The Hyman Collection is actively acquiring archives and is busy cataloguing and digitising this material so that it can be accessible online and in person. Please do contact us if you are looking for a permanent home for your archive.
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ARCHIVES
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John Blakemore Archive
October 10, 2021The Hyman Collection has an extensive archive of material by and about John Blakemore spanning 1958-2020. Over many years we have purchased photographs and archive material from Blakemore himelf and...JOHN BLAKEMORE ARCHIVE MATERIAL -
The Caroline Coon Photographic Archive
May 1, 2024We are delighted to have acquired Caroline Coon's photographic archive. This archive ranges from her celebrated photographs from the early days of Punk to more recent works that include nude... -
Kurt Hutton Archive Material
January 3, 2019We are delighted to have acquired an extensive group of vintage prints by Kurt Hutton as well as an archive that includes installation views of a major exhibition of his...KURT HUTTON ARCHIVE MATERIAL -
The Simon Marsden Archive
February 22, 2024The Hyman Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of the archive of Simon Marsden from the photographer's family. We are in the process of cataloguing the archive, and will...SIMON MARSDEN INVENTORY -
The Jo Spence Gypsies and Travellers Archive
September 1, 2014Claire and James Hyman are delighted to announce one of our most significant acquisitions, Jo Spence's complete gypsies and travellers work. Details are here: JO SPENCE GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS INVENTORY...THE JO SPENCE GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS ARCHIVE -
Wolfgang Suschitzky Archive
June 7, 2024We are delighted to have acquired an archive of material by Wolfgang Suschitzky. In addition to black and white photographs, a paricular highlight is an extensive archive of Suschitzky's little...WOLFGANG SUSCHITZKY ARCHIVE MATERIAL
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INSTALLATIONS
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COMPLETE EXHIBITIONS
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Hyman Collection Commission. Heather Agyepong Wish You Were Here
February 14, 2020To celebrate Valentine's Day we are delighted to announce that the Hyman Collection has commissioned a new series of work by Heather Agyepong. Entitled Wish You Were Here , it... -
Heather Agyepong. Too Many Blackamoors
March 1, 2018The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired Heather Agyepong's complete series Too Many Blackamoors . The work was inspired by a 19th century Carte-de-visite of Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta.... -
Natasha Caruana. Fairytale for Sale
Centre for British Photography 26 January - 28 May 2023Natasha Caruana's Fairytale for Sale is a recent acquisition by The Hyman Collection. The installation explores wedding customs in the UK, revealing the fantasy, performance and trophy moments of the... -
Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox. Spitting
Centre for British Photography 26 January - 28 May 2023In 2015 The Hyman Collection commissioned Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox to respond to the original Fluk and Law Spitting Image puppets of Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet Ministers in... -
Anna Fox. Cockroach Diaries and other stories. Complete Exhibition
June 19, 2014As part of our ongoing commitment to British photography we are delighted to have made one of our biggest acquisitions: the entire Anna Fox exhibition, Cockroach Diaries and Other Stories... -
Anna Fox. Work Stations (1987-88)
July 12, 2010We are delighted to have acqired the complete series of Anna Fox's seminal early body of photographs, Work Stations (1987-88). The Hyman Collection includes the complete series of Anna Fox's... -
Karen Knorr. Belgravia
May 12, 2010We are delgihted to have acquired the complete set of 26 photographs that make up Karen Knorr's most important early body of work, Belgravia . Karen Knorr has commented on... -
New Acquisition. Daniel Meadows. Early Photographic Works. Complete Exhibition
December 12, 2015Claire and James Hyman are delighted to have made one of our most significant acquisitions: the entire Daniel Meadows exhibition, Daniel Meadows. Early Photographic Works . Acquired from the photographer,... -
The Unique Exhibition Set of Mark Power's A System of Edges - Landscapes at the Limits of the London A-Z, aka 26 Different Endings
April 15, 2021The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired the unique exhibition set of the celebrated series A System of Edges - Landscapes at the Limits of the London A-Z .... -
MARK POWER. THE SHIPPING FORECAST FRAMED EXHIBITION SET
April 25, 2012The Hyman Collection's is delighted to have acquired the original framed exhibition set of thirty photographs of Mark Power's celebrated series The Shipping Forecast . -
Paul Seawright. Sectarian Murder
November 7, 2011We are delighted to have acquired Paul Seawright's important Series, Sectarian Murder (1988). Sectarian Murder revisited the sites of Sectarian attacks during the 1970's close to where Seawright grew up...
