THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE
This section aims to cover and explore new developments in still image -making by established and up-coming photographers worldwide as well as artists ( in the broadest terms) who are influenced by the photographic and cinematic image, or who use photography as their medium or the camera as their tool. It also features photography- related events and exhibitions, tech news and useful resources.
This section aims to cover and explore new developments in still image -making by established and up-coming photographers worldwide as well as artists ( in the broadest terms) who are influenced by the photographic and cinematic image, or who use photography as their medium or the camera as their tool. It also features photography- related events and exhibitions, tech news and useful resources.
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Mar- Jun 2016
With over 50 seminal photographers on display, the exhibition explored the relationship between photography and performance, engaging with serious, provocative and sensational topics, as well as humour, improvisation and irony. It showed how photographs have captured performances by important artists including Yves Klein and Yayoi Kusama, and ground-breaking collaborations between photographers, performers and dancers. It looked at how artists including Francesca Woodman, ( see images right ) Erwin Wurm and others have used photography as a stage on which to perform, and how figures from Cindy Sherman and Hannah Wilke to Marcel Duchamp and Samuel Fosso have used photography to explore identity. More info and Curator Simon Baker' s introduction video see :http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/performing-camera ........................................................................Nov - Feb 2016 Pioneering Victorian photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron's early experimental portraiture featured at a major show at the V&A In London. To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 - 1879), one of the most important and experimental photographers of the 19th century, the V&A presented over 100 of her photographs from the Museum’s collection. Cameron was one of the most important and innovative photographers of the 19th century. Best known for her powerful portraits, she also posed her sitters – friends, family and servants – as biblical, historical or allegorical characters. Her photographs were rule-breaking: intentionally out of focus, and often including scratches, smudges and other traces of her process. Although criticised in her lifetime for her unconventional techniques, she was also celebrated for the beauty of her compositions and her conviction that photography was an art form. In fact the previous incarnation of the V&A, the South Kensington Museum was not only the sole museum to exhibit Cameron’s work in her lifetime, but also the institution that collected her photographs most extensively. In 1868 the Museum gave Cameron the use of two rooms as a portrait studio, perhaps qualifying her as its first artist-in-residence. |
The photography of Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) above featured at the Tate exhibition.
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Sept 2015
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Past Exhibitions 2015
'Pomegranate' series - Ori Gersht
The Science Museum's 'Revelations' exhibition ran in 2015 continuing their series of major photographic archive shows.
The exhibition covered the influence of early scientific photography on modern and contemporary photography, with some of the rarest images from the pioneers of photography. 'Revelations' displayed some of the earliest photographic images from the National Photography Collection by figures such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Eadweard Muybridge, alongside striking modern and contemporary work including Harold Edgerton's stroboscobic images, Hiroshi Sugimoto's long exposure seascapes and Ori Gersht's still life work.
C O N F E R E N C E - PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE 21st Century - Art, Philosophy, technique
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21st Century photography: art, philosophy, technique
June 2015 Central St Martins, London This two day conference trans-disciplinary conference aimed to explore a series of themes that emerge from the understanding of contemporary photography as the basic unit of visual communication of the age of technology: online, off-line and between the lines. The aim was to bridge the gap between aesthetic, philosophical and technological approaches to the photographic image and to prompt participants from different backgrounds (fine art, critical theory, philosophy, software/hardware) to engage with each other and to open new avenues for the critical interrogation of the roles of images in contemporary culture. |
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Self-Portrait in mirror, 1964 - Armet Francis.
BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY : AN EXHIBITION AND A MAJOR BOOK RELEASE
Staying Power : Photographs of Black British Experience 1950s-1990s
Black British Experience was one of the first black photography exhibitions drawn from the V&A's vast photographic collection and brings to a wider audience the work of well known black photographers such as Dennis Morris, Normski, Gavin Watson and Armet Francis as well as lesser known photographers such as Maxine Walker, Ingrid Pollard, Jennie Baptiste and others.
The useful V&A micro site explores the identities and roots of these individual photographers represented and their different takes on Black British life past and present and is a useful read before visiting the show :
http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/s/staying-power/
Selected images from the exhibition :
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NEW BOOK
A newly published photography volume: 'Double Exposure :Through the African American Lens' covers the huge collection of images in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC . Its approach is underscored by decades of scholarship and critical thinking about race and photography, and their intertwined relationship and the book gives new insights to many images demonstrating evocatively how photographs can tell diverse, even contradictory, stories, mitigated first by the photographer’s point of view and later by context and interpretation.
