5 May 2015
Best of British - James Hyman interviewed by the British Journal of Photography
24 April 2015
Spitting - Photographs by Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox
We are delighted to have commissioned Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox to respond to the original Fluck and Law Spitting Image puppets in the Hyman Collection. This extraordinary selection of photographs was premiered to coincide with the 2015 General Election and gained extensive publicitry on TV, Radio and the print media.
1 April 2015
Edwin Smith. Rare Vintage Prints
Claire and James Hyman are pleased to have discovered a very rare group of vintage prints by Edwin Smith, one of the greatest photographers of the monuments and landscapes of Britain.
16 March 2015
Paul Hill. Vintage Photographs
The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired a significant group of vintage photographs by Paul Hill. Acquired from the photographer and dating from the late 1960s and the 1970s, these photographs include some of Hill's most well known images as well as previously unpublished and unexhibited works.
16 March 2015
What Makes a Good Photograph? An essay by James Hyman for Photoworks
Listed as one of the top ten articles published by Photoworks in 2015.
15 February 2015
Website Launch
Claire and James Hyman are delighted to launch this new website as an educational resource that reflects our ongoing commitment to supporting and promoting photography in Britain.
1 January 2015
The Thrill of the Chase. James Hyman interviewed by Photomonitor
Read the revised and updated version of an interview with gallerist and collector, James Hyman, that originally appeared in Photomonitor in April 2013.
23 September 2014
New Acquisitions. Photographs from the Jo Spence Memorial Archive
Claire and James Hyman are delighted to announce one of our most significant purchases, a major collection of over one hundred vintage photographs, as well as exhibition panels and hundreds of contact prints, by Jo Spence. The photographs were acquired from the Jo Spence Memorial Archive though Richard Saltoun Gallery, London.
15 September 2014
Jon Tonks. Empire
We are delighted to have purchased from Jon Tonks a selection of large format prints from his celebrated series, Empire, that depicts ouposts of the British Empire.
19 June 2014
Anna Fox. Cockroach Diairies and other stories
As part of our ongoing commitment to British photography we are delighted to have made one of our biggest acquisitions: the entire Anna Fox exhibition, Cockroach Diaries and Other Stories. Curated by Impressions Gallery, this touring exhibition led to Anna Fox's nomination for the prestigious Deutsche Borse Photography Prize in 2010 and includes many of her most famous bodies of work. We have also acquired from the photographer the entire framed exhibition set of prints from Anna Fox's Resort exhibition of pictures made at Butlins in Bognor Regis which premiered at Pallant House Gallery in 2012.
19 February 2014
Ken Grant. Prints from No Pain Whatsoever
We are pleased to have purchased a complete set of over sixty large format photographs by Ken Grant from his latest book, No Pain Whatsoever. Formally, I love Ken Grants photographs with their tight cropping and intensification of the image, but what really counts for me is their psychological resonance. These are pictures that embody the photographer's respect and his subject's trust.
20 September 2013
Roger Mayne. Vintage Street Life Photographs
Claire and James Hyman are delighted to announce the purchase of a significant group of vintage works by Roger Mayne that includes pictures from his celebrated series depicting street life around Southam Street.