world. Metro Imaging is once again working with the Curious Duke Gallery, to support the fifth edition […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/contrast-city_SAP-2019-1024x683.jpg "Secret Art Prize 2019 Shortlist Results")
![Metro Imaging is delighted to announce our fourteenth Royal College of Art Mentorship winner. There were 44 graduates exhibiting, with the standard being extremely high, as expected. Metro’s Creative Director Steve Macleod, Artist Sarah Jones, and Hayward Gallery’s Gilly Fox finally selected MA Photography student Victoria Doyle for her outstanding work. “Victoria’s work is very print orientated, […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1.-The-Fugitive-After-Levi-Install-RCA-2019_website-use-1024x683.jpg "Interview with Victoria Doyle, RCA Metro Mentorship Award Winner 2019")
![Metro Imaging has recently partnered with photographic collective HI-NOON, launched this July at Les Rencontres d’Arles. HI-NOON is a new online platform led by Rut Blees Luxemburg, Sophy Rickett and Brenna Horrox, offering a curated selection of limited edition prints from both leading and emerging photographic artists. The inaugural collection represents a diverse group of […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ChoocLyTanHands.jpg "HI-NOON Print Platform is Live")
![A new exhibition opening in Carnaby Street next month will celebrate the vital legacy of youth clubs, while simultaneously highlighting how these safe spaces are in decline due to lack of funding. In collaboration between the Young Westminster Foundation and Positive View Foundation, this collection of work aims to remind us that youth clubs are […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/two-girls-683x1024.png "Forever Young: 150 Years of Youth Clubs")
![Opening August 12th, Flowers Gallery presents Her Ground: Women Photographing Landscape, a group exhibition of female photographers curated by Lieve Beumer and Hannah Hughes. The term landscape, a principle category in Western art, is used in relation to the visible features of an area of land, often depicting human relationships to place and the environment. The […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/dafna.jpg "Her Ground: Women Photographing Landscape, with Dafna Talmor")
![Continuing our long-standing support for visual artists at the culturally focused Latitude Festival, this year Metro are delighted to be producing exhibition installation with Iconic British photographer and director, Rankin. Famed for his iconic celebrity portraits, the portrait and fashion photographer and director has captured everyone from David Bowie to The Queen. But what’s it […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Screen-Shot-2019-07-10-at-15.38.04-1-1024x1015.png "Rankin x Latitude Festival")
![Can void exist? London-based artist Paul Arion, the only Romanian with three Oscars in his resume, aims to answer this with his solo exhibition ‘Desolation: Corpus Aliena’. The body of work is a direct representation of solitude, found within the nothingness of vast spaces without human life: how we feel isolated and insignificant in front […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_64685701_104336052439_1_original.jpeg "Desolation: Corpus Aliena – Paul Arion")
![We’re proud partners of Free Range Shows at The Truman Brewery for another year and their annual photography graduate awards. After two weeks of top quality photography degree shows, a panel of expert judges, including Metro Imaging’s Creative Director and Marketing and Partnership Manager, accomplish the tough task of choosing the best works, and the […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_6361-1024x1024.jpg "Free Range Awards x Metro Imaging 2019 – Winners Announcement")
![To celebrate 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission and the first humans landing on the Moon, the National Maritime Museum presents The Moon, the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to the Earth’s most important satellite. Featuring over 180 objects from national and international museums and private collections, the exhibition explores our relationship with the Moon over time […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-moon-exhibition.jpg "The National Maritime Museum: Major Exhibition ‘The Moon’")
![Are you ready to immerse yourself in boredom? Dawn Parsonage has been working hard on her latest project and debut show The Boring Exhibition. Opening on 27th of June, the series delves into boredom through photography, film and interaction via the artists found photography and newly created body of work – resulting in a humorous, […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BORINGEX-copy-719x1024.jpg "The Boring Exhibition – Behind the Scenes with Dawn Parsonage")
![Futureproof, presented at The Truman Brewery, as part of Free Range, is an exhibition of original works conceived and curated by participants of the TPG Develop programme, now in its third year. Government cuts to the creative sector, as well as rising tuition fees, push young artists to seek out new routes into work and […]](https://metroimaging.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/TPG_FutureProof_SarahBoris.jpg "Free Range Shows: Futureproof by TPG Develop")
#TheSustainableDarkroom - Starting April 1st
@LondonAltPhoto are bringing their residency online to encourage a more sustainable & environmentally friendly photographic darkroom practice. Recycling, Reworking, Removing, Repurposing! Get involved ->
https://metroimaging.co.uk/2020/03/31/lapc-the-sustainable-darkroom/
#Covid19 UPDATE THREAD: Today, we’ve published the applicant guidance for two of our Emergency Response Package funds: one to support individuals and the other for organisations outside our National Portfolio. Blog from our CEO @henleydarren for more info: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/responding-covid19-emergency
Join for The_ Interval - Take care of yourself session happening soon 6pm (GMT) or 11am (PST) for a different sort of discussion around narrative and storytelling w/ @ChrisHoff_ on @WorkShowGrow Facebook page - LIVE https://www.facebook.com/Work-Show-Grow-104277644547593/
Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting some of our fantastic artists & partners through a series of Instagram residencies & industry interviews. This week’s artist in residence is @ojharv - a British documentary & advertising photographer
https://metroimaging.co.uk/2020/03/29/owen-harvey/
