This evening I went to the Manchester New York exhibition by seminal Manchester photographer Jan Chlebik. It was at the Artland Gallery, in the basement of the Friends Meeting House.
The exhibition features a selection of Jan’s superbly atmospheric grainy black and white photographs of Manchester and New York. It’s only on until mid-December 2008, and is worth going just for the sumptous free catalogue with large postcards of the photographs. All works are limited edition framed prints for sale at various prices.
Jan was in the same class as me in the early 70s at Xaverian College grammar school. This evening I met him for the first time in 35 years. I also met, for the first time, Ian Simpson, architect of the Hilton Tower and Urbis.
More information at www.artlandgallery.co.uk.