Where Are We? Questions of Landscape

3 May to 28 June 2008

The image of the changing landscape has been mediated through photographs for over 150 years. During this period different types of landscape photographs have become as varied as the terrain they map.

This exhibition from the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) brings together a wide range of photographs, from the 1850s to the present day. The images represent a cross-section of work by classic and contemporary photographers and their responses to the land. It allows us to look afresh at both unusual and familiar environments and to examine our current position in the world.

Featuring over 50 images, the exhibition contains works by internationally renowned photographers such as Ansel Adams, Keith Arnatt, Bill Brandt, Toshio Shibata and Devon-based Jem Southam. It also includes two images taken by George Herbert Ponting from Robert Falcon Scott’s final Antarctic expedition.

Admission to the exhibition is free. Exhibition organised by the V&A, London. For further details about the exhibition, there is a gallery guide available to download, below.

Free events

For details about the free lunchtime talks that we will be holding to mark the 140th anniversary of the death of Robert Falcon Scott visit our talks page.

Please click on the thumbnails below to view larger images, and see a selection of images represented in the exhibition. All images are © Courtesy of the Artists/Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Where Are We? Questions of Landscape gallery guide - notes about this exhibition of classic and contemporary photography. File format Adobe acrobat (pdf) - 409KB