{"id":8507,"date":"2012-05-22T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T14:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=8507"},"modified":"2012-05-23T18:36:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T17:36:33","slug":"photographers-gallery-london-reopens-and-its-a-bit-of-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/photographers-gallery-london-reopens-and-its-a-bit-of-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer’s Gallery London reopens: and it’s a bit of disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photographers'<\/p>\n

I’d been really looking forward to the\u00a0Photographer’s Gallery in Ramillies Street, near Oxford Circus London reopening, and went along over the weekend to see the changes.<\/p>\n

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\"Photos<\/p>\n

From the outside, the building does indeed look rather grand, with a natty brick and black wood finish emphasising the extended height of the refurbished gallery.<\/p>\n

\"Photographers'<\/p>\n

On the ground floor,\u00a0everything\u00a0is shiny, new and rather corporate looking, with the space now hosting the cafe.<\/p>\n

\"Photographers'<\/p>\n

Sadly, after the long-serving Billy and his popular cafe staff were\u00a0unceremoniously\u00a0hoiked out of the building as part of the\u00a0refurbishment, the cafe has just about lost all its charm.<\/p>\n

Apart from the loud video screen, there’s no actual\u00a0photography\u00a0on the walls, so it doesn’t even feel like you’re in a gallery any more, and the food – though tasty – was horrendously expensive.<\/p>\n

We were charged \u00a33.50 for a cake and \u00a35.50 for a roll. Ouch! Bring back Billy’s wife’s home-made cakes!<\/p>\n

\"Photographers'<\/p>\n

Happily, the upstairs gallery space has been done out rather nicely, but I’m not convinced what the point of the exercise was as there doesn’t seem to be that much<\/em>\u00a0more photography on show than before.<\/p>\n

Check out the rest of my comments about the new space – and see more photos here:\u00a0Photographers’ Gallery at Oxford Circus reopens<\/a>\u00a0– and be sure to add your own comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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