THE WORLD IN LONDON. 10 July Exhibition Dates:

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1 THE WORLD IN LONDON Exhibition Dates: Victoria Park 27 July - 12 August 2012 London, E3 Park House 27 July - 30 August Oxford Street, London, W1 Press View: 25 July 2012, 9am - 12pm at Victoria Park, London, E3 10 July 2012 The Photographers Gallery announces second outdoor venue for its major London 2012 exhibition The World in London The World in London is a major public art project initiated by The Photographers Gallery, to coincide with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The project set out to commission 204 photographic portraits of 204 Londoners, each originating from one of the nations competing at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The portraits will be exhibited as large-scale posters at two sites close to Olympic venues: on the external wall surrounding the BT London Live site in Victoria Park in East London, and across a city-block in Central London covering the façade of the new Park House development in Oxford Street. The World in London explores portraiture and cultural diversity using photography, one of the most accessible and democratic artistic mediums of our times. The project celebrates London as a place where individuals from all walks of life and all parts of the world live side by side, each of them contributing to make London the unique city it is. Emerging photographers will be shown alongside leading national and international artists, such as Faisal Adu'Allah (took the photograph for Benin), JH Engström (Georgia), Joakim Eskildsen (Czech Republic), LaToya Frazier (Cayman Islands), Toby Glanville (Venezuela), Jim Goldberg (Dominica), Dryden Goodwin (Syria), Tom Hunter (Iceland), Nadav Kander (Lesotho), Karen Knorr (Puerto Rico), Mary McCartney (India), Dennis Morris (Haiti), Anders Petersen (Serbia), Rankin (Niger), Stefan Ruiz (Djibouti), Nigel Shafran (Gabon), Alec Soth (Netherlands), Vanessa Winship (Colombia), Tom Wood (Barbados) and Catherine Yass (Hungary). Portrait workshops held in the lead-up to The World in London provided training and skills development for participants new to photography. These resulted in ten portraits which will be featured as part of the project. All of the photographers have been commissioned by The Photographers Gallery to take portraits of the sitters over the last three years. The image for Great Britain is a portrait of the late Alexander McQueen, the fashion designer legend who was photographed by American born photographer Andres Serrano in February 2009, a year before his untimely death. To ensure its legacy, The World in London project, comprising a full set of portrait prints, along with supporting materials in the form of video, oral history and written interviews, will be donated to the Museum of London where it will form a part of the museum s permanent collection. Up until December 2012 when the donation will take place, The Photographers Gallery will continue its search for the final six sitters from the following Pacific countries: American Samoa, FS Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau.

2 Brett Rogers, Director of The Photographers Gallery said: As London s premier institution for photography, we are proud to have initiated a project that engages with the cultural diversity of London at the same time as celebrating photography as one of the most powerful visual mediums of the 21st century. Commissioning such a variety of photographers has offered us an unrivalled opportunity to highlight the creative potential of the portrait genre. Whether seen through the eyes of a celebrated figure or realized by an emerging talent, these portraits reflect an impressive array of approaches to photographing the human figure. Andrew Barnett, Director, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK said: It is one of the Foundation s core aims to improve cultural understanding between cultures and through culture. The 204 portrait photographs of this innovative public art project challenge cultural stereotypes and help us to explore the rich diversity of our City, and fits squarely as part of the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Moira Sinclair, London Executive Director of Arts Council