The Photographers’ Gallery hosts UK solo exhibition of photographer Evelyn Hofer

Evelyn Hofer manages to capture a timeless humanity and character in her pictures of people and places of the 20th century.

The Photographers’ Gallery in Ramillies Street, Soho, is hosting the first UK solo exhibition of the German-American photographer’s work.

From black and white portraits in London and Wales to the vibrant colour of street and park life in New York and Washington, Ms Hofer shot in colour and black and white throughout her career, depending on which she thought was right for her subjects.

She was conscious of class structure and her portraits give equal measure to her subjects, from a waitress at the Garrick Club in London and gravediggers in Dublin, to the uniformed Joint Chiefs in Washington’s corridors of power.

Ms Hofer’s large-format portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, still life and domestic interiors, show her preference for the complex colour dye transfer process.

Spanning 45 years of image-making, the exhibition features more than 110 black and white and colour images, as well as ephemera and books.

The exhibition, Evelyn Hofer will be on at the Photographers Gallery until September 24.

Tickets: www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/evelyn-hofer

Picture: Queensboro Bridge, New York, 1966 Picture: Estate of Evelyn Hofer Courtesy Galerie m, Bochum, Germany