Originally shown in Somerset House as part of the 2017 Photo London photography festival, David Hurn: SWAPS at National Museum Cardiff presents most of the prints David Hurn swapped with other Magnum photographers now that they have been brought into the Museum’s National Collection.
Originally conceived by Martin Parr and Magnum Photos, the new exhibition presents the swapped photographs in an interesting way - showing the David Hurn image chosen by other Magnum photographers at the centre of a a cluster and illustrating the taste of Hurn in his selection of images by those photographers in return.
David Hurn: SWAPS runs from 23 October 2021 until 27 March 2022
More information on the exhibition can be found on the Museum’s website
(note that free booking online may be required prior to visiting due to COVID social distancing measures in place at the Museum)
Watch our exclusive film made at the launch of the 2017 SWAPS exhibition in National Museum Wales in Cardiff where David Hurn and Daniel Meadows walk around the show and discuss some of the key photographs.
Photographers Daniel Meadows and David Hurn visit the first SWAPS exhibition in National Museum Wales in early 2018. © Ffoton
Magnum photographer David Hurn tells Ffoton the story behind his 'Swaps' - exchanging signed photographic prints with many of the world's top photographers, Magnum colleagues and other up and coming photographers, throughout his career.