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BODIES OF WORK
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John Blakemore. Unique Hand-Made Artist's Books
December 4, 2022We are delighted to have added to the Hyman Collection 75 unique hand-made artist's books by John Blakemore. We are grateful to him for this wonderful donation. Over the last... -
Bill Brandt Vintage Prints
November 5, 2017The Hyman Collection is delighted to announce a major new acquisition of an important group of twenty three vintage photographs by Bill Brandt from the photographer's estate. Added to the... -
The Caravan Gallery
April 9, 2017We are delighted to have acquired seventy photographs by The Caravan Gallery (Jan Williams & Chris Teasdale) that provide an overview of their peripatetic work over the last fifteen years.... -
Anna Fox. Work Stations (1987-88)
July 12, 2010We are delighted to have acqired the complete series of Anna Fox's seminal early body of photographs, Work Stations (1987-88). The Hyman Collection includes the complete series of Anna Fox's... -
Ken Grant. No Pain Whatsoever
February 19, 2014We are pleased to have acquired a significant group of photographs by Ken Grant from his latest book, No Pain Whatsoever . -
Susan Hiller. Midnight
November 28, 2015The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired five works from Susan Hiller's famous series of Midnight self-portraits based on overpainted photobooth photographs. Susan Hiller has explained the origin of... -
Paul Hill. Vintage Photographs
March 16, 2015The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired a significant group of vintage photographs by Paul Hill. Acquired from the photographer and dating from the late 1960s and the 1970s,... -
E. O. Hoppé. Unique Lacock Abbey Series
June 13, 2022We are delighted to have made a major acquisition of a unique set of photographs by E. O. Hoppé depicting a pageant in 1932 at Lacock Abbey, former home of... -
An extensive group of Vintage Prints by David Hurn
July 24, 2019The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired over forty vintage photographs from the 1960s by David Hurn. The photographs including British pictures, including Herne Bay in Kent and Soho... -
Kurt Hutton Vintage Prints
June 25, 2018The Hyman Collection has acquired a major group of over sixty rare vintage prints by Kurt Hutton, one of the most influential photo-journalists of the twentieth century. These vintage photographs... -
Dafydd Jones. Vintage Photographs from the 1980s
April 19, 2016The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired an important group of fifty vintage photographs of some of Dafydd Jones's most celebrated pictures of high society in the 1980s. Acquired... -
Chris Killip. Isle of Man Portfolio
November 25, 2015The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a rare complete portfolio of Chris Killip's Isle of Man , a landmark in the artist's own work and in British photography.... -
Simon Roberts Merrie Albion
December 14, 2017The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired the boxed set edition of Simon Robert's complete series of Merrie Albion . For over a decade, Simon Roberts has photographed events... -
Paul Seawright. Sectarian Murder
November 7, 2011We are delighted to have acquired Paul Seawright's important Series, Sectarian Murder (1988). Sectarian Murder revisited the sites of Sectarian attacks during the 1970's close to where Seawright grew up... -
Arpita Shah. Modern Muse
May 21, 2024We are delighted to have acquired Arpita Shah's series, Modern Muse . Drawing from and subverting the conventions of Mughal and Indian miniature paintings from ancient to pre-colonial times, Arpita... -
Jo Spence. Remodelling Photo History
September 23, 2014Remodelling Photohistory We are pleased to have acquired one of only three complete vintage sets of Jo Spence's celebrated series Remodelling Photohistory. This seminal body of works is a landmark... -
New Acquisitions. Homer Sykes. Vintage Prints from "Once a Year"
July 4, 2013Claire and James Hyman are pleased to have purchased a selection of very rare vintage prints from Homer Sykes's celebrated 1970s series on British folk customs, Once a Year .... -
New Acquisition. Rare Vintage Prints by Edith Tudor-Hart
July 1, 2022The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a very rare group of vintage prints by Edith Tudor-Hart. Vintage and life-time prints are exceptionally rare as she produced works over...
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BOXED SETS AND PORTFOLIOS
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Anna Fox boxed sets of Resort 1 and Resort 2
March 17, 2020We are delighted to have acquired the two boxed sets of Resort 1 and Resort 2 by Anna Fox, Presenting, respectively, family holidays and adult weekends at a Butlins holiday... -
Chris Killip. Isle of Man Portfolio
November 25, 2015The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a rare complete portfolio of Chris Killip's Isle of Man , a landmark in the artist's own work and in British photography.... -
Peter Mitchell
May 29, 2017We are delighted to have acquired photographs from one of the pioneers of colour photography, Peter Mitchell. The photographs come from three of his most celebrated bodies of work: A... -
Jim Mortram works from Small Town Inertia
June 24, 2019The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired a special portfolio of works from Jim Mortram's powerful book and exhibition, Small Town Inertia . These photographs present the lives of... -
Martin Parr The Last Resort .Boxed Set
September 30, 2011We are delghted to have acquired a rare portfolio set of Martin Parr's seminal early 1980s colour series, The Last Resort .
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LIBRARY
Highlights include a very rare complete unbound run of Picture Post magazine; Jo Spence's original extensively illustrated dissertation; and pages from John Deakin's Paris book dummy-
John Blakemore. Unique Hand-Made Artist's Books
December 4, 2022We are delighted to have added to the Hyman Collection 75 unique hand-made artist's books by John Blakemore. We are grateful to him for this wonderful donation. Over the last... -
John Deakin - Pages from the Paris Book Dummy
June 20, 2024We are delighted to have acquired an important group of extremely rare vintage prints by John Deakin. Mounted by Deakin, these works were made as a dummy for a book... -
Jo Spence's Unpublished Thesis and unique set of exhibition laminates
November 15, 2019The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a series of rare laminated exhibition panels by Jo Spence as well as the original copy of her thesis 'Fairy Tales and...
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