The V and A photography department in London.
These are pictures I took during our visit to the new V and A photography department
the two images below are the two main rooms next to each other. This was the first room you came in to arter coming the main doors in the right in the centre, personally I think it would've looked better if all of the walls were painted in the lighter yellow colour.
the image above does show you how there are lights alond the centre of the ceiling which directed down towards the prints.
As you're able to see the prints are hung in many different ways and they are also behind a very dark green wall colour. In some ways this kind of works quite well as it does make them stand out so well.
Different pieces of work were also shown/displayed, as you can see in the pictures above right in the centre underneath glass. i think this worked quite well and it help very much that they were lit up by small lights either side.
these next three images show how the prints were displayed within a black frame and behind glass or maybe perspex of some kind.
There would be a small piece of writting next to the photographers work which would tell you about what those particular shots were about, when they wre taken and why they had been taken.
Thsese were my favorite selection of prints, shot by Mark Cohen during 1974 - 87, portfolio of thirty dye transfer prints, printed in 2007. I really like how these prints were hung in the gallery, although because they were displayed behind glass somtimes in certain angles when you were looking at them you would have reflection from the lighting, which i did find quite frustrating as you would have to keep moving and changing which angle you would be looking at them.
I took these shots as we came in to the V and A through the main enterance.
These were also taken in other parts of the V and A.
Some examples of other gallerries and exhibition spaces in Bristol.
These next three galleries i've looked at in Bristol are a really good example of how i would like the lighting and gallery to look when i'm exhibiting work.
Spike Island in Bristol
Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol
This is my favourite because it's such a big gallery space, the lighting works so much better. I think it works a lot better with longer strip lights as shown in the pictures below, just because it seems to spreed the light a lot better around the the gallery.
I prefer it so much more when the walls are a lighter colour it gives better a feeling of space as opposed to it being darker. the Natural light during the day means that you might not even need lighting within the gallery at this time
You can see in the picture above a piece of writting next to the first print which would be about that particular photographer, simillar to that in the V and A in London
Hours in Bristol
The Hours is a great gallery space and I like the four large windows on the right hand side of the building, it is more of an openplaned room with what seems to be sections which could be moved in the centre.
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