Hull UK City of Culture have partnered with international photography co-operative Magnum photos to create this bespoke exhibition, commissioning Martin Parr and Olivia Arthur to explore the culture and creativity of Hull. The exhibition highlights the qualities that have made the city stand apart in an unforgettable year of culture.
Hull, Portrait of a City owns the discussion about where, what and how. How might we define Hull? How has culture changed our landscape and regenerated our city? What impact has it had on everything from economy to civic pride? How do we record it? As stories merge and new ones begin, we start looking to the future and exploring what’s next.
Magnum Photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer-members. Magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. Through its four editorial offices in New York, London, Paris and Tokyo, Magnum Photos provides photographs to the press, publishers, advertising, television, galleries and museums across the world.
Part of Substance
Image: Ross and Ryan © Olivia Arthur / Magnum Photos