| You are warmly invited to the opening of the new exhibition by John Claridge REMEMBERING AUTOCHROMES Thursday 4 June 2026, 6pm-10pm  © John Claridge REMEMBERING AUTOCHROMES For those familiar with John Claridge’s personal black and white street photography and portraits (East End, New York, India, Miners, Boxers, Oradour-sur-Glane), this new exhibition will reveal several other aspects of his work. From his debuts in the profession at the age of fifteen, Claridge has mainly worked in advertising, art direction and design, including for the legendary Pirelli calendar. A master printer, of both film and digital images, his love of the particular tonalities of the autochrome, a colour process invented by the Lumière brothers in the early twentieth century, led him to experiment with reproducing their special characteristics using digital techniques. The exhibition Remembering Autochromes presents a wide variety of images unified by this common approach: still lifes, portraits, landscapes, architecture, nature, interiors, …  © John ClaridgeJOHN CLARIDGE John Claridge was born in London’s East End in 1944. He began taking photographs at the age of eight with a plastic camera won at a local funfair. He left school at fifteen and took a job in the photography department at McCann-Erickson, becoming David Montgomery’s assistant. During his two years there, he was inspired by many, including the legendary designer Robert Brownjohn. When just seventeen, he turned up on the doorstep of Bill Brandt’s Hampstead home to present the renowned photographer with a print, and was received with courtesy and kindness. In 1963, he opened a studio near St. Paul’s Cathedral, specialising in magazine work and advertising. He pursued a career in advertising until recently, producing work for many large corporations. In 1967, he wrote, produced, and shot a controversial short film, Five Soldiers, about the American Civil War, with implicit allusion to the Vietnam War. John Claridge has authored some fifty books, mostly published by his own company Lizard’s Eye, including Warriors, Heroes, Boxers (2018) and The Miners 1971 (2018), but also notably One Hundred Photographs (1988), for his exhibition at Hamilton’s Gallery, London, and East End (2016), published by Spitalfields Life Books. He has received numerous awards from many organisations for his work in advertising and design, including London International Advertising Awards, Cannes International Advertising Festival, Design and Art Direction UK, Association of Photographers UK, The One Show New York, Clio Awards Worldwide USA and Creative Circle Awards. John Claridge’s work is held in museums and private collections worldwide, notably the Arts Council of Great Britain, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Museum of Modern Art. He exhibits regularly in London.  © John Claridge © John ClaridgeEXHIBITION FROM JUNE 4 TO JULY 12 2026 GALLERY HOURS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 2PM TO 7PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY BY APPOINTMENT AT 06 85 93 41 92 REMINDER: FINAL DAYS OF THE EXHIBITION ENTRE CHIEN ET FLOU BY DANIEL ANIZON : THURSDAY MAY 21 TO SUNDAY MAY 24 2026 FROM 2PM TO 7PM |
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