Now in its final few weeks, Simon Roberts’ exhibition 'Beneath the Pilgrim Moon' features a collection of photographs taken at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum while it was closed to the public in the second COVID-19 lockdown. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Closing 5 November 2022 Kingsland Road, London ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Roberts' decision to photograph these plastic covered marble sculptures from unusual, unexpected angles gives the images a sense of unease and vulnerability. In his image of Claude 'David's Vulcan (or possibly Prometheus) chained to a rock', his choice to photograph just the protagonist's pained face behind the plastic gives the appearance of suffering, while in Foggini's 'Samson and the Philistines', he crops out the scene's hero, concentrating only on the wailing victim. His photograph of Canova's 'Theseus and the Minotaur' taken at a sharp side angle and captured from a distance, appears despondent, pensive and lonely. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @simoncroberts #BeneaththePilgrimMoon #FlowersGalleryLondon #contemporaryphotography #victoriaandalbertmuseum #SimonRoberts #beneaththepilgrimmoon