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Peter Mitchell: Nothing Lasts Forever
The Photographers’ Gallery, London
PETER MITCHELL (born 1943) is widely regarded as one of the most important early colour photographers of the 1970s and ’80s. This important exhibition is dedicated to his work.
He is a self-effacing artist, coming across in interviews as rather Lowry-like: naive, unideological and uncomplicated. Taking photos, or as he says “taking pictures” is simply a necessity for him.

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