Custot Gallery Dubai is pleased to announce the opening of a group exhibition of photography from the 20th and 21st centuries. A central theme of the works on view is the presence of mankind. A truly global range of photographs, the exhibition explores humans’ interactions with their environment, as well as the impact and mark left behind. The image as a means of storytelling leads to an investigation of the spaces human beings inhabit and develop, bringing into question the agency of the people captured on film.

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Rhona Bitners practice researches into the art of the performance, in which Man is the central actor. While the work of Jeanloup Seiff quite literally fabricates playful, never-before imagined realities. William Klein, renowned for his fashion photography and photo essays on cities, has been a central gure in photography since the 1950’s. With additional photographs by Nick Brandt, Rene Burri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Lawrence Beck, Marc Riboud and Pia Torelli, this exhibition celebrates a diverse range of styles and techniques, as well as traversing numerous historical moments and locations.