Colin O'Brien (photographer)
British photographer
Colin O'Brien (8 May 1940 – 19 August 2016) was a British street photographer .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] He began documenting life in London in the 1950s and continued to do so for over 60 years, leaving behind a photographic archive of around half a million negatives.[1] His notable publications are London Life (2015)[1] [6] and Travellers' Children in London Fields (2013).[1]
Publications by O'Brien
Retrospective Images. London: Pentagram Design , 2000. ISBN 9780902612174 .
Abstract Realities: Images of 20th Century Industrial Design London: The London Institute, 2001. ISBN 9780902612570 .
Travellers' Children in London Fields. London: Spitalfields Life Books, 2013. Edited by The Gentle Author.
65. London: They That Do, 2014. ISBN 978-0992776107 . Edition of 1500 copies. "65 images spanning 65 years".[7]
Boxed edition. London: They That Do, 2014. Included a print and a set of 10 postcards.[8] Edition of 400 copies.
London Life. London: Spitalfields Life Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0957656956 .
Exhibitions
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Solo exhibitions
Retrospective Images, Aberystwyth Arts Centre , Aberystwyth, Wales, May 2007.[9]
Travellers' Children, Genesis Cinema, Stepney, London, 2012.[10]
Travellers' Children in London Fields, Agnès b. , Marylebone High Street, London, November–December 2013.[11]
London Life, Hackney Museum , Mare Street, London, June–Sept 2014.[12]
Leica Store City gallery, The Royal Exchange, London, 2015.[13]
London Life, The Society Club, Soho, London, June–August 2015.[4] [14]
East London Life, Unit G Gallery, Hackney, London, July–August 2015.[15]
This England, Unit G Gallery, Hackney, London, October 2016.[16]
Decisive Moments (international retrospective), Unit G Gallery, Hanbury Hall, London, July–August 2017.[17]
Exhibitions with others
London Street Photography: 1860-2010, Museum of London , London, February–September 2011.[18] Travelled to the Museum of the City of New York , July–December 2012.[19]
Playing In or Out?, V&A Museum of Childhood, Bethnal Green, London, March–November 2012.[20] Film and photographs by O'Brien, Alec Brooking and John Heywood.
Whitechapel: a Look Back, Darnley Gallery, Centre for Better Health, Hackney, London, part of Photomonth East London International Photography Festival, October 2014.[21] Photographs by O'Brien and Alex Pink "taken before, during and immediately after the 2012 London Olympic Games."[22]
Collections
O'Brien's work is held in the following public collections:
References
^ a b c d O'Hagan, Sean (26 August 2016). "Colin O'Brien obituary" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ "The last days of London - in pictures" . The Guardian . London. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ Cheesman, Chris (26 August 2016). "Tributes paid to London street photographer Colin O'Brien (update)" . Amateur Photographer . Time Inc. UK . Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ a b Gush, Charlotte (2 July 2015). "colin o'brien snapped 70 years of london's street history" . i-D . Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ Crone, Jack (25 July 2015). "Vanishing London: From the 72 tram on the Thames Embankment to the England captain mingling with fans, photographer spends 40 years capturing the sights of the capital before they disappeared" . London: Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ Sanderson, Mark (3 December 2015). "The best books about London" . London: London Evening Standard . Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ "Sales - Colin O'Brien - 65 - Colin O'Brien, Photographer, London" .
^ "Sales - Colin O'Brien - 65 Boxed Edition - Colin O'Brien, Photographer, London" .
^ "Aberystwyth Arts Centre Annual Report 2006 2007" (PDF) . Aberystwyth Arts Centre . Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ Battersby, Matilda (3 October 2012). "Photo essay: Travellers' Children, 1987" . The Independent . London. Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ "Travellers' children in london fields" . Hackney London Borough Council . 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2016 .
^ "London Life photography exhibition at Hackney Museum" . Hackney London Borough Council . 26 June 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2016 .
^ Moore, Mick (2 December 2015). "London Life: Colin O'Brien's reflections on a changing city" . British Journal of Photography . Apptitude Media. Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ " 'London Life' Book Launch & Exhibition" . The Society Club. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ "East London Life exhibition" . Retrieved 5 October 2016 .
^ "This England exhibition" . Retrieved 5 October 2016 .
^ "Decisive Moments exhibition" . Retrieved 16 August 2017 .
^ "Museum of London - London Street Photography" . Archived from the original on 22 March 2011.
^ "The streets of London and New York come to life in this exhibition and companion installation" . Museum of the City of New York . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016 .
^ "Playing In or Out?: 31 March – 4 November 2012" . Victoria and Albert Museum . Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ "Whitechapel: A Look Back by Colin O'Brien and Alex Pink" . Centre for Better Health. Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ "Exhibitions & Events A-Z" . Photomonth East London. Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016 .
^ "Silver Gelatin Print: Accident at the junction of Farringdon Road and Clerkenwell Road, 1959" . Museum of London . Retrieved 26 August 2016 .
^ "Lady in a Summer Dress" . Hackney Museum . Retrieved 29 September 2020 .
External links
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