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“Antony Cairns, IBM LDN5\_51”, 2017 © Antony Cairns, courtesy Roman Road Gallery
What to look out for at the art fair in the capital.
MR PORTER has teamed up with Photo London to ask some experts from the world of photography (as well as some enthusiasts from our own team) to select their favourite image from the fair. Read about the photograph chosen by Ms Hannah Watson, director of TJ Boulting Gallery, below.
Ms Hannah Watson, who runs the Fitzrovia-based gallery TJ Boulting and adjoining publisher Trolley Books, chooses a science-fiction inspired image of London at night, taken by resident photographer Mr Antony Cairns. The image is part of the series IBM LDN5_51, about to be published as a photobook by Brixton-based publisher Mörel Books, and part of the group show Shape Of Light: 100 Years Of Photography And Abstract Art at Tate Modern.

Photograph by Ms Juno Calypso, courtesy TJ Boulting
“Antony Cairns’ images are ghostly monochromes of London at night,” says Ms Watson. “They’re created using forgotten and old technology – such as Kindles or memory cards. He turns the defunct and discarded into the creators of beautiful and delicate images.”
