All About Eve – The Photography of Eve Arnold
All About Eve is a photographic exhibition showcasing the photographers work spanning over six decades shows a great deal of diversity and culture. Eve Arnold work speaks volumes and allows the spectator to be engrossed in the moment.
One of nine siblings of Jewish-Russian decent born and raised in America, Eve first discovered her interest in photography in 1946 while working in New York City for a photo-finishing company. From there her passion for photography made her one of the most eclectic photojournalists of her time.
The exhibition highlights the true diversity of Arnold’s work, featuring photographs of the infamous Marilyn Monroe and other Hollywood and West End legends including, Joan Crawford, Isabella Rossellini and Orson Welles. In her reign she also photographed political figures to her travels to China, USSR and Afghanistan where she tells a story of the vitality of the people and landscapes through her stills.
All about Eve is a must see, the last exhibition from the photographer before she passed in January 2012.
The exhibition is on until Friday 27th April at Art Sensus, 7 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1BB
By Ashleigh Johnson-Palmer