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The LPA works with its international membership to expose and promote new talent through exhibition, publication and online exposure.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-26617269919241954832012-10-25T20:47:00.001+01:002012-10-25T23:20:33.639+01:00World Renowned Art Collection Goes To Moorfields Eye Hospital<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>World Renowned Art Collection Goes To Moorfields Eye Hospital</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.gallery1839.com/site/search_a2.php?vwid=235&viid=1673&ord_f=5">Linda Lieberman</a></b>, Photographer & Sculptor has donated an artwork 'Lifeline 01', which is now part of a unique collection of tactile art unveiled at Moorfields Eye Hospital to celebrate World Sight Day.<br />
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The permanent collection, generously donated by charity BlindArt, is quite a coup for Moorfields, which will be the first hospital to house such an eclectic array of tactile art. Moorfields strives for innovative ways to engage and improve patient and staff experience, and BlindArt’s generous donation is in tandem with Moorfields’ ethos.<br />
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BlindArt is a UK based charity that encourages participation and interaction with art for the visually impaired. By housing their collection at our hospital, Moorfields hopes to demonstrate to our patients that art can be enjoyed and appreciated by all, regardless of visual acuity.<br />
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Doctor Mariya Moosajee, who is spear-heading the arts programme and is a clinical lecturer here at Moorfields, welcomes BlindArt’s inspirational collection.<br />
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“The Moorfields Arts Project was launched last year to introduce the positive benefits of art in the healthcare environment. Part of this initiative was to ensure that the visually impaired and blind could appreciate high quality artwork. BlindArt hold the same doctrine, to dispel the notion that sight is essential to creating or enjoying exceptional art. We are so pleased to be housing the BlindArt permanent collection”Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-51355273476053464312012-10-24T13:01:00.001+01:002012-10-24T13:01:27.152+01:00Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-48189359084357032202012-10-14T17:03:00.000+01:002012-10-14T17:03:25.513+01:00Photographer & Sculptor Frederick Leslie Kenett F.I.B.P 1924 -2012.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The London Photographic Association are very honoured to have been given all of the surviving prints and negatives made by the the photographer and sculptor Frederick Leslie Kenett F.I.B.P 1924 -2012.<br /><br />Frederic lived in virtual isolation in the later days of his life and he is virtually unknown to the photographic and fine art community. It is our intention to rectify this over the coming months however, we have quite a job ahead of us as we sort through the 3,000 odd negatives and as yet , an unidentified amount of prints.<br /><br />Frederick shot everything on 5x4 film or glass plate and the quality of his printing is truly breathtaking, everything printed on 20x16 White Fine Luster and produced using a process camera. We look forward to releasing some images in the very near future,<br /><br />
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<strong>Frederick Leslie Kenett F.I.B.P 1924 -2012</strong></div>
<br />“Unquestionably
the greatest photographer of sculpting in the world who himself became a
sculpture”. The Listener -T G Rosenthal.<br /><br />Born in Berlin in 1924,
son of a Berlin Doctor and forced to leave his country by the National
Socialist party, whilst still a boy came to England in 1939. Frederick
Leslie Cohen (later changed to Kenett shared a fugitive existence with
others of his age and drifted from one means of livelihood to another
without any apparent direction or sense of purpose. <br /><br />So he joined
the US Intelligence Corps during the war whereby he developed in his
interest in photography and later enrolled at the Guildford School of
Art to study photography.<br /><br />It was only by pure chance that he
acquired a camera this can only be described as an awakening: something
that had been dormant in him was aroused and strenuously began to demand
expression.<br /><br />Frederick Kenett undertook assignments for, museums, publishers, governments and collections throughout the world. <br /><br />He
has taken photographs of European Sculpture in Italy, Spain, Germany,
Holland and France often negotiating with governments. Frederick Kenett
held copyrights to his work and there had been some instances of
infringement that he fought.<br /><br />From the mid sixties he ceased work
as a photographer of sculpture to become a sculpture himself. He aroused
the interest of leading London Galleries and his work was exhibited
with much attention. Suddenly he stopped exhibiting but did not stop
sculpting. He was prolific in his output, despite the restrictions of a
studio flat in Kensington. <br /><br />Frederick Kenett wrote “Isolation
and self absorption, is also a theme if Seurat” with reference to
himself. Please refer to Frederick Kenett ’s, sensitive, intellegent and
in depth interpretation of various artists such as Cezanne. Transcipts
1992. <br /><br />Brief resume with the limited material available of Mr F L Kenetts amazing life.<br /><br /><strong>Publications</strong><br /><br />The Acanthus History of Sculpture 4 Volumes (Oldbourne Press) <br /><br />The Art of Sculpture by Sir Herbert Read (Faber and Faber)<br />The Tate Gallery (Sculpture Section) (Thames and Hudson)<br />Tutankhamen <br /><br />1951 – Guildford School of Art. Frederick Kenett won Summer Holiday Prize – The Sculptures of Michealangelo<br />1952
– First significant commission, as the Arts Counsel, the L.C.C and the
Ministry of Education had planned an exhibition to mark the coronation.