England, said: London has a long history of welcoming the world; creating an environment where new cultures meet and become part of the very fabric of the city. The World in London will tell some of those stories through the powerful medium of photography, and show that many people from different backgrounds can all be united under the title Londoner. We are proud to support this project in what will be a very special Olympic year and look forward to seeing the works become part of the city landscape. In addition to the outdoor exhibition, The World in London images will be presented on a dedicated website ( offering access to the personal stories behind each portrait. The website will also feature on the BBC and Arts Council England's experimental arts media service and commissioning programme 'The Space'. A free schools resource has also been produced. The World in London is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and by Arts Council England and is part of the London 2012 Festival, the 12-week nationwide celebration running from 21 June until 9 September 2012, which will bring together leading artists from across the world and the UK. Exhibition: The World in London Victoria Park Dates: 27 July - 12 August 2012 Park House Dates: 27 July - 30 August 2012 Press View: Wednesday 25 July 2012 at Victoria Park Admission: Free Venues: Victoria Park, E3; Oxford Street, London, W1 Website: theworldinlondon.org.uk. To be launched on 27 July 2012 Notes for Editors The Photographers Gallery The Photographers Gallery opened in 1971 in Great Newport Street, London, as the UK s first independent gallery devoted to photography. It was the first public gallery in the country to exhibit many key names in international photography, including Juergen Teller (fashion), Robert Capa (photojournalism), Sebastião Salgado (documentary) and Andreas Gursky (contemporary art). The Gallery has also been instrumental in establishing contemporary British photographers including Martin Parr and Corinne Day. In 2009 the Gallery moved to Ramillies Street, the first stage in its plan to create a 21 st century home for photography. Following an eighteen month long redevelopment project the Gallery reopened to the public on Saturday, 19 May The success of The Photographers Gallery over the past four decades has helped to establish photography as a recognised art form, introducing generations of visitors to important names in photography and championing photography s place at the heart of visual culture. The Gallery s Chair of the Board of Trustees is Sir Brian Pomeroy, CBE. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation The project is supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation under its Cultural Understanding theme. The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a European charitable foundation established in Portugal in 1956 with cultural, educational, social and scientific interests. Its founder, Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian, was an Armenian born near Istanbul. Multicultural and multilingual, and a noted art collector, he spent his career bringing people from different cultures and nationalities together. Based in Lisbon with branches in London and Paris, the Foundation is in a privileged position of being able to address national and transnational issues and to act as an exchange for ideas. The

3 purpose of the UK Branch, based in London, is to help enrich and connect the experiences of people in the UK and Ireland and secure lasting, beneficial change. One of our core aims is to improve cultural understanding between cultures and through culture. Arts Council England Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people s lives. It supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2011 and 2015, it will invest 1.4 billion of public money from government and an estimated 0.85 billion from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over four years, it is designed to give everyone in the UK a chance to be part of London 2012 and inspire creativity across all forms of culture, especially among young people. The culmination of the Cultural Olympiad will be the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK, from Midsummers Day on 21 June and running until the