Photo Imaging News & Events
See below for the latest information about opportunities, new training schemes, events, masterclasses and other new services to help support the Photo Imaging industries.
Henri Cartier Bresson's Scrapbook
Date: 7 Mar - 1 Jun
Location: National Media Museum
Cartier-Bresson printed and mounted a Scrapbook of photographs, representing the first half of his career as a photographer. All the original photographs have now been brought together for a new exhibition, showing for the first time in the UK at the National Media Museum.
For further information visit: National Media Museum
Bill Brandt
Date: 15 March - 26th April 08
Location: Tristans Gallery, Wadebridge
A striking collection of surrealist figurative studies by Brandt, one of the most complex and respected photographers of the 20th Century.
For further information visit: Tristan's Gallery
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 - Call for entries!The search for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 has begun.
You can enter the competition online or by post using the forms on the website.
Please note, it costs £20 to enter online and £27 to enter by post, due to the increased administration this involves.
Closing dates:
Monday 31 March 2008 for online submission.
Monday 24 March 2008 for postal submission.
All the information about the 2008 competition can be found at: Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Explore Photographic Artist residency
Four Corners is a centre for film and photography, devoted to artistic and technical excellence. As part of the explore programme we are working to increase long-term engagement with deaf and disabled people both as artists and audiences.
We are currently offering a residency of up to 8 weeks to a disabled or deaf artist working in photography. This is an excellent opportunity for an emergent or mid-career artist to produce new artwork or develop a body of work in progress.
Closing date for submissions: Thursday 13th March 2008
Selection and interview: Proposals will be shortlisted by a panel and interviews will take place in the week commencing 17th March.
Residency dates: 7th April - 31st May 2008
For further information either Tel: 020 8981 6111 or email: info@fourcornersfilm.co.uk or visit: www.fourcornersfilm.co.uk
The BIPP Student Photography Awards 2008
The aim of the Bipp Student Photography Awards is to recognise the crucial role that photographic education plays in the future of creative photography by giving students a national showcase for their talents. The competition is open to all BIPP student members and PQE registered students.
The theme of the inaugural awards is ‘environmental change', a topic that will give students the opportunity to produce images relevant to one of today's most important issues. Interpretation of that theme is entirely up to individual imagination.
The top three entries will win cash prizes and a selection of the best images will be published in The Photographer.
Closing Date: Entries must be lodged at BIPP head office by March 31, 2008.
For further information visit: BIPP Student Photography Awards
Alexander Rodchenko: Revolution in Photography
Date: Thursday 7 February 2008 - Sunday 27 April 2008
Location: The Hayward
Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) was one of the great figures of early 20th-century avant-garde art.
For further information and to book tickets visit: Hayward Gallery
Licensing Guide
An interesting new guide to one of the most important aspects of professional photography in the form of a podcast, featuring experts from the Association of Photographers. The Photographer's Guide to Licensing, Contracts, Terms And Conditions can be found at www.own-it.org/ipinfo/podcasts/ -scroll down to "Keeping Covered".
EVENTS & EXHIBITONS
Born 1947 - Camera Press at 60
Date: Until 20 April 2008
Location: Room 38a
Cost: Free
A display that celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the UK's largest photographic agency, Camera Press. Including photographs from founder Tom Blau from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Also featured are newly commissioned works of eminent British people born in 1947, by leading photographers such as Jillian Edelstein, Mary McCartney, Bryan Adams and Perou.
For further inforamtion visit: Camera Press at 60
Images of Empire now online
Images of Empire has launched a new website, providing online access for the first time to the unique archive of historical images held at the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum in Bristol.
Visitors to the website can explore over 6,000 still images and film clips from the collection, currently the UK's largest dedicated resource of photography and film on the British colonial period. Images from the archive can be navigated and viewed using an advanced search facility and photographs from the collection are available to order online. Registration is free.
For further information visit: www.empiremuseum.co.uk/
Own It Podcast: Photographing Other People's Property: Architecture, Trademarks, Logos
Photographs often include elements of other people's property. Intellectual or otherwise, incidental or intentional, there is a lot that the photographer needs to be aware of in order to make sure their creative activity does not infringe on corporate ownership.
In Own It's second podcast, representatives from the Association of Photographers and Finers Stephens Innocent Law Firm look at the ins and outs of photographing buildings, trademarks and logos, how to find and deal with copyright holders and the legal framework and implications.
For more information and to download the Own It podcasts, visit:www.own-it.org/ipinfo/podcasts/
