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Jo Underhill

@jounderhill.bsky.social
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Photographer | Art, exhibitions & architecture | Working with art galleries, curators and artists | Likes horror, art and brutalism. www.structuraleye.co.uk

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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Little update on my website, added new photography of the wonderful Gillian Ayers exhibition at Heong Gallery, Cambridge. Also latest exhibition at Kettle’s Yard, 'Lubaina Himid with Magda Stawarska: Another Chance Encounter'. - #photography structuraleye.co.uk/gillian-ayres
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Jo Underhill / Photographer - What can be done with painting: Gillian Ayres
Heong Gallery | Cambridge What can be done with painting: Gillian Ayres in the ‘70s at the Heong Gallery at Downing College, Cambridge, reveals an overlooked period in the career of British painter, G...
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Another view of Highgate Cemetery, circa 1974.
Some tombs overgrown with autumnal vegetation and ivy against a backdrop of skeletal trees.
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Another Place Press @anotherplacepress.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We're delighted to announce that our latest three 'Field Notes' zines are now available to pre-order! 🔥 'Under A White Sun' by Luis Lazo 'The Frith Fields' by Amanda Harman 'Alquimia' by Darío Toscano Just £8 each, editions of 100, available here - anotherplacepress.bigcartel.com/category/zines
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Tom Benjamin @tom8enjamin.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
I have expanded the shop and added heaps of zines from Uhm! Publishing. ourshadowswillremain.bigcartel.com/category/features
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
If M.R. James wrote safety signage
Museum display recreating a Saxon burial, with a notice reading:
For your safety, please do not touch the items in the Saxon burial or attempt to climb into the grave.
(Red House Museum, Christchurch)
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Concrete furniture and walkways of Bedford House on the Solon Estate, Clapham. Designed by William Jacoby of the Lambeth Architect’s Department under Ted Hollamby 1966-1968 #mondaysarebrutal
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Hugely deserved - congratulations !
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
From the archive for this weeks #mondaysarebrutal - Thamesmead, London photographed in autumn 2017 for my ongoing personal photography project, Beautiful Brutalism.
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Final Ghouls Of Horror Podcast @finalghoulspod.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Today marks the birthday of one of folk horror's famed Unholy Trinity as The Blood on Satan’s Claw turns 54! A bit of advice: if you uncover a skull with a working eye in the field, don't just shrug it off! #Horrorsky #BloodOnSatansClaw #FolkHorror #Filmsky
Angel Blake (Linda Hayden) in the forest wearing a crown of branches in The Blood On Satan's Claw (1971)
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Privilege to step back into #insideno9 Stage/Fright again last night for the final show at the Wyndhams. Beautiful love letter to comedy, theatre, horror and their creative partnership. Congratulations to all the cast and crew on an amazing piece of theatre!
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Great to be featured again in the second BRUTAL Bristol zine by Tom. Available to order now from link below - #mondaysarebrutal
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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Jean Seberg in London on the set of SAINT JOAN, 1957. Photographed by Bob Willoughby.
Seberg is in a long black coat buttoned to the throat, tights and black shoes; she is reflected in the surface of the wet rainy courtyard.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Few images from my latest commission with the Serpentine Gallery photographing their latest exhibition, Arpita Singh: Remembering. Beautifully curated and stunning artwork from her whole career.
Installation view of art exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Showing a lady sitting and enjoy the oil paintings.Installation view of colourful art exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Installation view of colourful art exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London. Installation view of colourful art exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London.
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Tom Benjamin @tom8enjamin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
BRUTAL Bristol II is in and ready to order! A little hint of what @raynewman.bsky.social prepared for the zine. ourshadowswillremain.bigcartel.com
BRUTAL Bristol II zine
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
My obsession for this corner of the National Theatre continues! Looks beautiful in any light. #mondaysarebrutal #brutalism
Detail of the beautiful concrete corner of the National Theatre in London. Theatre was built by architect Denys Lasdun in the brutalist style.
