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ONLINE: POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN – The Full Exhibition

Installation photograph of 'Postcards from Europe' exhibition, showing postcard-sized photographs printed on long strips of newsprint, taped to a yellow wall and a white all further in the distance, with concrete pillars and railings in front.
Postcards from Great Britain, a Shutter Hub Exhibition at Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.Postcards from Great Britain, a Shutter Hub Exhibition at Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

Image caption: Postcards from Great Britain, a Shutter Hub Exhibition at Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

Image description: Postcards from Great Britain, a Shutter Hub Exhibition at Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge. Photograph by Jayne Lloyd.

 

POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE  opened on 12 January 2022 at Art at the ARB at Cambridge University. The exhibition, which runs until 25 February 2022, also features a selection of images from POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN, marking the 20th and final exhibition in the series of pop-up exhibitions for this project.

Printed on reams of newspaper, the images are accessible and communicative in their presentation, inviting viewers to engage with them. If you can’t make it to the exhibition in person we hope you’ll enjoy seeing these images and that you’ll experience it here virtually.

Click on any of the images below to see larger versions of the POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN exhibition panels, and read more about the exhibitions here.

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The POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE exhibition has been created from a call for response and collaboration, triggered by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and reflecting on POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. In a significant time in history this exhibition sets out to share aspects of European culture, spanning all genres of photography, and collating images which include social, political, historical, traditional and observational responses.

POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN is a large-scale project from Shutter Hub, which invited photographers to share their visions of British culture through photographic images taken over a four year period between 01 January 2016 and 31 December 2020. Exhibitions were held in 19 locations across Europe, showcasing thousands of postcard-sized images and culminating in this final showcase with Art at the ARB at the University of Cambridge.

Every image submitted to POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN has been collated as an archival catalogue, to be housed in libraries and archives around the world, including The British Library, Cambridge University Library, and Victoria and Albert Museum, amongst others.  A full list of the POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN exhibitions can be found here, including a list of the archive locations.

 

The selected photographers exhibiting in POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN at Cambridge University are:

Adele Mary Reed, Alessandra Bucci, Alexander Ward, Amanda Eatwell, Amy Witney Scholes, Anita Chandra, Anita Staff, Ann Petruckevitch, Anne Campbell, Ashley Erdman, Becky Mursell, Brian Human, Chanel Irvine, Christian de Sousa, Constance Brinkley, Coralie Datta, Daniel Simon, Debbie Naylor, Debby Besford, Edith Templeton, Elizabeth Brown, Ellie Laycock, Eric Boscia, Eva Marschan-Hayes, Filipe Santos, Frankie McAllister, Gareth Surgey, Gemma Taylor, Gerard Francis, Heloise Bergman, Ian Pilbeam, Jacqueline Ennis-Cole, Janet Lees, Jayne Lloyd, Jill Reidy, Jo Grant, Julie Cassels, Juliet Ferguson, Justin Carey, Justine Ritchie, Kat Young, Kathleen Kirchner, Kathryn McGeary, Kenneth Gray, Kristel Collison, Krystina Stimakovits, Laura Ward, Lesley Peatfield, Loren McCarthy, Madeleine Waller, Madeline Reid, Marianne van Loo, Marie Smith, Mark Hobbs, Martin Skraban, Martina Jones, Marysia Lachowicz, Matthew Dever, Michel Petillo, Michelle Markham, Mike Cookson, Monica Glerean, Naomi James, Natalia Gonzalez Acosta, Nicola Parry, Nikki Goldup, Orande Mensink, Parvathi Kumar, Paulina Korobkiewicz, Phil Hill, Philippa James, Phillipa Bloom, Pippa Healy, Ray Knox, Richard Alton, Richard Greswell, Roger Coulam, Rosie Barnes, Rosita McKenzie, Sally Brodie, Sara Hannant, Shiela McKinney, Siobhan Callanan, Sophie Skinner, Stephanie Wass, Sue Oakford, Susan Bittker, Svetlana Talanova, Tessa Sinclair, Tiina Burton, Tommaso Carrara, Tracey Sharpe, Wendy Aldiss.

 

 

POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE
featuring POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN

12 January – 25 February 2022

Art at the ARB, University of Cambridge,
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road,
Cambridge, CB3 9DT

9am – 7pm, Monday to Friday. Closed weekends.

 


POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE & POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN are printed by: Newspaper Club.

 

 

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ONLINE: POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE - The Full Exhibition

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