Archives: Exhibitions

Heroes – The Exhibition explores The SSE Arena, Wembley’s history as the world-renowned home of music and live entertainment. 

Sourced from the world-renowned Getty Images’ archival and contemporary libraries, Heroes – The Exhibition features over 100 photographs of artists at London’s iconic music and live entertainment venue. From The Beatles and The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, to present day chart-toppers Jay Z, Foo Fighters and The Prodigy.

Key photography features performances by the genre-defining David Bowie; the first headline rock show performed by T-Rex; the band holding the record for the most rock performances, Status Quo; Alice Cooper, who has so far performed in every decade since the 1960s; the female performer with the most performances, Whitney Houston; American pop superstar Prince, who played 35 concerts at the venue; iconic performances by Queen; and more recent performances by chart topping acts such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Rhianna. Alongside photography of era-defining concerts, the exhibition showcases behind-the-scenes imagery from sound checks to crowd interaction, photocalls and artists leaving their handprints in the Wembley Park’s famous ‘Square of Fame’.

The exhibition features the work of renowned music photographer Michael Putland, who photographed five decades of music, and both former and current Getty photographers Dave Hogan and Brian Rasic.

Please join us from 28 June as we launch a new gallery on Wembley Park’s Olympic Way with the premiere instalment of a year-long exhibition programme presented by Getty Images Gallery.

The opening exhibition, aptly titled The Ages of Wembley, explores the emergence of Wembley Park as a world-famous leisure and entertainment destination from the 1920s onwards and highlights parallels between historic uses of the area and recent developments. These images – many of which have never been seen before – celebrate the rich history of the stadium and local area.

Details:

Getty Images Gallery, Olympic Way, Wembley Park, HA9 0FJ

Opening hours: 10am to 7pm Monday through Sunday

Admission to Getty Images Gallery at Wembley Park is always free of charge

All images are for sale and any enquiries can be sent to gallery.enquiries@gettyimages.com

Diamond Jubilee Exhibition – Royal Ascot during the reign of Her Majesty The Queen

The Ascot Authority is staging this exhibition to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee and to thank Her Majesty The Queen for her patronage and for her support of Ascot Racecourse and Royal Ascot during her reign.

 The display, which uses photographs from Getty Images Gallery, shows many memorable moments, including the Royal Procession, The Queen’s first Royal Ascot winner and the royal party riding on the racecourse.

 The changing face of the Royal Meeting and of the racecourse over six decades is also illustrated. Fashion icons, the altering preference for grey and black top hats, great jockeys of the time and the opening of the magnificent new stand in 2006 are just a few of the sixty subjects.

“Beautiful sunny Sunday luncheon party for eighty-eight friends at Villa Dubeau on Cap d’Antibes. It is a heavenly villa – right on the sea – it is exactly what you imagine you should find on the Riviera, and then a little better.  Guests started arriving by boat and car.  How chic some of the women look in their Emilo Pucci silk shirts.”

Spanning over 80 glorious years, ‘The Spirit of Jazz’ captures the high energy of some of the most legendary performances in jazz history, from the sharp suits and instruments, right down to the last bead of sweat.  The show.includes a selection of rare and previously unseen images featuring some of the finest, most infamous jazz men and women performing at the peaks of their heady careers.

Jamie Cullum, who curated the exhibition and provided the quotations in the captions says: “I’ve been interested in all types of music from a young age, but it was jazz that really captured me and inspired me to perform and develop my own style. I was thrilled to be asked to curate this amazing exhibition, the images in it are jaw-dropping and for me really represent why I love jazz. The spirit, energy and sheer talent of some of my all-time heroes are captured across the show and their passion for the music is evident in each shot.”

About the prints

The images for this show were chosen from the archives of Getty Images and include the work of some of the era’s best loved photographers including Slim Aarons, David Redfern, Jurgen Schadeberg and Charles Hewitt.   Many of the images have never been exhibited before.

The Hulton Archive was created by Sir Edward Hulton in 1945, purchased by the BBC in 1957, and acquired by Getty Images in 1996. The Hulton, as it is affectionately known, rests on a foundation formed by the collective print and neg collections of three storied publications: Picture Post, Daily Express and Evening Standard. The Hulton forms the backbone of Getty Image’s archival holdings, which currently includes more than 1,500 collections and more than 80 million original photographs dating back to the mid-19^th century.

 Few names evoke the glamour of Hollywood as powerfully as Marilyn Monroe.  Synonymous with beauty, sex appeal and a child-like innocence, she became one of the most famous and charismatic women of the 20^th century.  To commemorate 50 years since her untimely death “Marilyn” promises to capture the very essence of the legend.

Widely acknowledged as the beginning of the modern era, World War I brought cataclysmic political, economic and social upheaval. In Britain, then the world’s sole superpower, the declaration of war instigated both a market panic and ensuing financial crisis. Men rushed to volunteer at Army recruitment centers and meet impending death in the trenches while record numbers of women entered factories and the broader workforce in support of the war effort.

Wartime rationing and restrictions became a regular feature of English domestic life as did public assemblies, military parades, and protests. News of the war was delivered to the masses by the legendary Fleet Street tabloids and publishers supported by specialized photographic agencies. One of these agencies, Topical Press, documented the war effort both at home and abroad.

WWI: Home Front presents uniquely English scenes captured on the streets, in the countryside and inside wartime factories between 1914 and 1919. By focusing on the daily lives of civilians during wartime, the exhibition presents a unique perspective on the war and it’s enduring social and cultural impact.

These limited edition fibre prints are produced in the Getty Images darkroom from the original Topical Press glass plate negatives. 

Historic images capturing the lives and times of people and events from across the world will be displayed in a new exhibition at the Getty Images Gallery to celebrate the long career of one of Britain’s most renowned photojournalists, Thurston Hopkins.

The images featured in the exhibition have been selected by Thurston Hopkins and Getty Images Gallery to represent and showcase the breadth of subject matter required of photographers at the time. The exhibition also features some of Thurston’s personal negatives, alongside iconic images of Joan Crawford, Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman.

In recognition of 70 years of Indian independence, Getty Images Gallery presents a selection of the earliest photographic views of the subcontinent. The landscapes and portraits were photographed predominantly by Europeans keenly aware of the increasingly exotic tastes of their Western audience. As such, the style and composition of the works reflect a somewhat romantic aesthetic familiar to the Victorian era tourists and temporary residents seeking a distinctive memento of their time in this captivating country.