Kenett was to make a photographic survey of Royal Tombs in Westminster
Abbey. Please read Ark and review below)<br />1952 -Frederick Kenett’s
photographs were shown to MD Molesworth the Curator of Sculpture at the
Victoria and Albert Museum and was impressed by them.<br />1953 – Exhibition at the Tate Gallery in connection with the Unknown Political Prisoner competition.<br />1954 – Became acting Head of the Photography School, London School of Printing and Graphic Arts.<br />1955 - Received a Fellowship from the American Bollingen Foundation which enabled him to <br />spend
several months taking photographs in France, Italy and Spain. He was
made free of Florence of and of Pisa; where the Renaissance shines at
its brightest; next came Rome and Spanish Baroque.<br />1958- Made a survey of life in Mexico. <br />Date to confirm – A few of his remarkable studies of the Elgin Marbles featured in LIFE magazine.<br />1959 – Commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum to make photographic study of the Cloisters in New York.<br />1959
– Commissioned to take the first colour photographs the publisher
George Rainbird. ”Operation Cairo “began which lead by Mr Kenett and
extensive negotiations with the Egyptian Government to take the first
colour photographs of the artefacts of Tutankhamen.<br />He worked with
difficulty under surveillance and was at one point accused of damaging
an a claw of one of the artefacts. He proved his innocence using
existing B& W photos.<br />1961- The Photography of F L Kenett is featured in ARK- Journal of the Royal College of Art (Review below) and summery.<br />1962
– Undertook negotiations and agreement with the Nigerian Government to
take colour photographs of a minimum of 100 Nigerian Sculptures.<br />1962
– Frederick Kenett wrote an Introduction and photographed some of
Bryan Kneale’s work for the Redfern Gallery. One of the most gifted
sculptor’s of England<br />1963- The British Journal of Photography – Feature on Frederick Kenett - “My Kind of Photography” <br />1963-
Chief Curator Madam Christiane Desroches- Noblecourt of the National
Museum of France who worked with Mr Kenett and wrote the Acanthus
History of Sculpture – on Eygpt was so inspired by his photographs, Mme
Noblecourt wrote the book Tutankhamen working alongside Mr Kenett
photographer of Sculpture “par excellence.” See reviews below.<br />1963 –
Sunday Times colour magazine book review Tutankhamen and Mr Kenett’s
beautiful colour illustration on the front page and enclosed.<br />1963 –
Mr Kenett started to work as a sculptor. He met Thomas Moore inspired by
his work they travelled together to South of France to meet Picasso.
The aim to write a book featuring Picasso’s work unfortunately Picasso’s
eldest son objected.<br />1964- Awarded one of the Finalist Prizes in the Littlewoods Sculptural Design (first one man exhibition) competition, Liverpool.<br />1964-National
Sculpture Competition –Judges selected Mr Kenetts entry to be
publically exhibited at the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery.<br /> 1966-
The Listener – Mr Rosenthal declared Mr Kenett “Unquestionably the
greatest photographer of sculpture in the world who himself became a
sculptor.” (See review)<br />1966- Exhibition of Mr Kenetts sculptures at the Grosvenor Gallery 1966. (See docs)<br />1966- Arts Review – Kenetts work “Beautifully finished bronzes conceived in the statistically<br />perfect geometric from that rejects self-preoccupation of the over personal. See review.<br />1968
–Mr Kenett produced a catalogue of all the pictures that he had taken
over a long period of time. It objective was to reveal the qualities and
three dimensional plasticity of some of the world’s great works of art.<br />1972- Evening Standard Souvenir featuring a 24 page souvenir with colour Photographs.<br />1990 – History Today – Photographs taken by Mr F L Kenett and used in the feature.<br /><br />Acanthus
History of Sculpture was to present a series of books. “The overhaul
aim of the series was to provide a history of sculpture through style
and form which covered a selection of masterpieces the major cultural
epochs of civilisations of our world. <br /><br />The full range of series
in the Acanthus History offered a full survey of the whole development
of sculpture and a “new” insight onto man’s thought and civilisation
throughout the ages.<br /><br />The importance of the series and the key to its effectiveness and success above all lies in its<br />superb photography.<br /><br />Mr
F.L Kenett was chosen by the Editors (Edited by Sir Herbert Read and H D
Molesworth Curator of Sculpture Victoria and Albert Museum) for his
extraordinarily beautiful and revealing camerawork, is the only
photographer specialising in sculpture that combines such technical
skill with both a learned and intuitive understanding of this vast
subject. (see review).<br /><br />Reviews<br />The art counsel staged an Exhibition in its St James Square gallery of photographs of the Royal Tombs in Westminster 1953.<br />Eric Newton – who was the most eminent Art Critic on England comments on Fred Kennett’s <br />Photographs “...of such superlative excellence...” Mr Newton makes reference to the lighting conditions:<br />“ideal
conditions of light that cannot be achieved in the Abbey itself” in
which the images are photographed. In fact Mr Kenett DID take the
photographs in the Abbey<br />under ideal lighting conditions, due to the
erection of scaffolding and hoisting of 6 cwt of lighting and other
equipment onto platforms etc. Mr Kenett goes on to say:<br />“Mr Newton
probably thought some of the effigies were photographed by me during the
war period when they had been removed from the Abbey for safekeeping.”
