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Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin
South African–born, London-based artist duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Charnarin have frequently imperiled and enlightened themselves in the name of art, whether by joining the British Army in Afghanistan, living with the marginalized communities of Tanzania or making short films with Massive Attack inside Cambridge University’s anechoic chamber. Armed with combined degrees in sociology and history of art (Broomberg) and philosophy and artificial intelligence (Chanarin), the pair bring a thoughtful, polemical agenda to documentary photography. As well as having six books to their name, including Ghetto, a collection of their work as former editors of Colors magazine, they also lecture in the graduate programs at London College of Communication and New York’s SVA. Their first-ever fashion shoot—featuring cross-dressers and hand-painted Egyptian car windows—recently appeared in Pop magazine. In addition to recent exhibitions at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and Paradise Row in London, Broomberg and Chanarin are working on an update of Brecht’s War Primer.
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Charnarin by Kitty Gale, London, 2010
