Charlie Phillips + Eddie Otchere

A Photography exhibition

UNSCENE

Private View December 6, 6-9 pm

The Muse Gallery & Studio presents UNSCENE - unseen work from iconic photographers Charlie Phillips and Eddie Otchere, spanning both extraordinary careers.

The show runs until the 18th December with artist talks on Saturday 17th December (Eddie Otchere) and Sunday 18th December (Charlie Phillips) , from 15:00 until 16:00.

Charlie Phillips

Ronald ‘Charlie’ Phillips was born in 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica, arrived in the UK to join with his parents in 1955, and settled in London’s Notting Hill. A gift of a Kodak Brownie camera from an African-American serviceman began Phillips’ love of photography. Phillips has become one of Britain’s most acclaimed ‘accidental’ photographers, documenting Notting Hill’s West Indian community throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. His unique photographs capture the shifting cultural landscape of Notting Hill, including racial integration and the birth of carnival, poor socio-economic conditions, musical entertainment, ‘black’ funerals and political activism. Phillips’ photographic collection provides an intimate insight into an integral part of black Britain

Eddie Otchere

Eddie Otchere is best known for his photographs of the seminal rappers and DJs of the mid 1990s and early noughties. His celebrated works include portraits of Biggie Smalls, Blackstar (Mos Def & Thalib Kweli) So Solid Crew, Est’elle, Goldie, Omar and many others, as well as his official coverage of the Metalheadz: Blue Note sessions 1994 -1996. Since 1993 Otchere’s photographs have been exhibited and published worldwide, including on the covers of major international magazines such as Urb, Lodown and Mixmag and on the covers of some of rap music’s seminal albums.