Artist Wendy McMurdo in The Digital Mirror. (Image: Stewart Armitt)
The exhibition is the largest solo showcase to date by the scottish photographer and features more than 50 works, including previously unseen photographs and rarely displayed digital animations.
Many of the featured works were created between 1995 and 2018 during a period of technological change.
The exhibition examines childhood, learning and imagination through McMurdo’s experimental use of photography and digital technology.
Artist Wendy McMurdo in The Digital Mirror (Image: Stewart Armitt)
One of the centrepieces is Indeterminate Objects (Classrooms), a large-scale moving image installation combining photography with 3D animated forms inspired by video games such as Minecraft.
The exhibition also pairs McMurdo’s work with pieces from the national collection that influenced her creative practice, including The Skating Minister by Henry Raeburn and sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi.
Artist Wendy McMurdo in The Digital Mirror. (Image: Stewart Armitt)
The exhibition coincides with the bicentenary of the Royal Scottish Academy, marking McMurdo’s distinction as the first female photographer elected to the academy.
Admission is free and the exhibition will open daily from 10am until 5pm.
Wendy McMurdo said: “With new legislation focussing on the impact of online culture on children’s lives, now is a particularly apt time to revisit this body of work.
“It is an invitation to celebrate play and creativity and to consider the wider implications of new technologies on the lives of young people.”
Ben Harman, senior curator of photography and lead curator of the exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland, said: “We’re excited to have this opportunity to celebrate a pioneering body of photographic work by an artist based in Edinburgh with an internationally-renowned reputation in the world of contemporary photography.”