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photo london 2016<br />
© nick kniGht<br />
Photo fever<br />
Photo London 2016 has attracted a line-up of big<br />
names. Karen Sheard picks the festival’s highlights<br />
and must-see events<br />
Now in its second year,<br />
Photo London, the<br />
major international<br />
photography fair, will<br />
take place at Somerset House from<br />
19-22 May 2016. Photo London,<br />
described by The Guardian as ‘The<br />
UK Photography Event of the Year’,<br />
is a London-wide photography fair<br />
that was created to give London an<br />
international photography event<br />
befitting the city’s status as a global<br />
cultural capital.<br />
More than 80 of the world’s<br />
leading galleries will be<br />
participating, offering a<br />
programme of exhibitions and<br />
events throughout the capital,<br />
including a range of public talks<br />
with key names such as Don<br />
McCullin, Mary McCartney and<br />
Nick Knight. We take a look at<br />
what promises to be some of the<br />
many highlights to the event.<br />
Exhibitions at the<br />
Embankment Galleries,<br />
Somerset House, 19-22 May<br />
Entry to these exhibitions is included<br />
with tickets for general fair admission.<br />
Don McCullin: Photo London<br />
Master of Photography 2016<br />
War photographer Don McCullin, who<br />
was recently named as the Photo<br />
London Master of Photography 2016,<br />
will have a selection of his work featured<br />
in a special exhibition, presented by<br />
Photo London in association with<br />
Hamiltons Gallery.<br />
McCullin has captured some of the<br />
most evocative images of the last<br />
century in his long career as a war<br />
photographer. Visitors to Photo London<br />
will also have a rare opportunity to hear<br />
him speak in a public conversation at<br />
Somerset House with Tate Photography<br />
Curator, Simon Baker, from 2.30pm-<br />
3.30pm on Thursday, 19 May.<br />
Above: Photo<br />
London 2016.<br />
‘Saunder’, 1997,<br />
by Nick Knight<br />
Right: Somerset<br />
House, where the<br />
main exhibitions<br />
will be held.<br />
Photo London<br />
2016. ‘The Edmond<br />
J Safra Fountain<br />
Court’ by<br />
Marcus Ginns<br />
© Marcus Ginns<br />
Craigie Horsfield: ‘Twelve’,<br />
from the collection of the<br />
Wilson Centre for Photography<br />
For Photo London 2016, the Wilson<br />
Centre for Photography will curate an<br />
exhibition of works by Turner Prizenominated<br />
artist Craigie Horsfield. The<br />
Wilson Centre is the private collection<br />
of Michael G Wilson, OBE.<br />
‘Twelve’ will bring together a<br />
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