Ways Of Looking photography exhibition shows a different point of view (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Ways Of Looking photography exhibition shows a different point of view

8:56am Friday 16th September 2011 in Art By Emma Clayton

The recreation of a 1950s crime scene in Bradford Interchange, an interactive digital game taking visitors through the ‘hidden’ city and a Turner prize-winning artist’s take on Telegraph & Argus images are all part of a major photography festival.

Ways Of Looking takes place across Bradford city centre next month, from museums and galleries to outdoor spaces.

It includes specially-commissioned exhibition Poking About by Jeremy Deller, whose snapshot of Bradfordians uses images from the T&A, the old Belle Vue Studio in Manningham and Bradford Museums and Galleries’ archives.

A world premiere of Hidden, by photographer Red Saunders, features images re-creating historical events, including a Civil War image featuring Bradford people.

Makeshift Monuments displays photographs taken prior to last year’s closure of Bradford’s Hungarian club. Curated by Diane Bielik whose father was a member, images are incorporated onto walls in its disused rooms.

A billboard artwork at Bradford Interchange, called Scene For A Small Crime, is a collaboration by artists, poets, photographers and West Yorkshire Police.

Also in the Interchange is 1963, by artist Shanaz Gulzar with the Bradford and District Youth Offending Team and Nacro.

Photography collective Bradford Grid has responded to recollections of Bradford between 1950 and 2000 to create outdoor exhibition Re:Bradford.

Also outdoors is The Visitor, taking players on an interactive trail through time across Bradford.

Anne McNeill, director of Impressions Gallery, said: “Ways Of Looking is a boutique festival – small, but considered. We believe it has the potential to become a key biennial on the international circuit of photography festivals.”

National Media Museum director Colin Philpott added: “It draws on Bradford’s amazing wealth of photographic activity and world-class collections. It epitomises Bradford’s renaissance as a cultural centre, and complements its status as the world’s first UNESCO City of Film.”

For more information on the festival, visit waysoflooking.org.