Side by side, echoes,
two images resonate,
their traces converse.
A photograph does not only record; but it also recalls.
Through a selection of photographs within the 1851.gallery collection, this exhibition brings forward works born of different hands, times, and techniques, side by side through the silent language of resemblance.
From platinum-palladium to goldtone, from albumen to salt print, from silver gelatin to wet collodion, the works of master photographers from around the world, crafted through analogue and historic processes, engage in a quiet dialogue of visual resonance. Rocks in a landscape echo in the sea of another frame; snow-covered hills converse in the same whiteness with a solitary cabin; the light of a cave seeks its trace in the objects of a still life.
Opening on September 9, 2025, Side by Side will be on view at 1851.gallery by appointment, Monday to Friday between 10:00-16:00, until December 12, 2025.
Curated by Hande Varsat