Past Exhibition

Yamam Nabeel: Waiting for Time (Stories in Colour)

Oct 2021 - 11th Feb 2022 @ 99 Bishopsgate, EC2M 3XD

Following Nabeel’s recent black & white analogue exhibition of Waiting for Time at the Fitzrovia Gallery, we bring this body of work to life in its full colour digital form. Exhibiting in Stories in colour is an artistic study of truth versus fiction, of digital versus analogue technology, of colour versus monochrome; of old versus new; of reality versus perception.

“Who controls the past controls the future.
Who controls the present controls the past.”

- George Orwell, 1984

It has been 36 years since the predicted world in George Orwell’s 1984. Our world is fundamentally different from the dystopian nightmare in Orwell’s novel. Though, he was right about one thing - Our reality is only a perception, and it might be manipulated beyond our control. What we perceive is often not reality itself. With all available mediums to broadcast information, more often than not we are fed perceived realities.

As Londoners we were told to “Stay Home”, a new reality has taken shape for everyone – a different story for each person.

Most People see the world in colour, and colour photography has been the standard choice since it’s invention. Colour photography, especially digital colour photography, can portray the truest likeness. We see in colour, we are used to colour images, and we expect colour. It is life to us, or rather we are told so.

On the other hand, black and white images make us pause, make us reflect and take a deeper look. It is said that black and white photographs are timeless, but they can also take us back in time, sometimes beyond the reality we might be comfortable with. Black and white photography, especially portraits, convey a depth of emotion. A capturing of humanity in its rawest, truest way.

Visitor Information

99 Bishopsgate:

  • Reception lobby of 99 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3XD

  • On display until 11th February 2022

  • 8am-6pm daily

  • Entry is free, no booking required

  • 99 Bishopsgate is fully accessible

View exhibition artworks below.