Speakers’ Corner : An Exhibition of Photography by Philip Wolmuth

26 Jun-25 Jul 2015

Overview

Speakers’ Corner is an exhibition of Westminster artist Philip Wolmuth‘s unique photographs of people who come to argue, discuss and preach at Speakers’ Corner in London’s Hyde Park. Hyde Park is regarded worldwide as the home of free speech. Some of the photographs, taken on Sunday afternoons stretching back almost four decades, are accompanied by headlines from excerpts of speeches, heckles, arguments and debates. These are by turns, intriguing, shocking, politically incorrect- and often very funny. In an age in which broadcasters and newspaper editors largely set the parameters of public discussion, such unmediated face to face public debate is rare and offers a very different perspective on ‘public opinion’.