final day of the Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012.The London 2012 Festival will celebrate the huge range, quality and accessibility of the UK s world-class culture including dance, music, theatre, the visual arts, fashion, film and digital innovation, giving the opportunity for people across the UK to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Principal funders of the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival are Arts Council England, Legacy Trust UK and the Olympic Lottery Distributor. BP and BT are Premier Partners of the Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival. For more details on the programme and to sign up for information visit London Borough of Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets is the heart of the East End. Rich in history, it presents a vibrant mix of old and new, creating a bustling community unique in culture and character. Taking its name from the Tower of London and the hamlets that surround it, Tower Hamlets covers an area of eight square miles and has a population of around 220,000. It is bounded by the Thames to the south and the boroughs of Newham (east), Hackney (north) and the City of London (west). As one of the six Olympic host boroughs, the council is looking to maximise the benefits that London 2012 will bring to the borough's residents. Projects include the 11 million High Street 2012 programme which is rejuvenating the thoroughfare that links the city to the Olympic Park. Visit BT London Live BT London Live is a partnership between the Mayor of London, The Royal Parks and The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and is a key part of the citywide programme of events being organised by the Mayor of London to celebrate the London 2012 Games. Throughout the Games, BT London Live is offering plenty of other opportunities for the public to catch London 2012 sporting action live on big screens and enjoy top flight entertainment for free. Park House Park House is a new development on Oxford Street commissioned by Land Securities who are currently Development Managers on behalf of the owners, Park House (Oxford St) Limited. Park House, a mixed use building consisting of retail, office and residential, is the first new major development on Oxford Street for many decades. Park House is proud to be chosen for this prestigious art project as one of two sites where the World in London is being exhibited. We thank the co-operation of Zara, Bershka and Urban Outfitters for giving their support to the exhibition being hosted within their retail units. Design and typeface by A2/SW/HK Press information For further press information on The World in London and to request images please contact: Inbal Mizrahi on +44 (0) or inbal.mizrahi@tpg.org.uk Catherine McClelland or Anna Jones on + 44 (0) or catherinem@suttonpr.com / anna@suttonpr.com Supported by

4 Participating Photographers and Londoners Country code Continent Nation Photographer Londoner AFG AS Afghanistan Matthew Tomkins Jomah Mohammadi ALB EU Albania Chiara Tocci Eglantina Isaku ALG AF Algeria Leticia Valverdes Mouna Hamitouche AND EU Andorra Maria Kapajeva Maria Rosa Picart ANG AF Angola Margareta Kern Jose Felisberto & family ANT NA Antigua and Barbuda Marianna Chojnacka George & Christine Christian ARG SA Argentina Gabriella Sancisi Guillermo Pedernera ARM EU Armenia Anastasia Khoroshilova Nelly Hovsepyan ARU NA Aruba Joy Gregory Cristina Chiarelli ASA OC American Samoa Still searching AUS OC Australia Jan Stradtmann Fabienne Nicholas AUT EU Austria Markéta Luskačová Gertrude Goode AZE AS Azerbaijan David Denny Sabina Rakcheyeva BAH NA Bahamas Emma Critchley Michael Guy BAN AS Bangladesh Ellen Nolan Rupi Amin BAR NA Barbados Tom Wood Trisha Jean-Marie BDI AF Burundi Andy Lopo Robert Patrick Misigaro BEL EU Belgium Melanie Manchot Gaelle Tavernier BEN AF Benin Faisal Abdu'Allah Isaac Odje BER NA Bermuda Immo Klink Jill Darrell BHU AS Bhutan Pablo Bartholomew Sangay Dorji & Sonam Yangchen BIH EU Bosnia and Herzegovina Paul Trevor Igor Klikovac BIZ NA Belize Edgar Hoefs Mamita Woodward BLR EU Belarus Othello De'Souza-Hartley Ksenia Ovsyanick BOL SA Bolivia Laura Pannack Oscar Teran BOT AF Botswana Fergus Padel Rosalie & Maggie Russell BRA SA Brazil Maggi Reading