The book explores the importance of photography in black civil rights and how African Americans have been represented and represented themselves.
A worth addition to the history and thinking and the first of four major volumes to be produced.
Review details : http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/african-american-life-double-exposed/?module=BlogPost
The book can be purchased at $16.95 here :http://gilesltd.com/books/catalogue/photography/double-exposure-through-the-african-american-lens
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Finally on a related thought :
With some US states threatening to ban all photography of the police and their public activities (in Illinois it is due to be a felony), the issue of capturing police behaviour during riots and mass unrest situations continues to be a major concern to both professional and amateur photographers, who often face arrest, broken equipment and/or fines for covering these events. But there is special importance in the freedom for any photographers to capture images in these situations especially where there is a perceived race issue at stake. This has been clearly shown with the photo coverage of the Ferguson, Missouri disturbances post - the Mike Brown killing and the death caught on camera of Eric Gardener held down by police in NYC. There are ongoing arguments for and against the control this kind of photography but it's worth investigation some first-hand accounts such as this : http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/photographing-on-fergusons-streets/ and coverage here : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/13/filming-police-officers_n_5676940.html http://thefreethoughtproject.com/illinois-felony-citizens-record-police-media-silent/ |
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'CItizen' Photojournalism - some thoughts
Mobile camera phones, coupled with social networking and media-sharing websites, now allow anyone to report breaking news images faster than any traditional media, with access to locations unreachable by the mainstream media and often in dangerous conflict situations. As a result mainstream media is increasingly relying upon ‘citizen journalism’ to be their eyes, if not their words. This is especially true as many people seemingly ‘trust’ social media as a news source more than traditional news sources, to get facts fast and view photos taken instantly by ‘citizen journalists’ via the Internet.
The BBC and the major news channels now routinely expect and encourage ‘viewers’ stories and pictures’ with their staff chasing Twitter/Instagram/ Flickr/ and live blogging for image banks to illustrate ‘news’ and often to generate a ‘news story’ itself. A really pertinent example of this is the footage of the deadly shootings in the Paris attacks. This means a major sign of shifting attitudes regarding the sourcing of documentary/news still images for the mainstream media. 
'Citizen' journalism ranges from opportunist capturing - the ‘ I was there moment ‘ - examples are the recent online NY Times’s coverage of the January snowstorms using readers’ Instagrams from the whole tri-state area, to serious activists for example in the struggles at Egypt’s El Tahrir Square, documenting and disseminating political images instantly at local and international level as well as 'fun' public photography and the ubiquitous 'selfie'.
................................................................................................................................ VIDEO INTERVIEW In keeping with some of themes above, notable US photographer Stephen Shaw gives his opinion on photo-sharing site Instagram here :
http://www.americansuburbx.com/2014/12/stephen-shore-likes-instagram.html ............................................................................................................................... Upcoming Exhibitions JAN - April 2015Drawn by Light: Photographs from The Royal Photographic Society Collection
Over 200 extraordinary images drawn from the world’s oldest surviving photographic society, range from the earliest known photographic images dating back to the 1820s by scientific pioneers, visionaries and experimenters such as Fenton, Fox Talbot and Cameron and more fanciful Victorians to modern iconic works by some of photography’s most influential figures, such as Adams, McCullin, O’Neill and Parr. Key artefacts from the history of photography, such as Nièpce’s heliographs and Fox Talbot’s experimental cameras, will also be on display. Time Out Magazine carries a fuller description here ; http://www.timeout.com/london/art/drawn-by-light-the-royal-photographic-society-collection Science Museum Media Space , London Until 1st March 2015 http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/Plan_your_visit/exhibitions/drawn_by_light Also shows at National Media Museum, Bradford 20 March – 21 June 2015 Note : Founded in 1853, the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Collection is now held at the National Media Museum, Bradford as part of the National