(Copy ,of review available).<br /><br />Date to confirm – Times literary
supplement Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture (Thames and Hudson). “All the
works here reproduced are still in the country in which they were made.
In these circumstances it is fortunate that, thanks to the photographs
specially taken for the monochrome plates by Mr F.L Kenett, they have
never before been so well produced.”<br /><br /><br /><strong>SOME REVIEWS:</strong><br /><br />1963
– Reviews of the book Tutankhamen and Mr Kenetts photography. It was
the first time the objects from Tutankhamen’s tomb have been
photographed out of their cases.<br /><br />Whitefriars- Book of the Month “...quite staggeringly beautiful illustrations...”<br />♣ “...collectors piece....George Rainbird (publisher) “....colour book of the year..”<br /><br />Daily Mail – “...splendid colour plates by F.LKenett. A very handsome book<br />The Queen - “...beautifully illustrated...”<br />The Times – Feature <br />Evening Standard – recognised the elaborate negotiations with the Egyptian <br />Government. When Mr Kenett arrived he was flung out and had to start negotiations again!<br />Liverpool
Echo -“Fort Knox would have been an easier assignment than
Photographing the treasures of Tutankhamen “.....lavishly illustrate.”<br />Financial Times - Feature<br />Books and Bookmen – “ one of the most outstanding and beautiful<br />Archaeological
books of recent times. “....a series of 75 absolutely magnificent
colour plates by F.L.Kenett makes the book and intellectual and
aesthetic delight.<br />Nottingham Guardian Journal -“...superlatively beautiful colour plates” <br />The Conisseur – Mr H D Molesworth (Head Curator V& A) “...Illustrated by a world leading photographer.”<br />Country Life - Feature<br /> <br />3
March 1966 – TG Rosenthal declared “Fred Kenett, unquestionably the
greatest photographer of sculpture in the world, became a sculpture
himself only three years ago and has obviously accomplished a great deal
in that short space of time.”As one might expect there is a fine sense
of form and an acute feeling for bronze as a material; as if having
looked at it for so long, he has discovered its mystery.. ...one usually
finds only in work by senior and more illustrious names.” (Copy of
review available)<br /><br /><br />Mr Kenett deserves the recognition as THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER .........AND A GREAT ARTIST......<br /><br /><br />
Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-57192249581285612952012-06-12T19:15:00.000+01:002012-06-12T19:15:43.845+01:00John Ferguson 'The Forgotten Cowboy' Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b> Help needed with the 'The Forgotten Cowboy' project</b></div>
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<b>By John Ferguson</b><b> </b></div>
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Today John Ferguson launched a new Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for my multi-media project on Black cowboys entitled 'The Forgotten Cowboys'. <br /><br />For those that aren't familiar, Kickstarter is an "all or nothing" funding model. In other words, if I don't achieve my goal my project will not get funded. So I can only make this happen with your help! Any amount of support you can offer is deeply appreciated. <br /><br />In exchange for your kindness and commitment to this project, I'm offering a range of awards in return for pledges starting at just £15. There's everything from a HD digital download of the full length documentary, to signed archival exhibition prints of various sizes, to numbered signed copies of the " The Forgotten Cowboys" published book. There's a little bit of something for everyone and a few surprise rewards that will pop up throughout. <br /><br />If you feel comfortable, please take a moment share this link with anyone you think might be interested (via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Getting the word out is a big part of the success of this project. <br /><br />I've including the link to my kickstarter page where you'll also find a short video trailer that we've put together giving you a small insight to the black cowboys and the documentary were attempting to make. The campaign to raise money only lasts for 30 days so it's important that the message and donations reached to the site quickly. I hope you find the project interesting and look forward to your help and support. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/380776175/the-forgotten-cowboys?ref=email">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/380776175/the-forgotten-cowboys?ref=email </a><br /><br />Also, if you haven't already, be sure to connect with me on Facebook to follow along. <br /><br />Thank you for your support, <br /><br />John<br /><br />John Ferguson<br />Photographer<br />www.johnferguson.co.uk<br />E-mail: jfergie@btinternet.com<br />Tel: +44(0)7710 613 934<br /><br />Kevin O'Connor | Director | London Photographic Association (LPA)<br />e: kevin@lpa-management.com | t: +44 (0 )20 8392 8557 | m: +44 (0) 7768 275075Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-1871348710873233172012-04-22T18:27:00.002+01:002012-04-22T19:15:40.852+01:00London Photographic Association's Photography Master Class Film With Barney Edwards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>London Photographic Association</b> commissioned <b><a href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/k/kalectiv.aspx">Kalectiv</a> </b>to make a pilot film for a proposed series of Photography "Master Class" Films. This was filmed on the 19th and 20th April 2012. <br />
