Harriet Logan exhibition now up!
We just spent the morning finishing up the hang of the Harriet Logan exhibition, UNVEILED. Peter has managed to fit everything in, with a double hang - just! Every photograph merits a long and careful study. Harriet Logan is an extraordinary photographer. In 1997 the Sunday Times sent her to capture the lives of women who had been driven into their homes and behind the veil by the Taliban. Anything she took on the street, she had to take without looking through the camera – if the Taliban had spotted her, well, it would have been unthinkable. The women even lent her their shoes, so that her western feet would not give her away. She hid the film in the ceiling of her hotel room and managed to smuggle it out. In 2001 she returned and found many of the same women, this time after the invasion.
This exhibition is one of those rare things, a real must see. Incredibly moving, enraging, inspiring. It travels the world and we managed to secure it thanks to Harriet Logan herself and the Lucy Bell Gallery of Fine Art Photography.
In honour of this important subject, our near neighbour and world expert on Afghanistan, Sandy Gall, has kindly agreed to talk at the Gallery on Tuesday 13 April in aid of his long-standing charity, the Sandy Gall Afghanistan Appeal (SGAA) – tickets are £10. Do come if you can. admin@topfoto.co.uk
Flora Smith
