{"id":17339,"date":"2016-09-22T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17339"},"modified":"2016-09-22T10:56:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T09:56:39","slug":"what-soho-wore-black-dandyism-and-terence-donovan-at-the-photographers-gallery-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/what-soho-wore-black-dandyism-and-terence-donovan-at-the-photographers-gallery-london\/","title":{"rendered":"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photographers&#8217; Gallery, London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-01.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers&#8217; Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence\u00a0Donovan, a series on &#8216;black dandyism&#8217;, and a look back at London street fashions, called What Soho Wore.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m rather chuffed to say that the latter includes some of my own photos from Soho clubs in the 80s too!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-02.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the first floor is\u00a0<em><strong>Made You Look<\/strong><\/em>, which brings together a group of geographically and historically diverse photographers whose imagery &#8220;explores black masculinity as performance, as play, as invention &#8211; in particular through the adoption of a dandy-esque persona.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s some terrific photos in the collection, and some natty outfits too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-03.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-04.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-05.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-06.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-07.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-08.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-09.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-10.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-11.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-12.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next up &#8211; and deservedly covering two floors &#8211; \u00a0is a wonderful retrospective on the work of Cockney geezer <em><strong>Terence Donovan<\/strong><\/em> (1936 &#8211; 1996), one of the foremost photographers of his generation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-13.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rising to fame during the post- war renaissance of the creative industries, Donovan became a major figure in fashion photography during the swinging sixties, before branching out into advertising and portrait photography.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his work for male fashion magazines still looks box-fresh today.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-14.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-15.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-16.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-17.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-18.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-19.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-20.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-21.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-22.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-27.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My photos were being featured as a part of the\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/what-we-wore.com\/\">What We Wore<\/a><\/strong><\/em> archive project,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>which looks to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>document<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>the hidden cultural history of Soho through people\u2019s photography and stories.<\/p>\n<p>The images reveal an ever changing club culture, where fashion trends are quickly invented, adopted and discarded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-24.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-23.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A panel led discussion explored some of the themes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-25.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-26.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Soho Wore - an interview with Nina Manandhar\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/178206846?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-28.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photographs were displayed on the large screens by the Gallery&#8217;s cafe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-29.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The organiser had been in touch after seeing my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/london\/gossips-club-london.html\" target=\"_blank\">collection of archive photos from the long-lost Gossips Club in Soho<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0it was quite strange seeing some of those ancient memories being projected on to the big screen!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-31.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located off Dean Street, the underground venue hosted a range of rock\/goth\/alternative club nights for many years, including The Batcave, Gaz&#8217;s Rockin Blues, the Swag Club, Alice in Wonderland, with funk, soul and reggae taking over on the weekends.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-32.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/what-soho-wore-photo-gallery-30.jpg\" alt=\"What Soho Wore, Black Dandyism and Terence Donovan at the Photogrpaher's' Gallery, London, September 2016\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>More info:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Photographer\u2019s Gallery<br \/>\n<\/strong>16 &#8211; 18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LW<br \/>\nMonday \u2013 Saturday 10.00 \u2013 18.00<br \/>\nThursday 10.00 \u2013 20.00<br \/>\nSunday 11.00 \u2013 18.00<br \/>\n(*please check before setting out)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong><br \/>\n16 \u2013 18 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7LW<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk\/user\/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en\" target=\"_blank\">Journey Planner<\/a>\u00a0 or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/streetmap.co.uk\/postcode\/W1F7LW\">Street Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/existential-photography\" target=\"_blank\">Photographer\u2019s Gallery<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a cracking collection of work currently on show at the Photographers&#8217; Gallery in London, including a wonderful retrospective on East London snapper Terence\u00a0Donovan, a series on &#8216;black dandyism&#8217;, and &hellip; 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