Photographer Johnnie Shand Kydd’s addiction to Naples has made for a gritty show at London’s Estorick

Girl on a swing, 2004 © Johnnie Shand Kydd

In a departure from his famous snaps of artist friends, comes a candid and haunting portrayal of a city which Shand Kydd had never previously encountered.

In 2000, the photographer was invited to spend three months in Naples where a bittersweet love affair ensued. “I developed a relationship with the city something akin to a drug habit, returning again and again over the next eight years,” he explains…

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Defaced sculpture on fountain,Piazza Mercato, © Johnnie Shand Kydd

Exhibition: Siren City, Estorick Collection, London, until September 12 2010