Photography Collection. With over 250,000 images, 8,000 items of photographic equipment and 31,000 books, periodicals and documents, it is an invaluable and comprehensive collection for photographers and researchers alike to access. Salt & Silver - A rare and revealing collection of Early Photography Continuing a theme which reflects an increased interest in early photo techniques, Tate Britain will host the first ever exhibition devoted to salted paper prints, one of the earliest forms of photography. A uniquely British invention, created by Fox Talbot in 1839, the technique was also known as 'calotype printing' with the salt process used to make positive prints from calotype negatives. Salt prints became popular worldwide in the period 1839-1860, creating a new visual language of the modern moment. The combination of salt and silver chemicals transformed scenes of daily life, portraits, still lives and landscapes into images with a very specific aesthetic: a soft, 'sfumato' (smoky) look peculiar to the process. Due to their extreme fragility, the few salt prints that survive are rarely seen so this exhibition is a unique opportunity to see the rarest and best early photographs of this type in the world. Organised in collaboration with the Wilson Centre for Photography and curated by Carol Jacobi, Simon Baker, Caroline Corbeau-Parsons and Hannah Lyons. All images courtesy of the Wilson Centre for Photography Tate Britain, London 25 Feb - 27 June 2015 http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/salt-and-silver-early-photography-1840-1860 
Women and girls with a doll, c.1855 Jean-Baptiste Frénet,
FESTIVAL AnD CONFERENCEDerby - Format Photofestival
13 March-12 April 2015 This year’s Format Festival centres on the theme of 'Evidence' – how the idea of the photograph as an "evidential document” has changed over the years. The main exhibition is entitled 'Beyond Evidence – An incomplete narrative of photographic truths" including new work by artist and lecturereNatasha Caruana, Edmund Clark, Mishka Henner and Cristina De Middel. In addition there is a huge show of photographers’ work selected from open submission. Along with the festival exhibitions and talks, a one-day interdisciplinary Format 15 Conference takes place in Derby on 10th April. There is currently a call for papers and presentations on these themes: Evidence Authenticity Photojournalism Evidence & the Political Full details here : http://www.formatfestival.com/events/format15-conference (Note : deadline 28 Feb) http://www.formatfestival.com/exposure
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For strict news gathering, there is however the ethical problem of verifying ‘citizen’ shots as filmmaker, Roger Graef has commented, ‘it takes money and time to check that it is real and not faked; the second risk is that just because you can shoot on a camera phone doesn't mean you should. I worry that (tv) commissioners will use this as an excuse to cut budgets for factual even further." Additionally there is the unmanned drone camera and its currently unregulated use, allowing images to be taken where it is literally impossible or very dangerous for the photographer / filmmaker to be. However although the drone may offer imaging of a different and an unusual perspective, it basically operates at a novelty level, and is at present more an addition to a news story than a replacement for the discerning images produced by the eye and mind of the photographer. However when the traditional photojournalist is compared to his/her ‘citizen journalist’ counterpart in terms of experience, credibility and resources there is no actual threat. It is not that he/she is versus everyone - the bloggers, the rogue photographers and anyone with a camera phone because each of these cannot solely cover every news story or event, but combined they will increasingly present a formidable force in journalism. Perhaps an initial solution is for photojournalists is to embrace the democratisation that camera phones have afforded, and build on the content emerging from' citizen' image -makers to delve deeper at a more connected level to produce engaged photographs, as well as the one-off amazing ‘scoop’ shots. There are a number of articles and blog entries on this subject - A useful starter is linked here: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/jun/11/rise-of-citizen-journalism ............................................................................................................................... 
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Portrait of Christina, c.1913 Mervyn O'Gorman,
Light and Shade in Trafalgar Square c1896 by Paul Martin
Two portraits of a French cantinière wearing Zouave regiment dress. 1855 Photographs by Roger Fenton
Horse and Groom, 1855 Jean-Baptiste Frénet,
Newhaven fishermen, c. 1845 D. O. Hill and Robert Adamson
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Angus Fraser, Senior lecturer in Photography at Bower Ashton wins the Bar Tur Photobook Award 2014 in its inaugural year.