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The script for this film was written and presented by Barney Edwards who is a member of the London Photographic Association and a director at Kalectiv. The content of the film covers 'Composition' and in it Barney talks about his work and the importance of Composition.<br />
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Barney Edwards began his a career as a photojournalist in London’s Fleet Street - covering the middle east , Europe, Mexico , America and South East Asia. Winning the coveted 'Daily Telegraph - Photographer of the year award.'<br />
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Barney then became a successful freelance Advertising photographer working for top British, European and American advertising agencies. Sometimes described as ‘the photographers’ photographer’ - he made a reputation for ‘specialising in not specialising’, producing a huge body of work - from portraits to landscapes, reportage and still life. Winning various Campaign Press Awards - two D&AD Silver Awards - two Golds from The Association of Fashion & Advertising Photographers - a New York One Show Award - a Creative Circle Award - and numerous other mentions - as well as being asked to judge on panels for D&AD and The AFEAP Awards.<br />
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The film is going into editing and post production on Monday the 23 April and we are looking forward to publishing it on the LPA movingPictures website in the very near future.<br />
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Special thanks to:<br />
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Kalectiv - Digital Artists & Film Makers.<br />
Direct Photographic for the lighting.<br />
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And all who helped to make the film,<br />
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DIRECTOR & PRESENTER: Barney Edwards <br />
DOP: John Hicks <br />
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: David Edmunds <br />
PRODUCER: Kevin O’Connor <br />
SOUNDMAN: Don Nelson <br />
GAFFER: Jon Gower <br />
GRIP: Gary SobczykKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-5562990422870556222012-04-01T19:13:00.000+01:002012-04-01T19:13:52.231+01:00Ross Andersson Silver LPA Portaiture Prize Winner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu3QGherykkXpjs09mmHCznI20DABS2iwgPTY_EhuzsOgNLYm9SYSoxHjd6liobaaLEE9y8ozPzDzYtrfeiXdMRE6mKRo4Lw90OoGTtUgAg0Hx_W-yhFFheCX4KreIndwxfpMuI7T23E/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu3QGherykkXpjs09mmHCznI20DABS2iwgPTY_EhuzsOgNLYm9SYSoxHjd6liobaaLEE9y8ozPzDzYtrfeiXdMRE6mKRo4Lw90OoGTtUgAg0Hx_W-yhFFheCX4KreIndwxfpMuI7T23E/s320/2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong> </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>Silver Single Image Winner</strong></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left">Silver in the single image category of Let's Face It: 8 went to<strong></strong><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_532671853"> </a><strong><a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2.php?type_f=3&fid=&user_id=9780">Ross Andersson</a> </strong>with this striking portrait. Ross told us about the image, taken a few years ago. "It's a portrait of a subject I photographed frequently a few years ago," he said. "He's a writer and a musician and conveyed a remarkable presence on film. I invited him to my studio and, once he stepped onto set, he just delivered whatever persona that inspired him. It regularly translated into intense and compelling work on film.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I feel the image has a strong aesthetic volition but it's the subject who occupies that dramatic space with equal verve that combines to give this image its unique intensity."</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Although Ross shoots fashion and beauty for the commercial photography industry, he considers fine art portraiture his most important personal work. "There are subjects who are able to project a unique persona while concealing an element of their character that inspires curiosity among the viewers," he said. "These are the subjects that interest me. I began shooting portraits in primary school and I think it is a necessary departure for me (from my commercial work) in order to explore new visual representations of people who reveal something unexpected."</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Focusing on business, Ross finds social media vital to creating new connections and opportunities for success. He uses the largest and most popular sites, including Facebook and LinkedIn and says he is not shy about connecting with others. "If they have engaging photographs or work in the arts in any capacity, I will connect," he said.