Carlos Alberto de Melo BRN AS Bahrain Mitra Tabrizian Jaafar Alhasabi BRU AS Brunei Bettina von Kameke Syarif Rasani BUL EU Bulgaria Itai Doron Miroslav Stoykov BUR AF Burkina Faso Briony Campbell Souleymane Koanda CAF AF Central African Republic Anastasia Taylor-Lind Catherine Teya CAM AS Cambodia Richard Nicholson Eliza Chan CAN NA Canada Aidan O'Neill Rayna Cooke Ferner CAY NA Cayman Islands LaToya Ruby Frazier Keisha Manuela Lopez & Leighkwon Manuel Rankine CGO AF Congo Stuart Griffiths Reomy Darell Ngami CHA AF Chad Kate Peters Noh Ali Abakar Hassan CHI SA Chile Corinne Silva Fernando Casasempere CHN AS China David Spero Xinran Xue CIV AF Ivory Coast Albrecht Fuchs Kamagate Soualuo CMR AF Cameroon Doug Dubois Meredith Asheri & family COD AF DR Congo Toby Coulson Fabrice Lundamo COK OC Cook Islands Charlotte Player India Dane Ngatama May COL SA Colombia Vanessa Winship Catalina Posada Castro COM AF Comoros Koto Bolofo Moina, Yasmina & Attika CPV AF Cape Verde Maxwell Anderson Linda Santos CRC NA Costa Rica Kalpesh Lathigra Lia Peres CRO EU Croatia Vanda Vučićević Ivana Grant CUB NA Cuba Marysa Dowling Julia Esther Badman CYP EU Cyprus John de Lima Aris Aristidou CZE EU Czech Republic Joakim Eskildsen Gabriel Petik DEN EU Denmark Sal Idriss Karina Samura DJI AF Djibouti Stefan Ruiz Idil Ahmed Aden DMA NA Dominica Jim Goldberg Eugenia Francis DOM NA Dominican Republic Sylwia Kowalczyk Orlando Argieri ECU SA Ecuador Cuny Janssen Andrea Sarsoza EGY AF Egypt Paul Floyd Blake Hazem El-Refaey ERI AF Eritrea Hassan Al-Mousaoy Omer Nasser

5 ESA NA El Salvador Trish Morrissey Joanna Greco ESP EU Spain Andrew Buurman Pedro Garcia EST EU Estonia Poppy de Villeneuve Jane Aavik ETH AF Ethiopia Michael Danner Tehetna Grala FIJ OC Fiji Salvador Brown Ana Lavekau & Takenivula Rakei FIN EU Finland Leonie Hampton Minna Halmetoja FRA EU France Hayley Louisa Brown Jessy Burrow FSM OC FS Micronesia Still searching GAB AF Gabon Nigel Shafran Olga Nding-Yitu GAM AF Gambia Anna Fox Kitt Kara GBR EU Great Britain Andres Serrano Alexander McQueen GBS AF Guinea-Bissau Zed Nelson Idrica Djalo GEO EU Georgia JH Engström Beso Uznadze GEQ AF Equatorial Guinea Trevor Appleson Epifanio Muatetema & Gertrudis Echuaka GER EU Germany Simone Koch Jenny E Schmidt GHA AF Ghana Eileen Perrier Dr Herbert Bukari GRE EU Greece Brijesh Patel Apostolos Gkoumas GRN NA Grenada Daniel Lillie Edward Greaves GUA NA Guatemala Nelli Palomäki Quentin Lopez-Barillas GUI AF Guinea Gareth McConnell Mosi Conde GUM OC Guam Still searching GUY SA Guyana Charles Fréger Eon Paul HAI NA Haiti Dennis Morris Judith Craig Morency-Nalus & Afrykah- Amaya Morency-Nalus HKG AS Hong Kong Daniel Meadows Stephen Lui Nam NG MBE HON SA Honduras Gustavo Ten Hoever Ninian Gomez HUN EU Hungary Catherine Yass Kiara Zara Daroczi INA OC Indonesia Kate Elliott Tigana Wesa Sari IND AS India Mary McCartney Lord Swraj Paul IRI AS Iran Steve Pyke Arezo Jodairi Alafkar IRL EU Ireland Eva Vermandel Angela Brady IRQ AS Iraq Jodi Bieber Mubejel Araf Baban ISL EU Iceland Tom Hunter Eva Ágústsdóttir ISR AS Israel Sarah Shaughnessy Amit Ginbar ISV NA Virgin Islands Maja Daniels Tim Tyrrell ITA EU Italy Laura Braun Serena Viti IVB NA British Virgin Islands Kenneth O'Halloran Benito Wheatley JAM NA Jamaica Andrew Esiebo Esmes Thawe JOR AS Jordan Leslie Hakim-Dowek Yasmeen Elajou JPN AS Japan James Russell Cant Hisako Ikeda KAZ AS Kazakhstan Stephen Shore Dina Marchant KEN AF Kenya Bert Teunissen Jason Otieno, Evans Omondi & Dan Walter Odamo KGZ AF Kyrgyzstan Regine Petersen Asel Talipova & Andre Bouverie KIR OC Kiribati Polly Braden Tooti Howarth KOR AS South Korea Suki Dhanda Sei Moon KSA AS Saudi Arabia Kim Cunningham Mariam & Mohammed Awlia KUW AS Kuwait Edmund Clark Majed Mnahi LAO AS Laos Andre Penteado Souksomchai Inthisane LAT EU Latvia Michelle Sank Inga Griffin LBA AS Libya James O Jenkins Nahla Al-Ageli LBR AF Liberia Sunil Gupta Baindu Bright LCA NA Saint Lucia Niall O'Brien Eric Bledman LES AF Lesotho Nadav Kander Tsepo Ramoholi LIB AS Lebanon Elina Brotherus Rasha Kahil LIE EU Liechtenstein Helen Sear Theresa Kesselstatt LTU EU Lithuania Dana Popa Toma Grybauskaite LUX EU Luxembourg Steven Barritt Marianne Majerus MAD AF Madagascar Karen Grainger Alison Tucker MAR AF Morocco Jacqueline Hassink Latifa Anbari Debar MAS OC Malaysia Ian Teh Tash Aw MAW AF Malawi Luke Stephenson Madalitso Mbewe MDA EU Moldova Heather McDonough Vitalie Musteata