The Bar Tur Photobook Award is an exciting new partnership between The Photographers’ Gallery in London and entrepreneur and philanthropist Amnon Bar-Tur. This annual award offers an emerging photographer the chance to publish their first book with The Photographers’ Gallery and Trolley Books in 2015. Fraser's upcoming book is entitled :Santa Muerte (Saint Death) The award reflects a growing and dynamic trend towards recognizing the photobook as a primary creative force in contemporary photographic practices. Congratulations to Angus for winning this prestigious award ! Call for Papers: Fast Forward: Women in Photography – Then and Now
Following a lively panel discussion about the role of Women Photographers, both historical and current, held at the Tate Modern in April 2014, papers and visual presentations are being invited for a conference to be held at the Tate Modern, London in the autumn of 2015. The Tate Modern, The University for the Creative Arts, and UAL Photography and the Archive Research Centre (PARC) (at London College of Communication, UAL) are now organising a two-day conference, Fast Forward: Women in Photography – Then and Now, to be held at the Tate Modern on 6th & 7th November 2015. This call for papers and artist presentations is looking for submissions that explore the significance of Women’s photographic practices and address key themes that are pertinent to current photography research as well as celebrate some of the best work that women in photography have produced. These themes or areas might include; new technologies, re-interpretation of archives and histories, vernacular and amateur photography, social and political impact of photography today, sexuality, collaborative practices, staging the real, culture of confession, histories of working ie: collectives/co-ops, web dialogues, networking and social media. In the critical discourses emerging from practice and theory, related to these themes, it is vital today to consider the historical and contemporary place that the work of women in photography occupies. Submission of papers as follows: 19th January 2015 submit 500 word abstracts for anonymous peer-review 16th March 2015 Successful applicants will be notified after this date. 30th September 2015 Full Paper/presentation required. Please email submissions to: [email protected] For any enquiries please email: [email protected] NEW PUBLICATION
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Image Credit: Descendants of the Unfamiliar by Faye Claridge
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MUST - SEE photography show to catch before mid-January 2015
The built environment holds a constant fascination for photographers and this comprehensive exhibition takes the viewer through some astonishing images of iconic 20th and 21st century architecture.
The built environment holds a constant fascination for photographers and this comprehensive exhibition takes the viewer through some astonishing images of iconic 20th and 21st century architecture.
Pierres Vives, Zaha Hadid -photographed by Helene Binet
CONSTRUCTING WORLDS: Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age
25 September 2014 - 11 January 2015
Barbican Art Gallery, London
Constructing Worlds brings together 250+ works by notable photographers from the 1930s to the present day who have changed how we view architecture and perceive the world around us. They include some of the 'greats' such as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore, Andrea Gursky and Thomas Struth, as well as Nadav Kander, Luisa Lambri and Simon Norfolk.
A favourite here and pioneer in the field is Helene Binet, leading architectural photographer who has worked with amongst others Daniel Liebskind, who says her work ' exposes architecture’s achievements, strength, pathos and fragility'. Her website of architectural and other photography is well worth a look :
http://www.helenebinet.com/photography.htm
25 September 2014 - 11 January 2015
Barbican Art Gallery, London
Constructing Worlds brings together 250+ works by notable photographers from the 1930s to the present day who have changed how we view architecture and perceive the world around us. They include some of the 'greats' such as Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Ed Ruscha, Stephen Shore, Andrea Gursky and Thomas Struth, as well as Nadav Kander, Luisa Lambri and Simon Norfolk.
A favourite here and pioneer in the field is Helene Binet, leading architectural photographer who has worked with amongst others Daniel Liebskind, who says her work ' exposes architecture’s achievements, strength, pathos and fragility'. Her website of architectural and other photography is well worth a look :
http://www.helenebinet.com/photography.htm
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - Last call
The inaugural national Jerwood/Photoworks Awards seek outstanding proposals in relation to new approaches to photography.
Three winners will be awarded £5,000 each to support the making of new work whilst taking part in an unprecedented mentoring opportunity, with access to a pool of established and desirable mentors throughout their development year.
The programme will culminate in a group exhibition as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme at Jerwood Space, London, with a subsequent exhibition tour in the UK.
The Awards are open to UK based art practitioners using photography who are within ten years of graduating or establishing their practice. Shortlisted artists will be interviewed by an influential panel of five judges, who will make the three Awards. Shortlisted artists will also have their work showcased on the Photoworks website.
HURRY - The deadline for submissions is 5pm Monday 1 December 2014 and be aware there is a £10 entry fee.
http://photoworks.org.uk/projects/jerwood-photoworks-awards-2015/
The inaugural national Jerwood/Photoworks Awards seek outstanding proposals in relation to new approaches to photography.
Three winners will be awarded £5,000 each to support the making of new work whilst taking part in an unprecedented mentoring opportunity, with access to a pool of established and desirable mentors throughout their development year.
The programme will culminate in a group exhibition as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme at Jerwood Space, London, with a subsequent exhibition tour in the UK.
The Awards are open to UK based art practitioners using photography who are within ten years of graduating or establishing their practice. Shortlisted artists will be interviewed by an influential panel of five judges, who will make the three Awards. Shortlisted artists will also have their work showcased on the Photoworks website.