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Fashion photography has provided Ross with some interesting commissions. "A year ago I went to the Bahamas for a fashion/swimsuit shoot for a client," he told us. "We decided to shoot on a yacht. I scouted the harbour, found a splendid luxury yacht and negotiated a fee which ended up maxing our budget for a total of one hour of shooting on the boat. We needed three shots in sunlight with a strobe as our key light. The pressure in those situations forces critical thought and decisive action. Everyone worked like a tour de force and we got the shots. And they looked fantastic! Photo productions are like theatre: when something goes wrong you simply ad-lib. You don't even blink. The show carries on!"</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Winning the Silver award in Let's Face It: 8 is a great way to mark the start of a busy new season for Ross. He currently has a solo exhibition at the Photo Center in Minneapolis as well as work exhibiting in Vermont and Sydney. The Sydney show will tour Australia and culminate in an exhibition in Hong Kong. "I also have personal projects and the restructuring of my business website along with the construction of my new fine art driven website," he explained. "Finally, I am editing my first feature film: a documentary about inner-city youth boxing clubs in South Minneapolis and Dublin that provide a focus for at-risk, inner-city youth. It will be a busy summer!" </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><strong>Find out more</strong></div><div align="left">https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1156396645 (Facebook)<br />
http://rossanderssonphotography.wordpress.com (Blog)www.rossandersson.com (Website) <br />
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https://twitter.com/#!/vitorio69 (Twitter) </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"> </div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-62524741805933372282012-04-01T18:41:00.002+01:002012-04-01T18:59:02.661+01:00Maria Konstanse Bruun Gold Winner Of LPA Portraiture Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5m7E_bkho9mNRiRVRIaociDp_UufhnOdb2hYXISNRf-hVYqGEzVkRYuqVAX2j8qLN-l1ulVHTYqtj24CFLGs8KJj95aJvsvyhVvae7DAVx8r-pRVHEo_8N1Kja8KdAyr0odBm5Gr8Q0/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5m7E_bkho9mNRiRVRIaociDp_UufhnOdb2hYXISNRf-hVYqGEzVkRYuqVAX2j8qLN-l1ulVHTYqtj24CFLGs8KJj95aJvsvyhVvae7DAVx8r-pRVHEo_8N1Kja8KdAyr0odBm5Gr8Q0/s320/1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><b>GOLD </b><b>Winner</b></div>First place in the series category of Let's Face It: 8 was given to <a href="http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2.php?type_f=3&fid=&user_id=10644"><b>Maria Konstanse Bruun</b></a> with this highly personal series illustrating the photographer's own Mother's illness. The series chosen are part of an ongoing project, as Maria explained.<br />
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"The images entered for the competition were already in my portfolio. I am pleased with them and they mean a lot to me and, when I saw the competition theme, I thought I would enter them. I am thrilled to learn that others like them too." <br />
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The subject of the portraits is Maria's Mother, who is diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. "With the photos I attempt to tell her story and portray some of her pain and feeling of loss over a life that didn't turn out the way she or anyone close to her had envisioned," Maria told us. "It is often hardest to really see that which is closest to you; working on this project has given me a certain distance to my mum and her situation. <br />
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The distance has provided me with the chance to see everything in a different light and eventually taught me new things about her and her situation. "The motivation behind the photos has been to put focus on her as a person and not as a patient. I find that our society still seems to suffer from a fear and lack of understanding around mental illnesses. The subject is concealed by many taboos. How come people buy you flowers or send you a card when you break a leg but not when you are breaking down? <br />
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"I think perhaps it’s the honesty and the vulnerability in the images that make them strong. Due to the nature of her illness my mum would never trust anyone else to take her photo. I was allowed to get this close to her and take these portraits. No-one else could have taken them." <br />
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Maria specialises in documentary, street and art photography and sees the portrait genre fitting into all of those categories. "I am intrigued by good portraits and see them as essential, but in my projects they are usually just one part of a story and not the whole story," she said. <br />
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Maria's academic background is a Masters Degree in Social Anthropology, which encouraged her great interest for observing people as part of a group or a culture. She is currently doing a part time Foundation Degree in photography at the Arts University College in Bournemouth. "The course gives me inspiration and pushes me to try new things," she said. "I believe I have to be open to continue developing my photographic skills and vision and I am very open to new projects; if I find something that interests me I am not fussy about what category or work area it belongs to."<br />
