A Review

So, even though I have written about this particular exhibition for my Exhibition Review, I have decided to write a small piece about it on my blog. I went to see Piers Rawson's exhibition in New Milton which wa called, "Small Moments: The Human Face of Semana Santa". I have never really been into history and culture, however, I decided to look at a smaller exhibition which looked at exactly that. 


"Carrying just a single, unobtrusive camera, photographer Piers Rawson spent several days on the streets of Seville during the Semana Santa Easter celebrations.

Rawson was looking for the more intimate, human face and telling details behind the solemn outward formality and religious fervour of the Spanish Holy Week. Behind the showy theatricality and emotional intensity of the famous processions, this is a time for families, for commercial opportunities and for the display of social status."

I did enjoy the exhibition, and the work that was hung at New Milton. However, I was disappointed with the way that the exhibition was laid out. There were thirty images, all displayed throughout two different rooms. However, they all seemed very scattered with no real order. I think that the exhibition would have almost made more sense if they were in a particular order, and all in a straight line across the walls, rather than muddled and on different levels. 

However, the work that I saw was outstanding. The way that Rawson went around with nobody noticing was brilliant and the way that he composed the images is thoughtful and interesting. Although all of the images are in black and white, I do not think that was colour is necessary because he was trying to portray the way that the people were celebrating, not anything else; so I don't think that colour was important.