In-Public

In-Public (sometimes written iN-PUBLiC) is a group of street photographers that operates as a collective.^[1][2] It was established in 2000 by Nick Turpin^[3][4][5][6] with the intention of bringing together like minded photographers to hold exhibitions, produce books and conduct workshops.^[7] It was the first international collective of street photographers.^[5] Its geographically disparate membership is facilitated by the Internet.^[7] New members are accepted but the recruitment process is "haphazard and organic".^[7]

Manifesto

In-Public's website states:

Our aim is to promote Street Photography and to continue to explore its possibilities. All the photographers featured here have been invited to show their work because they have the ability to see the unusual in the everyday and to capture the moment. The pictures remind us that, if we let it, over-familiarity can make us blind to what’s really going on in the world around us.^[8]

Members

Publications

Publications by In-Public

• 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Nick Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Matt Stuart, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Jesse Marlow, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell.

Publications with significant contributions by In-Public members

• Threee. London: Self-published / Hat-Trick Design, 2003. Photographs by Nick Turpin, David Gibson and Matt Stuart.
• Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1. Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren. Includes work by In-Public members Christophe Agou, Narelle Autio, Maciej Dakowicz, Melanie Einzig, David Gibson, Siegfried Hansen, Nils Jorgensen, Jesse Marlow, Trent Parke, Gus Powell, Mark Powell, Paul Russell, Otto Snoek, Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin and Amani Willett, and others.
• London Street Photography: 1860–2010. London: Museum of London; Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893032. Selected from the Museum of London collection by Mike Seaborne and Anna Sparham. Includes work from In-Public members Richard Bram, Adrian Fisk, David Gibson, Nils Jorgensen, Paul Russell, David Solomons, Matt Stuart and Nick Turpin, and others. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of London.
• The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6. By David Gibson. Includes profiles on In-Public members Matt Stuart, Blake Andrews, Nils Jorgensen, Trent Parke, Jesse Marlow, David Solomons and Narelle Autio; also includes contributions from Paul Russell, Nick Turpin, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall and Gus Powell, and others.

Films

• In-Sight (2011). 38 minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Nick Turpin, David Gibson, David Solomons, Richard Bram, Melanie Einzig, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Jesse Marlow and Otto Snoek, and shows them at work.^{[n 1]}

Exhibitions

• 2002: In-Public.com: Street Photography, Acute Angle Gallery, London,^[17] June / July 2002. Included the work of seven members of In-Public.
• 2010: in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, 28 May – 9 July 2010.^[18] Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12 – 23 July 2011, where it also included the film In-Sight (2011) and The French exhibition by Nick Turpin.^[19][20] Included photographs by In-Public members Nick Turpin, David Gibson, Richard Bram, Matt Stuart, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Jesse Marlow, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell.
• 2011: London Street Photography: 1860–2010, Museum of London, London, 18 February – 4 September 2011.^[21][22] Travelled to Museum of the City of New York, NY, 27 July – 2 December 2012.^{[23][24][25][26][27]} Included photographs by In-Public members Richard Bram, Adrian Fisk, David Gibson, Nils Jorgensen, Paul Russell, David Solomons, Matt Stuart and Nick Turpin, and others.
• 2011: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format 11 Photography Festival, Derby, England, 4 March – 3 April 2011. Exhibition of photographs by various In-Public members, and the film In-Sight (2011), commissioned for the festival.^[3][28][29]
• 2011: From Distant Streets: Contemporary International Street Photography, Galerie Hertz, Louisville Photo Biennial, Louisville, KY, 2 October – 12 November 2011. Curated by Richard Bram. The 29 photographers exhibited included 14 members of In-Public.^[30]
• 2013: Snickarbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, 22 May – 26 June 2013. An augmented version of their in-public @ 10 exhibition alongside an exhibition of five Stockholm street photographers organised by Contemporary Urban Photography (CUP). Included photographs from all 22 members of In-Public at that time.^[31]
• 2013: iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, 6 February – 24 March 2013. In conjunction with the British Council.^[1][32][33]
• 2013: Miami Street Photography Festival, Miami, FL. In-Public group show.
• 2014: Night of Collectives, Street Parade festival, Paris, 18 November 2014.^[34] Also with Strange.rs and Burn My Eye street photography collectives.

Collections

The following public collection holds work by In-Public as a group:

• Museum of London, London. Holds the work included in the exhibition London Street Photography: 1860–2010, by Richard Bram,^[35] Adrian Fisk,^[36] David Gibson,^[37] Nils Jorgensen,^[38] Paul Russell,^[39] David Solomons,^[40] Matt Stuart^[41] and Nick Turpin.^[4]

Notes

1. ↑ There is a trailer for the film, and access to the full film can be bought, here at Distrify

References

External links

• Official website