Analogue photographer Samuel Laurence Cunnane brings "Blue Road" to the Hayward Gallery

The Hayward Gallery presents Samuel Laurence Cunnane: Blue Road. This marks the Irish artist’s London debut and the fifth exhibition in the RC Foundation Project Space Exhibition Series, which showcases the next generation of emerging international artists. The exhibition takes place in the HENI Project Space in the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery – a space that offers the opportunity for audiences to discover exhibitions from new artistic voices for free. Blue Road surveys Kerry-based analogue photographer Samuel Laurence Cunnane's work to date, featuring traditional photographic prints developed by hand in his darkroom studio. Cunnane travels by van across Europe and beyond for long periods, capturing fleeting scenes that result in luminous images that reveal remarkable beauty hidden in plain sight. The titular work, for example, depicts a stretch of newly tarmacked road that appears as a deep blue river gleaming in the early evening light. Responding to the digital