After almost a decade at the helm of London’s Photographers’ Gallery, Brett Rogers discusses changes in the medium, the importance of trainee programmes and why photographers are interested in accountancy.
It’s almost a decade since Brett Rogers became Director of London’s Photographers’ Gallery, an era as transformative for the gallery and its new Ramillies Street site as for the medium of photography itself. Prior to its 18 month hibernation in 2010, a feverish chorus of photographers and critics had accused the institution of losing its way, but £9 million pounds of redevelopment later, the publicly-funded institution has reasserted itself as London’s primary space for reflecting and encouraging contemporary practice.
Indeed, this year’s Birthday Honours list saw Rogers awarded an OBE for services to arts and media, recognition, she insists, as much due to her team “for everything everybody’s done here to make this gallery possible,” as to herself. The word “fortunate” crops up often in our conversation about how she reached the position she holds now, but modesty aside, it’s clear her success and the success of the British photographers whose works she has championed both at home and abroad has more to do with her enthusiasm and persistence than any dose of luck... Keep reading on The Telegraph
It’s almost a decade since Brett Rogers became Director of London’s Photographers’ Gallery, an era as transformative for the gallery and its new Ramillies Street site as for the medium of photography itself. Prior to its 18 month hibernation in 2010, a feverish chorus of photographers and critics had accused the institution of losing its way, but £9 million pounds of redevelopment later, the publicly-funded institution has reasserted itself as London’s primary space for reflecting and encouraging contemporary practice.
Indeed, this year’s Birthday Honours list saw Rogers awarded an OBE for services to arts and media, recognition, she insists, as much due to her team “for everything everybody’s done here to make this gallery possible,” as to herself. The word “fortunate” crops up often in our conversation about how she reached the position she holds now, but modesty aside, it’s clear her success and the success of the British photographers whose works she has championed both at home and abroad has more to do with her enthusiasm and persistence than any dose of luck... Keep reading on The Telegraph