HURRY - The deadline for submissions is 5pm Monday 1 December 2014 and be aware there is a £10 entry fee.
http://photoworks.org.uk/projects/jerwood-photoworks-awards-2015/
A DIFFERENT KIND OF 'REMEMBRANCE'
Timed to coincide with the centenary of the Great War, a number of exhibitions of photography related both directly and indirectly to WW1 are set to start. The biggest of these is Tate Modern’s ‘Conflict, Time and Photography’, curated by Simon Baker, their first ever curator of photography and international art. The exhibition covers conflicts from all over the world in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries addressing themes of landscape, ruination, reconstruction and the human cost of conflict. The exhibition concerns the relationship between photography and sites of conflict over time, highlighting that time itself is a fundamental aspect of the photographic medium. It aims to vividly display the different perspectives that artists using cameras have brought to the sites they have depicted over different periods of time. In both a thoughtful and novel move, the images are hung according to how long post-event they were taken : whether made a few minutes or one day afterwards, to those made one year later or 10, 20, 30 and 100 years later, with the hang creating juxtapositions through which new meanings are prompted. In addition, different conflicts reappear in the show from multiple points in time, inviting new interpretations as well reflecting the deeply embedded effect and consequences of war. Tate Modern, London Eyer Ofer Gallery 26 November 2014 – 15 March 2015 
Some of the WW1 events referenced in the exhibition are reflected upon slightly differently in a recently aired BBC4 documentary (still available on iPlayer) - Hidden Histories : WW1’s Forgotten Photographs. This documentary reveals some of the rare and unusual wallet-sized photos taken by English and German soldiers at the front, using small cameras such as the Kodak ‘vest pocket camera’. Most of the photos taken by English soldiers were stored away or destroyed as their owners needed no reminders of the horrors of the ‘Great War’ but both extant negatives and albums of photos have been re-discovered by relatives from both sides of this conflict as this documentary sensitively recounts.
Hidden Histories: WW1’s Forgotten Photographs : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xsrvv Click below – for a selection of the photographs featured in the documentary : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/11138765/Smartphone-snaps-of-the-First-World-War.html?frame=3061268 And below for more about the history of the VPK ( The Soldier’s Kodak ): http://blog.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/2014/03/13/the-vest-pocket-kodak-was-the-soldiers-camera/ 
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MOVED BY CONFLICT
In association with Bristol Old Vic, MShed has launched ‘Moved by Conflict’, an exhibition which takes the viewer from early 1900s Bristol and its position in the British Empire, through 1914-1918, to people in the city today affected by current global conflicts.
A major exhibition, ‘Moved by Conflict’ employs of hundreds of original objects, photographs, film and other archival material to explore the physical, social and personal changes wrought by the Great War on the people of Bristol. MShed - Princes Wharf, Bristol, BS1 4 RN 11 Oct 2014 – 01 Mar 2015 http://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/m-shed/whats-on/moved-by-conflict/ Further information:
Naturally the British Library holds a huge collection of war photography from both amateur and official sources and this article by Prof Stephen Badsey, outlines some important themes including ‘official’ WW1 photography, its propaganda usage and the censorship of both images and captions. http://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/photography An unusual archive of war-related visual imagery is held in an eclectic collection based in a house in West London. ‘ The Archive of Modern Conflict’ holds a range of vernacular WW1 material including, regimental albums, postcards, posters, small objects and complete photographic archives sourced from defunct publications and institutions. Timothy Prus and Edwin Jones explain the origins of their idiosyncratic collection and describe some of the fascinating material they hold in this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Gd_0KUkYM NEW PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWS: LONDON Make Life Worth Living: Nick Hedges’ Photographs for Shelter, 1968-72 An exhibition of powerful and moving works by documentary photographer Nick Hedges, commissioned in 1968 by the housing and homelessness charity Shelter. From the micro site : ‘These hard-hitting photographs, exposing the poor housing conditions and abject poverty being endured by people across Britain, form one of the most important documentary photography projects of the 20th century. Exhibited for the first time, following a 40 year restriction to protect the anonymity of the subjects, one hundred black and white photographs will be displayed alongside edited texts from Hedges’ detailed written notes of his travels and encounters.’ 2 Oct 2014 -18 Jan 2015 Virgin Media Studio, Media Space, Science Museum, London. Details of the exhibition and its events programme at : www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/makelifeworthliving. BRISTOL Artist Willem De Rooij presents a new exhibition featuring a politically-charged photographic work in an installation that explores themes of individuality, protest and representation. 21 Nov 2014 - 08 Feb 2015 Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/willem-de-rooij#24ef36bf829a42b9b88a756f8dcc50dd |
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The Leica M Edition 60
HYBRID CAMERAS ? With digital photography in its highest resolution form possibly losing its appeal to photographers artists and cameraphone users alike and the widespread use of ‘analogue effects’ apps, one heritage manufacturer, Leica, has decided to produce what might be a called a digital/analogue hybrid, the M Edition 60 camera. This hybrid has NO screen at all (now replaced with an ISO selector dial) and while the sensor and entire electronics are the same, the photographer has to use it like an analogue film camera ! The essential difference here is that the photographer is forced to use all the controls and make the unaided decisions they used to do pre-digital. The promotion states: "With the Leica M Edition 60, photographers compose and frame each subject in the viewfinder, set the aperture and shutter speed and press the shutter release at the decisive moment. Instead of the constant distraction of technical features and the checking of menu settings and controls, they enjoy the freedom to concentrate completely on their subjects”. The question of why manufacture this camera at all remains – the ‘decisive moment’ and ‘freedom’ are just as present using an analogue film camera! I am not sure who the new Leica is aimed at, but with a release of only 600 units and a cost of £15,000, it’s safe to assume it is high-end buyers or collectors only! 