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Although most of Maria's work has been studio or location based family or corporate portraiture, she has some interesting stories to tell about commercial work. "I was commissioned by the Norwegian Peace Association to take photos which reflected their work and ideology, for them to use in campaigns," she recalled. "With a low budget, I had to engage friends and family as models. It ended up being proper hands on work: I knitted a peace sign for one shoot and made a peace flag out of old shirts for another. It was great fun and they were very pleased with the result."<br />
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Social media forms a central part of Maria's business and marketing plans, although she still values email as the most important form of communication for both personal and commissioned work. "It is all about branding and getting my work and name out there, and I believe we must all take advantage of the potential of social media," she said. <br />
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Maria is always working on several photographic projects, from personal conceptual art projects to documentary projects such as street photography ("a great passion and never ending project of mine"). As Mother to an 8-month-old boy, she is always on the look out for new ideas, which may lead to further exploration and projects. "Being a mum changes you as a person and opens new doors in terms of photographic and artistic exploration. My future plans are to keep my eyes and ears open, follow my instincts and see where it leads me," she said. <br />
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Find out more<br />
www.mariakonstansebruun.com (personal projects)<br />
www.shootlooseimages.com (commissioned work)<br />
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shoot-Loose-Images/110743912289395Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-61627794060315566432012-04-01T18:33:00.003+01:002012-04-01T19:02:42.016+01:00Alicia Light Bronze Winner Of LPA Portraiture Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mf2NGYrVidtCa5sCVPwbj7mISszRtUns15i1prmp7_m1iPaxUVVdJ3WOpgn_1b_XiKdrFjMEb7nzkqWpBQY-4W5anlS8f0iXgI03pkyHniBfYtqPOZ6M6O8W5Lj7IYA0_BOTVYK0-Lc/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Mf2NGYrVidtCa5sCVPwbj7mISszRtUns15i1prmp7_m1iPaxUVVdJ3WOpgn_1b_XiKdrFjMEb7nzkqWpBQY-4W5anlS8f0iXgI03pkyHniBfYtqPOZ6M6O8W5Lj7IYA0_BOTVYK0-Lc/s320/1.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div align="center"><b> </b></div><div align="center"><b>Bronze Winner </b></div>Bronze in the series category of Let's Face It: 8 went to <a href="http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2.php?type_f=3&fid=0&user_id=10686&coid=&pg=1"><b>Alicia Light</b></a>, with her series exploring how people react to new environments, such as hotels or holiday homes. "I had the idea knocking about in my portfolio, but not the images," she told us. "A competition deadline can give you focus and an impetus to try out an idea, get it out there and have it judged."<br />
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Portraiture is a comparatively new venture for Alicia, who first used self portraiture in her application portfolio for the LCC. She immediately felt it was something she wanted to do more of, and explore ways of doing differently. She explained the thought-process behind her love of the genre. "I have always loved acting and dressing up as other people, but I wanted the series to have a social commentary to it," she said, "looking at celebrity and identity. At college, I'd heard the term 'post human' used to describe the time in which we are living.<br />
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Thinking about it, there does seem to be a fragmenting process going on, and nowhere is this writ larger than in celebrity culture. If everyone is able to 'be someone', the outcome is an existential shift whereby no-one is anyone. Everyone is everyone again. Except I screw it again by doing all of the poses myself - so everyone is me, really. I guess the series is about how life is ultimately a hall of mirrors."<br />
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Alicia is currently studying for a Masters in Photography at LLC, and her background is in writing music for television. She is actively seeking commissions, collaborations and ideas which can be developed into projects.<br />
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An avid bloggers, Alicia makes good use of social media, with a website which showcases her work, a photography blog which acts as a holding place for ideas and a craft blog where she promote her other creative projects. "I am still very much at the beginning, learning my trade at the LLC" she said, "The course is demanding, intensive and exciting and I look forward to getting the most out of it. I would like exhibit, but that's not a closed ambition. At the moment I'm very much exploring potentialities and getting to know new people."<br />
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<b>Find out more </b><br />
http://www.alicialight.co.uk/<br />
http://www.shootingattheworld.com/ (photography blog)<br />
