#martin chambi
“It is wrong to focus too much on the testimonial value of his photos. They have that, indeed, but, in equal measure they express the milieu in which he lived and they show that when he got behind a camera, he became a giant, a true inventor, a veritable force of invention, a recreator of life.”- Mario Vargas Llosa
Martin Chambi as a photographer, originally from southern Peru. He was one of the first major indigenous Latin American photographers.
Recognized for the profound and ethnic subject matter of his photographs, he was a prolific portrait photographer in the towns and countryside of the Peruvian Andes.
Perusing while listening…..
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You are warmly invited to the private view of ‘for ever Amber’ at the Laing Art Gallery on Friday 26th June from 6pm til 8pm
In 1978 Henri Cartier-Bresson celebrated his 70th birthday with Amber Film & Photography Collective and a retrospective at Side Gallery, the group’s then new documentary photography venue in Newcastle upon Tyne. As a thank you, he sent a photograph inscribed “for ever Amber. 37 years later his words come to life in the first major retrospective for Amber’s remarkable collection.
This exhibition, developed in partnership with the Laing Art Gallery, was made possible through the support of Arts Council England and Heritage Lottery funding.
We hope you can join us in celebrating the launch of this long awaited exhibition.
To read more about the exhibition click here
PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST RSVP to [email protected] by Thursday 25th June stating your name and number of people attending.
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