Exhibition Traces a Century of American Urban Photography

Opening July 28 at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, "Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography" presents more than 100 images by 38 photographers, charting the evolution of American urban life from the early 1900s through the 1990s. The exhibition highlights how photography itself developed, moving from documentation and social argument to capturing the strangeness of modern life and the built environment. Key photographers featured include Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Weegee, Helen Levitt, Diane Arbus, and Mary Ellen Mark, with works drawn from the DNB Savings Bank Foundation in Norway. The show argues that photography's core subject is people and their relationship with their environment.