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grahamph60.bsky.social @grahamph60.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This book is up for pre-order... publishing September this year. The cover wraps around with more monsters on the back... but another good excuse to paint my favourite Dracula and Frankenstein creation, on the front panel.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Beware the Ides of March
Michael Hordern death scene in the film Theatre of Blood on the 15 March, Ides of March
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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Relive our online visual tour of Britain’s modern places with acclaimed photographer Simon Phipps &social historian John Grindrod on LitFlix! youtube.com/watch?v=D7DV... #architecture #modernism #brutalism #photography @grindrod.bsky.social @septemberbooks.bsky.social @new-brutalism.bsky.social
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This Must Be The Place: a visual tour of modern Britain with Simon Phipps and John Grindrod
YouTube video by Milton Keynes Lit Fest
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Few snaps from the beautiful and poignant Theaster Gates 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise exhibition at White Cube, Bermondsey.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
From the archive - Churchill College, Cambridge University designed by Richard Sheppard Robson & Partners Cambridge 1968 Photographed around 2014 for my ongoing personal photography project, Beautiful Brutalism. - #mondaysarebrutal
Interior view of brutalist Churchill College, Cambridge dining room with wooden tables, curved concrete ceiling and warm wood beams.Exterior detail of Churchill College, Cambridge. Geometric concrete shapes with a walk way under it.
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Tom Benjamin @tom8enjamin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
BRUTAL Bristol II is now available to pre order at the link below 👇 Many contributors from the last edition have returned but we have also managed to pack in plenty of new ones as well . Money raised goes to @FareShareSW ourshadowswillremain.bigcartel.com
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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The power of Crufts compels you.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A few installation views from latest commission with Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge photographing Paint What Matters! exhibition which closes this weekend.
Man sitting on bench in Kettles Yard Art Gallery, Cambridge looking at artwork drawn by young people displayed on the walls.Interior view of the main gallery at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge showing artwork drawn by young people displayed on the walls.Interior view of the main gallery at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge showing artwork drawn by young people displayed on the walls.
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Tom Benjamin @tom8enjamin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Wondering which contributors from BRUTAL Bristol II are on here? I know a few already @raynewman.bsky.social @new-brutalism.bsky.social @jounderhill.bsky.social @eberlin.co.uk
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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
UPDATE: Disappointing news that C20's second listing application for No 1 Croydon (Richard Seifert & Partners, 1968-70) has again been rejected. We support plans for residential conversion, but as Seifert’s most signficant tower to remain unlisted, a sympathetic approach to any works is essential.
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Glenkerry Co-operative @glenkerrycoop.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Robin Hood Gardens east building undergoing demolition 1/4
Robin Hood Gardens east building undergoing demolition. Photo by @GlenkerryCoop 25/02/2025Robin Hood Gardens east building undergoing demolition. Photo by @GlenkerryCoop 25/02/2025Robin Hood Gardens east building undergoing demolition. Photo by @GlenkerryCoop 25/02/2025Robin Hood Gardens east building undergoing demolition. Photo by @GlenkerryCoop 25/02/2025
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Detail of Carradale House by Erno Goldfinger in the winter sun 1967-8 - #mondaysarebrutal #brutalism
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SlashesandStitches @slashesandstitches.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This Leatherface doll comes with a chainsaw but, have no fear, it doesn't actually work. #Leatherface #TCM #horrorsky #horror #movie #doll #handmade #dinner is served #horrormovies #ragdoll #skin
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/02/2025
Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
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Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower
Conservation groups say University of Wolverhampton’s proposals overlook historical significance of art school Artists and conservation groups have decried the “irresponsible” plan to tear down a brutalist arts tower at a Midlands university, saying the…
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Visited Robin Hood Gardens last week as demolition of the last part of the building is underway. Sad to see it go. #mondaysarebrutal -
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A few more installation photographs from Citra Sasmita’s atmospheric exhibition, Into Eternal Land currently on at The Curve, Barbican. Stunning show to photograph. -
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
@danmartin.bsky.social hi Dan, saw Stage/Fright last night and your special effects for the show were amazing. Was it trickier doing the effects for stage than film?
