Photography — 2020
Protest for George Floyd, Hyde Park, 2020
Spencer Murphy’s photo essay ‘Our Bullet Lives Blossom as They Race towards the Wall’ narrates the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic through portraiture and street photography. Capturing political expressions and signs of the time in the urban landscape, his photographs bring into focus the sharp socio-economic divides in a nation gripped by an invisible threat. Graffitied slogans, padlocked swings, looming tower blocks, deer roaming suburban streets and the prime minister’s pixelated image all contribute to a sense of estrangement, frustration and isolation.
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- 2021.179/23
- Object name:
- Protest for George Floyd, Hyde Park, 2020
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- Artist/Maker:
- Murphy, Spencer
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- Production date:
- 2020
- Material:
- paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- 10 x 8 inch (paper), H 237 mm, W 192 mm (image)
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- Record quality:
- 80%
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- Copyright holder:
- Murphy, Spencer
- Image credit:
- © Spencer Murphy
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