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Free outdoor display
A free outdoor display of Eileen Perrier's new artist commission, reflecting on young people's passage into adulthood in London
Commissioned by Autograph, photographer Eileen Perrier’s new series Twenty-Two explores generational perspectives on change and self-discovery. The commission showcases portraits of Perrier's son and his friends both past and present, alongside images of London the artist created with a pinhole camera. Their words will appear next to their images on the display, reflecting on the complexities of growing up – its anxieties, joys and transitions into new phases of life.
The full commission will be displayed on the exterior of Autograph’s building in Shoreditch as part of Eileen Perrier’s retrospective A Thousand Small Stories, and in a new online gallery.
Both Twenty-Two and A Thousand Small Stories form part of Autograph’s continued commitment to curate and preserve the legacy of important black women practitioners such as Perrier, and to ensure that their significant contributions to the canon of photography are recognised.
The design of the display on Autograph's building
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One of the most reassuring things I’ve come to learn is that adults don’t really have it all figured out. I used to assume that once you reach a certain age, everything clicks. Even the people who seem sure of themselves are still just winging it, they’ve just been winging it for a little longer.
Commission sitter 
Eileen Perrier (b.1974, London, UK) is an artist with dual Ghanaian and Dominican diasporic heritage, specialising in portraiture. Since the 1990s, she has been a photographer and senior lecturer in photography.
Her work has been widely exhibited, including Centre Pompidou (France); Hayward Gallery (UK); Tate Britain (UK); The Photographers' Gallery (UK); The Whitechapel Gallery (UK). Perrier was an artist in residence at Light Work x Autograph (USA) and Kunsthalle Schirn (Germany). Her works are represented in private and public collections, including Arts Council England (UK); Autograph (UK); Foundling Museum (UK); Light Work (USA); Sindika Dokolo Foundation (Angola); Tate (UK); and Wedge Collection (Canada).
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Supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a Donor Advised Fund, held at The Prism Charitable Trust.
All display images: Eileen Perrier, from the series Twenty-Two, 2025. Commissioned by Autograph. Courtesy the artist and Autograph, London.
Your visit: Autograph, London. Photograph by Kate Elliott.
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