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Classical Edinburgh

9 November 2019 to 8 March 2020

City Art Centre

Free

This exhibition is a celebration of Edinburgh’s neo-classical architecture, as seen through the eyes of two architectural photographers, working half a cen­tury apart. Edwin Smith (1912-72), once described as “a genius at photography” provided the photographs for The Making of Classical Edinburgh by A J Youngson, published in 1966. Colin McLean has spent the last two years re-interpreting Smith’s evocative black and white images. The exhibition will be a homage to Smith’s photography, and a reflection on the changes in Edinburgh’s townscape over the last 50 years. It is accompanied by a new publication, and a varied events programme. A revised edition of Youngson’s ground-breaking book is also being published to coincide with the exhibition.

 

Winning entries from a public photographic competition, supported by Jessops, will be shown alongside Classical Edinburgh.

Classical Edinburgh

DETAIL - Photography: Colin McLean

Classical Edinburgh Photography Competition

Wed 17 Jul to Sun 15 Sep 2019

Museums & Galleries Edinburgh and Jessops

This is an opportunity for local Edinburgh photographers and students studying photography in Edinburgh to be part of our forthcoming exhibition...

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James Lumsden, Resonance (1/19) (detail), 2019. © the artist.  Photography by Michael Wolchover. Courtesy &Gallery, Edinburgh

In Conversation: Beneath the Surface

Saturday 11 January 2020, 2:00pm 2 - 3pm To accompany Beneath the Surface , Brian Robertson, curator at Zembla Gallery, will chair a discussion among six of the artists in the...

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