Exhibition
Michael Hess BINGO & SOCIAL CLUB - The Outside World
Michael Hess (b. 1977) is a German photographer based in Hackney, London.
Interested in little-explored society groups, he spent two years
capturing the UK's hip-hop scene. After a chance visit to a bingo club
in Southampton, he began a four-year project on bingo. He's also
worked on stories like an American road trip with an aspiring
musician, women in Iran and a controversial concrete block of flats.
His work has been exhibited in London's Host Gallery (foto8 Summer
Show 2008 and 2010), Cardiff's Millennium Centre and Southampton's
Picturehouse Cinema. Bingo & Social Club is his first book.
Michael Hess is a German born photographer based in East London. His work recordins the lives of those under exposed societal groups, including spending two years capturing the UK’s hip-hop scene. His first book ‘BINGO & SOCIAL CLUB’, is the result of a four year project following the fortunes of Bingo goers around the UK. He has also taken a road trip with an aspiring musician and highlighted the lives of women in Iran.
His work has been exhibited in London’s Host Gallery (foto8 Summer Show2008 and 2010), as well as Cardiff’s Millenium Centre and the Picturehouse Cinema in Southampton.
