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The
Guardian
Interview by Andrew Pulver, 2011 |
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The
Independent >>>
Photo
slideshow, 2011 |
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The
Telegraph
Audio
slideshow, 2011 |
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CreativeReview
Exhibition
review, 2011 |
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AnOther
Interview
by Lucia Davies, 2011 |
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Photosense
Exhibition
review by Oran Blackwood, 2011 |
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IDOL
Interview
by Liz Foggit, 2011 |
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The
world inside the bingo halls of Britain
At 1 o'clock every day 600 bingo halls open their doors to customers
across the UK.
The bingo phenomenon, which arrived in this country in the Sixties,
brought with it the huge, concrete and neon halls, now, often crumbling,
which grace our high streets.
Inside
these gambling monoliths the lives of thousands are played out daily:
tables littered with lucky charms; halls filled with slot machines;
pop music blaring; calls of "Two fat ladies" or "Legs 11"; and karaoke,
amid the decaying glamour.
German photographer Michael Hess got his first glimpse of the world
inside a bingo hall in 2005 when out of curiosity he visited a cinema-turned-bingo-hall
near his house.
"I
was instantly fascinated by the characters [in the bingo hall.]
So, the next time I visited I took my camera," he said.
He
spent four years visiting more than 70 bingo halls across the UK,
taking striking monochrome portraits of bingo players.
The
fruits of his labour go on show today at the Outside World Gallery
in Shoreditch, London. The exhibition coincides with the launch
of his book of the same name, Bingo & Social Club.
Snippets
of dialogue and found objects will compliment the images at the
exhibition, set to a soundtrack of overheard conversations, bingo
calls and authentic music.
Bingo
& Social Club is at the Outside World Gallery in London from now
until 9 November. A book of the same name has been published by
Dewi Lewis Publishing, £19.99 |
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Nude
Magazine
Book
review by Suzy Prince, 2011 |
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Who's
Jack
Interview
by Lu Orcheston-Findlay, 2011 |
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The
Other Side Magazine
Interview,
2011 |
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