Excellent photography and a fish shop at Misbourne

This show was really exciting especially because of the excellent photography on display. Really intelligent highly crafted technically accomplished images. It takes alot to get much from a banana but a sequence of studies shows a real subtlety and appreciation of fine nuances of colour and texture.

The portfolio's also showed the serious study of good photographs and photographers. Many students had developed a working practice which captuted people and places with sensitivity and a strong complositional control. Often students work is based on sites in London. Interesting to see how their work is drawing them outwards looking again at their environment. It was good to meet the keen, enthusiastic, teacher working with these students (NQT - really terrific first year she should feel very proud).

The fine art work was eclectic and often funny. I enjoyed student's work using boxes and  50s Marilyn iconography. One whole corner was taken up with an installation of a fishmongers shop complete with life size trays of oysters, fish and a lobster - see the video.