Tate Modern : Exposed

Went to the Tate yesterday to see the Exposed photography exhibition. I thought it was great although it did feel as if it should be an Anthology book rather than an exhibition, all the sections felt like chapters and the vast amount of different photographers was amazing. As usual with the Tate Modern it was packed and so hard to get a proper look of all the images.

I particularly liked 'The Unseen Photographer' section because the best and most true images are taken naturally without the subject knowing. I was amazed at Heads by Philip-Lorca diCorcia as they were taken from incredibly far away but the quality does not suffer and the photos are great to look at. Also the clever ways of hiding camera's that the Victorians used like in the heel of a shoe or in a cane or even using a fake lens when the real one pointed in another direction.
One set which really caught my eye were by Kohei Yoshiyuki called The Park which are images of lovers and the voyeurs that are watching them.
Some of the landscape surveillance stuff didn't quite take my fancy but altogether a good show. Looking forward to seeing the Tillmans on Friday.