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Viewing Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories at Autograph

The Wick Culture - Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

The Wick Culture - Eileen Perrier, from the series Red, Gold and Green, 1996-1997. Commissioned by Autograph. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Red, Gold and Green, 1996-1997. Commissioned by Autograph. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

The Wick Culture - Eileen Perrier, from the series Blessing, 2002. Commissioned by The Photographers’ Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Blessing, 2002. Commissioned by The Photographers’ Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

The Wick Culture - Viewing Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories at Autograph

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The Wick Culture - Eileen Perrier, from the series Grace, 2000. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Grace, 2000. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

The Wick Culture - Eileen Perrier, from the series Afro Hair and Beauty Show, 1998-2003. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Afro Hair and Beauty Show, 1998-2003. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Red, Gold and Green, 1996-1997. Commissioned by Autograph. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Blessing, 2002. Commissioned by The Photographers’ Gallery. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Grace, 2000. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Ghana, 1995-1996. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Above Eileen Perrier, from the series Afro Hair and Beauty Show, 1998-2003. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London

Eileen Perrier: A Thousand Small Stories

Autograph
17 April – 13 September 2025

It’s the final weeks of photographer Eileen Perrier’s exhibition at Autograph curated by Bindi Vora and the result of years of research and work. It charts many of Perrier’s major commissions between the 1990s up to a recent project for The Face documenting the experiences of young people as they embark on adulthood.

The exhibition, arranged as a modest retrospective, includes the best of Perrier’s studio photography, often shot in makeshift set ups, reappropriating methods from 19th century European portraiture combined with West African studio photography influences, to commemorate and honour her sitters inner worlds and lives. It also includes the poignant photographs Perrier took on a first visit to Ghana with her mother.

Perrier’s dual Dominican Ghanaian heritage and her London upbringing all play an important part in her approach too, in a persistent sense of ambiguity and empathy for her subjects, her searching for a sense of belonging but not conforming – encouraging us to look beyond dividers of race, class and social status and see beauty everywhere.