Seen/Unseen - George Georgiou and Mimi Mollica

This joint show by award-winning photographers Mimi Mollica and George Georgiou, takes a look at Londoner's journeys and public and private lives from two very different perspectives. Both artists use the London bus as a vehicle to penetrate the private spheres people create for themselves while navigating public spaces. In each case the subjects are unaware of the image makers so their thoughts and interactions are undisturbed at the moment of making the picture. It is only in later viewing that the audience has a glimpse of their private world.

Mimi Mollica's brand new work Bus Stories focuses on a hidden view of London’s bus passengers and questions the ethics of public surveillance. His photographs have a dark, almost eerie quality although they are strikingly familiar.

George Georgiou's ongoing project Invisible:London surveys the diverse topography and migration in London through the windows of buses. Both works explore the increasing diversity of a major Western metropolis as the movement of people continues to change both the urban landscape and the community within it.

The exhibtion also includes a trail of images on bus shelters throughout Camden. A downloadable map will be available soon.

George Georgiou has photographed extensively in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Turkey for the last decade, living and working in Serbia, Greece and for nearly five years in Istanbul. His work has focuses on transition and identity and how people negotiate the space they find themselves in. Georgiou has exhibited his work in solo shows across the globe. Awards include two World Press Photo prizes in 2003 and 2005, The British Journal of Photography project prize 2010, Pictures of the Year International first prize for Istanbul Bombs in 2004 and a Nikon Press Award UK for photo essay 2000. Georgiou has exhibited his work in solo shows across the globe and his work will be exhibited in the New Photography 2011 exhibition at MoMA, New York this autumn. His book Fault Lines/Turkey/East/West is available now.
www.georgegeorgiou.net
www.panos.co.uk

Mimi Mollica has covered assignments for NGOs and magazines across the globe photographing current events and in-depth photo essays. His work has been published in various publications including the Guardian, Financial Times, New York Times, Internazionale, Granta Magazine, independent and COLORS Magazine. Mimi Mollica works at length on his personal projects, some of which have been exhibited in numerous collective and single shows. He lives and works in London. The Museum of London recently acquired some of Mollica's work for their collection and he was included in Thames & Hudson's Street Photography Now book. Awards include Winner - PDN Curator Awards, Winner - EP Guest Photographer, Finalist - Sovereign European Art Prize, Winner - Creative Review, Best Photography Annual ‘07, Finalist - The Press Photographers Years ‘07, Second Place - The Observer Photographic Hodge Award.
www.mimimollica.com

BUY GEORGIOU'S INCREDIBLE BOOK

George Georgiou: Fault Lines: Turkey from East to West - Schilt Publishing (1 Jun 2010)

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