Award Show | Vice Magazine

 The VICE Photo Exhibition 2009 will run for two weeks at London’s theprintspace before touring Spain, Italy and France. The exhibition celebrates the VICE annual photo issue – the biggest edition of VICE Magazine with 205 pages published in 22 countries simultaneously.The exhibition will showcase work by leading VICE photographers and includes highlights from the 2009 annual photo issue, both of which use portraiture as their starting point.The exhibition includes newly commissioned work, material from previously unseen archives and new work from the likes of Richard Kern, Angela Boatwright, Maggie Lee and Dana Goldstein.   

Highlights of the annual issue and exhibition include:Black and White by Terry Richardson and Moonage Daydream by Ryan McGinley – images from both series have been used for two separate covers of the August issue of VICE, available now.Archival Girls by Richard Kern – early photos of old friends, old friend’s girlfriends, strangers and strippers.Mystic Heather and Virgin Snow by Tim Barber – photographs from a portrait series of friend Julia in and around New York, and up in the woods of Western Mass.Three Photos by Peter Sutherland.Jailbait Core by Dana Goldstein.Hackney Unicyclists by Alex Sturrock.Candid Reich by Nico.theprintspace74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL  13th – 26th of August 2009