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08/07/2010 - A Celebration of Style: Cool London Through the Photographer's Lens
See John Stoddart's latest exhibition: A Celebration of Style: Cool London Through the Photographer's Lens, in Mark Powell's New Shop, 2 Marshall Street, Soho, London W1F 9BA. Curated by Art Advisor, Sandra Higgins. Exhibition runs until the 17th of July 2010
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14/05/2009 - Love and Lust
Coco de Mer is pleased to announce Love and Lust, an exhibition of images by photographer John Stoddart. The exhibition opens at Coco de Mer 108 Draycott Avenue, South Kensington, London SW3 3AE on Thursday 10th September 2009.
Love and Lust is based on the two most powerful human emotions. The first part of the exhibition focuses on the power of female seduction, dressing to please herself and her lover. All the women in Stoddart's images have a confident and alluring quality, especially his photographs of pregnant women.
The second part of the exhibition, ‘Dirty Little Pictures', is a series of 68 black and white portraits of porn actors and the technicians behind the camera working on the sets of different British movies over a two-year period. Stoddart's interest in pornography began on seeing ancient frescoes in a whorehouses in Pompeii, followed by a discovery that Britain was the last country in Europe to make professional adult movies.
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02/02/2009 - John Stoddart in Professional Photographer Magazine:
http://www.professionalphotographer.co.uk/professional-photographer-news/page-6069
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02/02/2009 - John Stoddart in Open Magazine:
http://www.openmagazine.co.uk/pictures/article/exclusive-john-stoddart/
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09/12/2008 - John Stoddart exhibits: Flowers in a Dark Room at La Galleria, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall. 3rd - 17th February 2009
An ambitious and unusual project has been undertaken by the photographer, John Stoddart, in a multi-layered, dual exhibition of his work, accompanied by words from the reknowned poet John Armstrong.
The Gallery is separated into two distinct and different bodies of work. The first is a body of work of a number of images echoing a central triptych, the foundation theme, based on Caravaggio's painting of ‘Salome'. Each panel of the triptych is accompanied by a poem by John Armstrong, the strength of the words colouring and referencing the imagery. The Exhibition then moves on, showing many more of John's portraits both old and new. Examples being a beautiful Tilda Swinton in the days when she was Derek Jarman's muse, to a modern study of Marco Pierre White that would easily pass as a Bond villain. The overall theme of the exhibition has a melancholic thread running through each individual portrait, which reflects the some time fickle face of fame.
Dirty Little Pictures
The second exhibition, separated by a staircase, which opens on the same night two hours later, is a revealing collection of photographic portraits taken of porn stars and the technicians working in the adult film business. These small, black and white images were taken of a period of two years on the sets of different movies and represent a definite documentary of the growing British porn industry. Sexier and darker than celluloid, John allows the viewer a voyeuristic view of a world of titillation, the stillness of the image actually penetrating the essence of the characters with far more revelation than a moving image. This extraordinary collection of 68 photographs offers a unique insight which captures the essence of the ‘Talent' who inhabit the world of adult entertainment.
John Stoddart has been a pioneering photographer in `London for 25 years and many of his portraits have become the iconic images of his ‘sitters.' He cites Hitchcock and Polanski as inspirations. John's interest in pornography began on seeing ancient frescoes in a whore house in Pompeii followed by a discovery that Britain was the last country in Europe to make professional adult movies.
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01/08/2008 - Elistano Restaurant, 25-27 Elystan Street, Chelsea SW3 3NT have a number of John Stoddart's prints on display and "are very proud of our association with John and to be displaying his fantastic photographic portraits of modern day icons' - phone 020 7584 5248 for reservations..
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PHOTOICON MAGAZINE - 1/3/07 - 'GLAMOUR AND CELEBRITY' - Don't miss the fantastic interview with John Stoddart in the brand new PHOTOICON MAGAZINE - out now! - www.photoicon.com
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Forthcoming Exhibition 2006 - John Stoddart's latest exhibition will be at the Charing X Gallery Ltd, 121-125, Charing Cross Rd, London, WC2H 0EW - call 020 7287 1779 - April 2006
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7/11/06 - 'A QUIET AFFAIR' - a selection of photographs by John Stoddart in association with the Cheyne Walk Brasserie, Chelsea - starts 7th November 2006 - call +44 207 532 0033 for reservations...
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Stoddart is a Legend
"Stoddart's photography is unique in its portrayal of sex and fame in the twentieth century. The fact that he has photographed everyone from street prostitutes to Tony Blair speaks for tiself. Titillating, provocative, contoversial and, most importantly, sexy - Stoddart is a legend."
James Mullinger - GQ Magazine 2003
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John Stoddart quote - Peep World 2003
"I'm convinced that a lot of photography is almost a sexual act...In my pictures there is a story in every frame but they don't have a beginning, middle or end. It's up to the person looking at them. That's what Peep World is all about. You are peeping into your own fantasy..."
Where lesser photographers simply linger over the lingerie, Stoddart's teasing images toy with the inherent contradictions of surface beauty and sexual abandon when contrived for the camera. For all the silk sheets, daring dildos and slipped decolletage there's a soulfulness beneath Peep World's tantalizing gloss.
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Sunday Telegraph Magazine - quote
"In my favourite of John's portraits there is a poignancy to the sexual posturing of celebrity that makes his pictures so great."
Katie Webb - The Sunday Telegraph Magazine 2003
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