http://www.aliceinthegarden.blogspot.com/ (craft blog)Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-82778032695923104892012-04-01T18:27:00.007+01:002012-04-01T19:15:53.135+01:00Richard Bradbury Bronze Winner OF LPA Portaiture Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia03piIqYvWuC-UymM8eQpsGI4RxPNCY6XBElm-KrY2ixouGcOVS6KQuhGxohlI4y3Bc3RLGcPrjWyrreK1V6xxrsKSdduwe_V40P8d41Dd2Ue_c3uVp4EmxYhatrsELpx8w06q87hOvA/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia03piIqYvWuC-UymM8eQpsGI4RxPNCY6XBElm-KrY2ixouGcOVS6KQuhGxohlI4y3Bc3RLGcPrjWyrreK1V6xxrsKSdduwe_V40P8d41Dd2Ue_c3uVp4EmxYhatrsELpx8w06q87hOvA/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div align="center"><b> Bronze Single Image Winner</b></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><a href="http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2.php?type_f=3&fid=&user_id=3453"><b>Richard Bradbury </b></a>was awarded Bronze in the single image category of Let's Face It: 8 with his portrait of music industry heavyweight, Rob Hallett.<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">"I've entered Let's Face It several times," he told us, "and have had images in the exhibition for the past three years. I usually enter a few images which I feel represent the best work I've done that year. This particular image was shot just days before the competition deadline closed. It couldn't have been more fresh!"<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Richard told us the story behind the shoot. "I run a project called The Children of London, now in its third year. Parents can apply with an idea for a photo, I go out on location and shoot the child against a London location, put the images in the book and sell limited editions copies to raise funds for Great Ormond Street. Three copies are reserved for the Queen, the Mayor of London and the Prime Minister.<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">"One of the people who applied for their child to be featured was a guy called Rob Hallett. I recognised him as someone I'd photographed previously for AEG Live. He's President of International touring for AEG Live, and suggested I shoot a portrait of his son at Wembley Stadium. We became friends and, when he needed a corporate portrait, he came to me. The problem was that he is strongly associated with venues all over the world and couldn't favour one for his portrait. He wanted something creative, so we came up with idea of a night-time neon location, suggestive of the music scene without using a specific venue. Rob is a corporate individual but also a very big name in music, and friends with some of the world's biggest rock stars. It's a difficult line to tread, but we chose this kind of feel for his portrait."<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Richard's shot was actually produced in two parts: the Soho background was photographed over two nights as HDR images, combining five different exposures to increase the detail in the shadows and highlights, and some retouching enhanced the background. Then Rob was photographed in Richard's studio, with studio lighting mimicking the light of the outdoor image.<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">"I really like the colours and detail of this image," said Richard. "Rob has become a friend of mine, and it's always interesting to photograph a friend. It's not quite as objective as with a stranger. I wanted to give him an untouchable feel, suitable for the corporate portrait of someone in his industry and position. Even if you don't know who he is, I think this image gives the impression that this is someone you should know. The pose itself is loosely based on a portrait of James Dean walking down a New York street. Relating back to iconic images sparks a level of respect in the viewer. I'm a huge movie fan, and drama is important to me. I believe pictures should tell a story."</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
The image was shot on Richard's trusty Canon, something which he thinks would not have been the case just a few years ago. He believes the industry has been revolutionised by the growth of digital. "I started off with a 35mm camera, as you move up the levels learning about medium and large format cameras, you tend to move to them. In fact, I shot everything in medium or large format for about 15 years, and hardly ever picked up my Canon. But, thanks to the digital revolution, it's now all come back round and I shoot almost everything with 35mm these days. It's interesting that this is happening. Previously, I would never have picked up the 35mm camera for a professional job but it's now almost the only tool I use."<br />
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</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Richard has been a photographer for 25 years. He specialises in portrait photography, although he gets involved in all sorts of portraiture commissions. "Successful photography is about niche," he said. "I find photographing people endlessly fascinating, whether it's for adverts, magazines or for my book. I love it all! It's nice to be able to go to both extremes of the industry."</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
"I didn't train or assist," he told us. "I suppose I just decided to be a photographer one day. I've photographed all over the world, everything from the biggest advertising agencies to Londoners who apply for my book, and that's the way I like it to be. You need to be a lot more versatile in the current market. Budgets are shrinking, on that basis it's been an interesting and trying time. I feel it's made me a better photographer. In retrospect, maybe things were too easy 10 years ago!"</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