6 MDV AS Maldives Roy Mehta Ismail Niyaz MEX SA Mexico Helen Dowling Liliana Camarena-Lamb & Frida Lamb- Camarena MGL AS Mongolia Max Hamilton 'Laka' (Enke Bayr) MHL OC Marshall Islands Still searching MKD EU FYR Macedonia Alastair Thain Velika Janceva MLI AF Mali George Osodi Yacouba Dao MLT EU Malta Julie Cockburn Terry Norris MNE EU Montenegro Antanas Sutkus Nicola Pejovic MON EU Monaco Magali Nougarède Adeline de Monseignat MOZ AF Mozambique Syd Shelton Tony Matola MRI AF Mauritius Melanie Stidolph Corina Armel MTN AF Mauritania Olivia Arthur Sidi Lemine MYA AS Myanmar Simon Roberts Reverend David Haokip NAM AF Namibia Jim Naughten Morning-Star Rosario NCA AF Nicaragua Fiona Essex Carmen Barreda NED EU Netherlands Alec Soth Wilco van Kleef-Bolton NEP AS Nepal Murray Ballard Raj Bahadur Gurung NGR AF Nigeria Spencer Murphy Bukky Bababunmi NIG AF Niger Rankin Adam, Aicha, Yasser & Yasmine Abdoulaye NOR EU Norway Margaret de Lange Janne Birgette Jensen NRU OC Nauru Still searching NZL OC New Zealand Bettina von Zwehl Joan Murphy OMA AS Oman Riitta Ikonen/Karoline Hjorth Asaad Bazaraa PAK AS Pakistan Annie Mitchell Andleen Razzaq PAN NA Panama Gisela Torres Katherine Francey PAR SA Paraguay Seba Kurtis Juan Carlos Fleytas Torres PER SA Peru Steve Schofield Jessica Mirella Luong PHI OC Philippines Jane Hilton Adoracion Dizon (Mother Mary Esther) PLE AS Palestine Alessandra Sanguinetti Haifa Hammami PLW OC Palau Still searching PNG OC Papua New Guinea Jason Evans Keiko Olewa Ono POL EU Poland Will Hibbert Marta Rygol POR EU Portugal Paulo Catrica João Penalva PRK AS North Korea David Birkin Anonymous PUR SA Puerto Rico Karen Knorr María del Pilar Blanco QAT AS Qatar Luca Sage Abdulla Alkaabi ROU EU Romania Wendy McMurdo Rebecca Toma RSA AF South Africa Moira Lovell Bruce Casalis RUS EU Russia Véronique Rolland Snezana Lukka RWA AF Rwanda Pieter Hugo Ery Nzaramba SAM OC Samoa Victoria Birkinshaw Seilala Mapusua SEN AF Senegal Ian Macdonald Kadialy Kouyate SEY OC Seychelles Emma Crichton Marie-Reine & Storm Bouchereau SIN AS Singapore Rinko Kawauchi Audrey Yeo SKN NA Saint Kitts and Nevis James Tye Maria Mallalieu SLE AF Sierra Leone Nadia Bettega Claudia & Frank Macauley SLO EU Slovenia Clare Strand Helena Kaker SMR EU San Marino Penelope Umbrico Federico Podeschi SOL OC Solomon Islands Barry Lewis Leon Honeysett SOM AF Somalia Cheryl May Walker Samira Hashi SRB EU Serbia Anders Petersen Mihailo & Miomir Milovanovic SRI AS Sri Lanka Gauri Gill L.G. Gayan STP AF São Tomé and Príncipe Martin Parr Maribel David SUD AF Sudan Daniel Stier H.E. Mr Abdullahi Alazreg SUI EU Switzerland Muzi Quawson Igor Haefeli SUR SA Suriname Koos Breukel Ariesta Setrowidjojo SVK EU Slovakia Jooney Woodward Petra Svitková & Petra Chrenkova SWE EU Sweden Oliver Sieber Lena Ohlsson SWZ AF Swaziland John McCafferty Emely Dlamini SYR AS Syria Dryden Goodwin Mr Chamsi-Pasha TAN AF Tanzania Aimee Cowen Ismail Gumbo

7 TGA OC Tonga Jackie Nickerson Eseta Ma'u Pinkstone THA AS Thailand Albrecht Tübke Pimjai Ponsawan TJK AS Tajikistan Teresa Eng Niso Davlatova TKM AS Turkmenistan Harry Borden Ayna Narliyeva TLS OC Timor-Leste Bim Hjortronsteen Niny Borges TOG AF Togo Anna Bauer Edgard, Tafari & Selhom Kowouvi TPE AS Chinese Taipei Dinu Li Lillian Lu TRI NA Trinidad and Tobago Linda Brownlee Donna Philip-Forde TUN AF Tunisia Tom Wichelow Selma Lakhoua TUR EU Turkey Jo Metson Scott Tūrkan Tekdemir TUV OC Tuvalu Nick Waplington Suliana Barber & her daughter UAE AS United Arab Emirates Freya Najade Amna Hussain UGA AF Uganda Anthony Luvera Aizak Buyondo UKR EU Ukraine Catherine Balet Olha Pryymak & Roman URU SA Uruguay Tara Darby Pablo Behrens USA NA United States Sam Earl David McDonagh UZB AS Uzbekistan Scotia Luhrs Sitora, Sevinche, Sabohat & Nafisa VAN OC Vanuatu Gavin Fernandes Sabrina Kalfau, Maxwell & Stephanie Ridley VEN SA Venezuela Toby Glanville Elaine Murzi VIE AS Vietnam Tessa Bunney Thanh Vu VIN NA Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marcia Michael Melville Michael YEM AS Yemen Julian Germain Nabeel El Hersh ZAM AF Zambia Mikhael Subotzky Joyce Mutebe ZIM AF Zimbabwe Zanele Muholi Skye Chirape