Exhibition at Getty Images Gallery

GETTY IMAGES DELVES INTO CONCEPTS OF PRIVACY IN NEW EXHIBITION

Getty Images Gallery hosts exclusive exhibition of images that explore conceptual ideas of privacy from a special collection curated by the Getty Images creative team

The exhibition, which is part of an ongoing research project from the Getty Images creative team, throws a spotlight on the story of modern privacy and questions the breakdown of barriers between private and public lives. The show looks at the impact of technology, urbanisation and personal space on the ability to maintain privacy in today’s society, as well as questions the idea of how private spaces become public without consent through unregulated surveillance. The exhibition also looks at whether privacy is an imperative in society today with the rise of social media and the trend towards sharing our personal lives with all our online friends and followers.

Works such as Ken Hermann’s Survivors, consider the issues around being permanently scarred by private conflicts. The image ‘Umma Aysha Siddike Nila’, for example, depicts a woman with facial and upper body scarring after her husband attacked her with acid following an argument, raising questions around the blurred lines between what is public versus private.

The show also includes images from Jasper White, whose work explores personal spaces and what the customisation of these spaces say about the occupants. In addition, photographer David Ryle delves into our obsession with technology, bringing privacy into scale by placing each human as a tiny figure in a huge expanse within his images.