On display at the traditional annual photography exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the most famous repository of applied art in the world, are eight works by the Lithuanian photographers Aleksandras Macijauskas and Indrė Šerpytytė.
The V&A began acquiring photographs in 1852 and its collection is now is one of the largest and most important in the world. It holds over 500,000 images, by both classic and contemporary photographers, and illustrates a wide range of processes, techniques and subject matter. The Photography Gallery focuses on the history of photography, with an annual display of around 40 outstanding photographs from the V&A’s collection (Photography gallery, Room 38a). The current annual display will be open until mid-May 2011. Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL. Photography Gallery (38a). Free entrance. Open every day from 10am until 5.45pm.
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An interview about the work can be found at Conscientious Extended.