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He studied at the London College of Printing, and was the first photographer to have a one man show at the National Gallery, London.
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Tom Hunter
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His photographs often reference and reimagine classical paintings. Hunter has shown work internationally in exhibitions, his work is held in a number of public collections and he has had four books published. His work has specialised in documenting life in Hackney, depicting local issues and sensationalist news headlines with compositions borrowed from the Old Masters.
Foreign instance, his photograph of a squatter, Woman Reading a Possession Order, references Johannes Vermeer"s Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window.
Of the photograph, which was shot with a large-format camera and printed in Ilfochrome process, Hunter said: "I just wanted to take a picture showing the dignity of squatter life – a piece of propaganda to save my neighbourhood..The great thing is, the picture got a dialogue going with the council – and we managed to save the houses. In 2010 Hunter screened A Palace for Us, a film he made about the elderly residents of public buildings in Woodberry Down, Manor House, London.
Jonathan Jones described it as a "magical" work of contemporary art that chronicled the postwar ambition to provide housing for the working class. He works at the Photography and the Archive Research Centre in London.
Living in Hell and Other Stories, Tableaux Vivants, Kunsthalle, Vienna.
Composure, Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto. Parallax, Sandronirey Gallery, California. 2007: group exhibition of work about the London borough of Hackney by eight artists.
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