London's Viewfinder Gallery to show graduate's hard hitting Child Poverty photographs
Monday, 27 October 2008
(4)University College Falmouth BA(Hons) Photography graduate Phil Clarke-Hill is currently showing at Greenwich's Viewfinder Photography. This hard-hitting exhibition tells the story of some of the hundreds of child workers who fight each day to survive on the streets of La Paz, Bolivia. The series of work, entitled Lustrabotas documents the shoe-shine boys of the city who sell a Big Issue-style newspaper to in an attempt to make an income. Many of those working on the street in the Bolivian capital wear masks to hide their identity as working on the streets is frowned upon. The photographs document the daily lives of these children, some of whom are homeless and fighting the temptation of drink and drugs, and struggle to survive in what is South America's poorest country.
This series
of work functions both as art and as a social commentary and is accompanied by
a discussion evening addressing the role of street newspapers in empowering the
unemployed.
The newspaper, called Hormigon Armando, which means Army of Ants when read backwards, opperates as a voice for the boys and is designed as a stepping stone to help them work their way off the streets.
This powerful exhibition runs until the 2nd November 2008 at Viewfinder Photography Gallery, Linear House, Peyton Place, off Royal Hill, Greenwich, London SE10 8RS. The gallery is open Monday to Friday, 9-5pm Saturday and Sunday, 12-4pm and entry to the gallery is free.
For more information on this exhibition and the Viewfinder Gallery see http://www.viewfinder.org.uk/. Phil's portfolio can also be viewed at http://www.lightstalkers.org/philclarkehill
Phil Clarke-Hill's documentary work on theme of poverty has been entered for the Digital Photographer of the Year 2008 and can be viewed at: http://poty2008.dcmag.co.uk/3913562629341712634/anonymous.html
For more information please contact philclarkehill@gmail.com
For further information about Photography courses at University College Falmouth, please visit: www.falmouth.ac.uk/photography , email admissions@falmouth.ac.uk or telephone Admissions on 01326 213730.
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