Alastair Whitton: Metropolis

From 2017-2019 and then more recently in 2022, British born South African photographer Alastair Whitton made several trips to London, Paris and New York. These world capitals have been documented by celebrated photographers extensively over many decades. Whitton’s ongoing photo series METROPOLIS, represents his homage to these iconic cities and offers the viewer distinct, and at times unexpected, views of the architecture, interiors and streets of these celebrated capitals.

To date Alastair Whitton has presented seven solo exhibitions and his photographs have been featured in curated group exhibitions at notable museums and institutions. Highlights have included: Fotomuseum, Antwerp; Center for Book Arts, New York; Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon; Pratt Institute, New York; Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice; Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town; IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town and the 8^th African Photography Biennale, Bamako.

 

He has participated in various international art fairs and photo festivals including amongst others Photo London (2020-22); Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2013-2022); AKAA - Also Known as Africa, Paris (2017-2019); Host: Editions, Cape Town (2015); FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg (2009-2014); Head On Photo Festival, Sydney (2013); Editions: Artists’ Books, New York (2009 & 2013) and Out of Africa Festival, Munich (1997).

 

Whitton’s work is represented in the collections of the Aperture Foundation Library, New York; Luciano Benetton Collection, Venice; National Museum of Mali, Bamako; Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg; University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria; Ellerman House Collection, Cape Town; Durban Institute of Technology and the Durban Art Museum.