SHAKE the dust from that anicent family portrait and create something of value and longevity with a unique photo studio special.

That's the challenge the Whitechapel Gallery is laying down on Saturday (March 6). It’s inviting families in for free between 12pm-4pm and wants them to work withphotographer Marysa Dowling to create a unique family portrait  based on images from the exhibition.

Families are invited to dress up and create a family portrait to take home,  learn how to make a pin-hole camera or x-ray style images, and take a guided tour of the galleries during a day-long celebration of photography inspired by the exhibition Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The Whitechapel Gallery is family friendly with a cloakroom, baby changing facilities and a children’s menu available in the café.

Photo Album Family Day events ongoing throughout the Gallery include:

The Whitechapel Gallery’s Creative Studio is transformed into a photographic studio with make-up and props available. Each family can book a slot.

An all day drop-in photography workshop teaches families how to make images using pinhole cameras and cyanotype printing (a simple method of placing an object onto photographic paper and exposing it to sunlight creating an x-ray style image). Children and adults can experiment together with both techniques and take their artwork home

A gallery tour led by young people of the exhibition Where Three Dreams Cross: 150 Years of Photography from India Pakistan & Bangladesh

Free exhibition entry to families attending the Photo Album Family Day. All ages welcome, children accompanied by an adult.

Visitor Information

Whitechapel Gallery, 77 – 82 Whitechapel High Street, London E1 7QX. Nearest London Underground Station: Aldgate East, Liverpool Street, Tower Gateway DLR. T + 44 (0) 20 7522 7888 info@whitechapelgallery.org whitechapelgallery.org