London: Stories In The City
Joint Exhibition
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Exhibition Launch and Author Event
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Landscape of Murder
The violent act of murder is often silent and discreet. Most murders are quickly forgotten if they even made the headlines. The photographer Antonio Olmos is documenting the scene of every murder in London in 2011 in order not to forget. Olmos is hoping that the images raise questions about the social landscape we inhabit. The photographs explore issues such as youth crime, domestic violence and poverty. The roots of violence are the same around the world and while London is a safer city than most, it is not immune from these issues.
Antonio Olmos
Antonio Olmos is a Photojournalist who has worked covering issues concerning Human Rights, The Environment and Conflict. Antonio is also a dedicated Editorial Portrait Photographer whose images have appeared in all the UK Broadsheet Weekend Magazines including the Observer Magazine . He has worked extensively in the Americas, The Middle East and Africa for Newspapers and Magazines around the world as well as leading NGOs Antonio was born in Mexicali, Mexico and has been a Photojournalist since 1988 where he began his career at the Miami Herald where he was a staff photographer for 3 years. He moved to Mexico City in 1991 to become a freelance photographer from where he covered news stories in Central America and the Caribbean for the Black Star Photo Agency. Antonio has been based in London since 1994 and is represented by the Eyevine Photo Agency. Antonio was the recipient of a First Place Award in the World Press for the People in The News Category for his work in the Palestinian Occupied Territories in 2001.
London's Underworlds
London’s Underworlds will feature London authors Sebastian Groes, Maureen Duffy and Oliver Harris exploring London’s darker corners. From the cold world of crime and the city’s exploited underclasses to the subterranean worlds of London’s underground and sewers, and the city’s repressed histories, London has an infinite variety of underworlds. Can London, in the twenty-first century, also remain a city of Light and Learning? The discussion is based on research for Dr Groes’s book on the contemporary London novel, The Making of London.
'Groes has produced an impressive book, wide-ranging in its scope, subtle in its analysis and adept at keeping numerous intellectual balls in the air. It will, I have little doubt, become a standard text for students and academics working on 'Contemporary' London literature, and English literature more generally.' - Alex Murray, University of Exeter, UK
'Groes has produced an impressive book, wide-ranging in its scope, subtle in its analysis and adept at keeping numerous intellectual balls in the air. It will, I have little doubt, become a standard text for students and academics working on 'Contemporary' London literature, and English literature more generally.' - Alex Murray, University of Exeter, UK