Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collection at The Hepworth Wakefield

Name: Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collection at The Hepworth Wakefield
Start: 2018-07-13T09:00:00
End: 2019-04-22T16:00:00
Location: The Hepworth Wakefield

Creative Tourist Last Updated 3 July 2018

Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collecton at The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield 13 July 2018 — 22 April 2019 Entrance is free

For the first time in human history, more people are living in urban environments than in the countryside, yet the impulse to seek out nature remains as strong as ever. Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collection at The Hepworth Wakefield is a new exhibition of images by leading British photographers such as Shirley Baker, Bill Brandt, Anna Fox, Chris Killip, Martin Parr and Tony Ray-Jones, which explores our evolving relationship with the natural world and how this shapes individuals and communities.

Modern Nature: British Photographs from the Hyman Collecton at The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield 13 July 2018 — 22 April 2019 Entrance is free

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