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The very talented @dnmscreensound.bsky.social has added three more new tracks to the Beautiful Brutalism album we released last year. It marries photography and music into an immersive soundtrack. Take a look - #brutalism metalabel-hh2o.metalabel.com/release-os44...
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BEAUTIFUL BRUTALISM: A SOUNDTRACK - Metalabel Limited Edition
Explore Britain's iconic brutalist architecture by immersing yourself in sound and vision. Photographs by Jo Underhill Music by Carl Woodcroft
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@reece-shearsmith.bsky.social your performance of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde was totally mesmerising. Thank you for the perfect reading of this gothic tale on a cold winters night.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Loved photographing Citra Sasmita’s atmospheric and hauntingly beautiful debut exhibition in the UK at The Curve, Barbican. - www.toa.st/blogs/magazi...
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Monthly Happenings | February
Five events for longer days, from hand-woven histories to an exhibition reimagining fashion’s future.
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Death Curse Society @deathcursesociety.com · 02/02/2025
Released #OnThisDate in 1972 - A Clockwork Orange, Written and Directed by Stanley Kubrick! #AClockworkOrange #StanleyKubrick #1972 #OTD #Anniversary #Horror #HorrorMovie #HorrorMovies #HorrorFilm #HorrorFilms #HorrorFans #HorrorJunkie #HorrorAddict #SpreadTheHorror #PromoteHorror #HorrorSky
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Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com · 29/01/2025
🐺 "An American Werewolf in London" 🌕 was groundbreaking for its practical effects, especially the transformation scene which took months to perfect, setting a new standard for werewolf movies! 🩸🎥 #HorrorFacts #HorrorMovies #HorrorFamily #Werewolf #ClassicHorror #HorrorSky
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Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 28/01/2025
#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Detail of Corinthian House by Richard Seifert & Partners, Croydon 1965 Very reminiscent of the Welbeck Street Car Park triangles! Photographed last May for my ongoing personal photography project, Beautiful Brutalism. #mondaysarebrutal
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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
On this day in 1974, folk horror classic THE WICKER MAN had its official "world premiere" in Newton Stewart, Scotland - the town which doubled as Summerisle. From that day forth, Scottish policemen thought twice about visiting remote islands alone...
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Detail of Strathcona Building, Birmingham University 1961-64. Designed by Howell, Killick, Partridge and Amis. #mondaysarebrutal -
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Beautiful wintery walk this morning.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Polaroid of the wonderful Barbara Hepworth studio and gardens in St Ives, Cornwall. BOTD Hepworth is a huge inspiration and being able to visit her studio a few years ago was wonderful! Since then I’ve had the pleasure to photograph some of her pieces in different exhibitions, always a thrill!
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Modernism in Metro-Land @modinmetro.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Auditorium, Paris Cinema, Rex House, Lower Regent Street 1939 Robert Cromie buff.ly/4a3p8yH
A black and white photo of the auditorium of the former Paris Cinema in Regents Street
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham designed by Sir Philip Dawson, 1971 in wintry weather yesterday. A great building for the first #mondaysarebrutal post of 2025! - #mondaysarebrutal
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The stunning interior of Church of St Andrew and St George (originally Church of St George) is a Grade Il listed church, which was built from 1956-60 and became Stevenage's parish church. It was designed by Seely and Paget. - #mondaysarebrutal
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Horror Facts @horrorfacts.com · 17/12/2024
Tales from the Crypt: 'And All Through the House' (1972) is a pioneering masterpiece in holiday horror. Introduces one of the earliest twists on Christmas cheer - an escaped Santa Claus killer on the loose! #HorrorClassics #ChristmasHorror #KillerSanta #TalesFromTheCrypt #VintageHorror
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Another Place Press @anotherplacepress.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
If you know somebody who is struggling with life at the moment & might appreciate a free photobook please drop me an email - iainsarjeant@gmail.com - with their details. We have a number of slight seconds & we'd love them to go to a good home! No deadline, anytime! UK only due to postage costs.
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Jo Underhill @jounderhill.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The beautiful cathedral-like library at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Designed by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon, 1966. Photographed in 2017 for my ongoing personal photography project, Beautiful Brutalism. - #mondaysarebrutal #brutalism
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