UPCOMING EVENTS
Night Contact Event 2013 - Brighton Photo Biennial
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ONLINE RECOMMENDS With sheer proliferation of photography on the internet, it can be distracting trying to find good sources for research or just exposure to new trends and individuals working with the photographic image. Here are some current online recommends: Time Magazine’s Lightbox micro– site has interesting articles and features mostly on photojournalism/news related items and new tech developments. http://lightbox.time.com/ Petapixel is very much a tech info site with digital camera and other tech reviews and tutorials but occasionally has both serious and amusing photo-related stories. More usefully, it also includes very useful cheat sheets and infographics – such these as these below : http://petapixel.com/2012/12/26/an-introduction-to-aspect-ratios-and-compositional-theory http://petapixel.com/2014/10/06/infographic-the-manual-photographers-cheat-sheet AMERICAN SUBURB X With over 130,000 site visitors a month and more than 50,000 Facebook fans, this excellent site showcases photographers past and present and despite its name, those working worldwide. You can search by named photographer or genre and by checking their archive for ASX TV tags, find in-depth video interviews with photographers such as Daido Moriyama, Richard Prince, Lewis Hine, Stephen Shore and many more explaining their approaches, methods and inspirations. Its comprehensive archive is a great resource of topics as varied as manipulated photography, crime, voyeurism, night photography, staged photography, violence, documentary and mug shots ! As well as photographers, its galleries section also features visual artists who use photography or are influenced by it. Highly recommended ! http://www.americansuburbx.com/ VIDEO CHANNELS : Video channels are increasing being used to present photography for educational/study purposes and by publishers to show new editions: The DEVELOP Tube Photography Video Channel is an educational resource which features interviews, multimedia, lectures & films on photojournalism, documentary & fine art photography. It selects video items from the usual sources of Magnum and Getty but also sites like Lensculture, and carries features from independent artists, galleries and organisations worldwide. http://vimeo.com/channels/developphoto Online bookstore : Photoeye has its own vimeo channel featuring page -turning video presentations of the latest photobooks and occasional photographer talks. http://vimeo.com/photoeye/videos Impossible (European makers of Polaroid stock) have produced this mini doc on the history and production of their newly revived instant photo film: http://vimeo.com/100712215 
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Brighton Photo Biennial 4 Oct – 2 Nov 2014
Brighton Photo Biennial, the UK’s largest international photography festival, returns for its sixth edition. This year the organisers are working with a host of regional, national and international collaborators to develop new projects on the theme of Communities, Collectives & Collaboration. BPB14 aims to showcase new perspectives and fresh approaches to generate commissions and represent archive material. Fittingly, the Biennial takes place online and in public spaces, galleries and pop-up venues across Brighton & Hove and beyond, involving 45 + photographers and collaborators all bound by a common approach. Full details and downloadable programme: : http://bpb.org.uk/2014/ |
Photobook Bristol
For those South -West based there are still tickets for this event discussing the role of the Photobook as propaganda through the decades: Sun 12th Oct 2014 Propaganda and the Photobook: Talks, food and live music with presentations by Brian Griffin, Ian Bamford, Lewis Bush and Martin Parr Details : http://www.photobookbristol.com/index.php/forthcoming-events |