Disposable People

Disposable People, a photographic exhibition looking at present day slavery across the globe, is showing in the Southbank Centre from Saturday 27th September to Sunday 9th November 2008.

The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade was 200 years ago, but Disposable People shows it's still a reality for some.

The exhibition is a collaboration of Hayward Touring with Autograph ABP and Magnum Photos showing the relevant works of eight internationally renowned documentary photographers: Abbas Ian Berry, Stuart Franklin, Jim Goldberg, Susan Meiselas, Paolo Pellegrin, Chris Steele-Perkins and Alex Webb.

Disposable People is a free exhibition showing in the Clore Room of the Southbank Centre from Saturday 27th September to Sunday 9th November 2008. The Southbank Centre is open daily. For more information call 0871 663 2500.

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How to get there

Rail - Waterloo, Waterloo East or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Charing Cross.

Underground - The closest tube stations are Waterloo (on the Northern, Bakerloo & Jubilee lines), Southwark (on the Jubilee line) or walk over the Hungerford Bridge from Embankment (on the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines).

Buses - All the following buses stop on Waterloo Bridge and you can take the steps down to Southbank on either side of the bridge or use the pavements that slope down away from the river and then double back to take you to Upper Ground, which runs behind the Southbank Centre: 1, 4, 26, 59, 68, 76, 139, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 243, 341, 521, X68, Riverside Bus (RV1 - which also stops on Upper Ground which runs by the back of the Southbank Centre). 77 (Upper Ground near the Festival Hall), 211 & 507 (Waterloo Road near the main station), 381 (Stamford Street). 45, 63 & 100 all stop at the southern end of Blackfriars Bridge, and there is a 10 minute walk along the riverside to the Southbank Centre.