Richard has this advice for new or aspiring photographers: "There is a lot less work around and smaller budgets when you get it. We all need to change the way we approach our work. Take a reality check: the big budgets don't exist. Don't think it's you, because it's not. It's everyone, even the biggest photographers in the world." He advises going back to basics and remembering what drew you to the industry in the first place. "Why did you become a photographer? Go back to why you started, be innovative and create other projects so you're not completely reliant on advertising and editorial clients for revenue. I still shoot both but have had to face facts and innovate."</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
Social media is an interesting topic for Richard. "You can hang too much importance on social media, the same as any marketing. People still deal with people, no-one will employ you because of a tweet, but there's no denying they may be interested and look at you because of a tweet. You still have to give them a feeling that you understand them. Social media is important, but don't get obsessed with it, just do it. We are on Facebook (Children of London) and Twitter (@children_of_ldn) and we also send out a regular newsletter. This is something I really recommend. We get a great response from our newsletter. My advice is to keep is short, with news articles, interesting content and regular updates. And always ask people to pass it on."</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
Richard now splits himself between Children of London (childrenoflondon.co.uk, now in its third year and already raised £13,000 for Great Ormond Street) and his commercial work (rbradbury.com). A personal project he recently enjoyed was a shoot of his own daughter, Millie. The 13-year-old (whose portrait featured in last year's Let's Face It) has been signed by Storm modelling agency, and Richard shot the images for her portfolio. "A good friend of mine has an estate in Somerset," he explained. "The property in middle of the forest used to be Mr Blobby's house back in the character's heyday. It's now an incredible place, a completely overgrown theme park! We were able to get some really great shots for Millie's portfolio."</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><br />
Even after 25 years in the business, Richard firmly believes that enthusiasm is most important thing of all. "It's important to stay incredibly positive, and make sure you're doing this for the right reasons," he said. "Don't lose sight of why you wanted a vocation not a job, enjoy the photographs you take and be proud of what you've done." </div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-78378600035945194212012-04-01T18:12:00.002+01:002012-04-01T18:13:45.785+01:00Alina Gozin'a Gold Winner OF LPA Portraiture Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeC_MDrEmMxD7-T_l1QJvr1GH26OhRg0DDZpZ7t02FxJTiEwNJUG8kkf_bDCJuIv4eHy6dU2O2Uwy3RXC_6DUGS2cFkMC1458ZtSC7dPEGpAyMV1Gds-K_7SjusOnkiN6LjaEk0_YTWw/s1600/lpa_69a59187ad35b7e2683a8b4cc01f2d2c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeC_MDrEmMxD7-T_l1QJvr1GH26OhRg0DDZpZ7t02FxJTiEwNJUG8kkf_bDCJuIv4eHy6dU2O2Uwy3RXC_6DUGS2cFkMC1458ZtSC7dPEGpAyMV1Gds-K_7SjusOnkiN6LjaEk0_YTWw/s320/lpa_69a59187ad35b7e2683a8b4cc01f2d2c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><b>Gold Single Image</b></div>Top prize in the single image category of Let's Face It: 8 went to <b>Alina Gozin'a</b> the SYDNEY- BERLIN based film stills, editorial and celebrity portraiture photographer. Alina's winning portrait entitled "Monkey Business: The Infinite Monkey Theorem", showing Luke Doolan, Oscar-nominated film director, in his natural creative habitat. Alina told us more about the thought-process behind the shoot.<br />
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"Doolan likes the Infinite Monkey Theorem, which suggests that monkeys randomly banging on typewriters for an infinite amount of time would eventually produce the works of Shakespeare," she said. "In this photograph, the same idea is applied for the Australian film industry – which meant only one monkey was afforded and at mates' rates!"<br />
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Alina is a film stills and portrait photographer concentrating on photographing people in the arts. She took this image for the purpose of creating something she already had in her mind, but feels this encompasses the image to be entered into portraiture competitions. "I enjoy the calibre of entries of the Let’s Face It competition," she told us.<br />
Although both of Alina's parents were photographers, she preferred history, literature, maths and biology and never did anything creative at school. In fact, she had her heart set on a career in law and got a degree in finance and law, working for Price Waterhouse Coopers in the tax division. "Of course, a few years later, I got terribly depressed about this job and the lifestyle and discovered that what I really want to do is film," she said. ".So I went back to Uni, did a post-graduate diploma in Film Production followed by numerous short courses at the Australian Film School and Photography School and eventually started working on film sets as a film stills photographer. I started taking pictures of people I worked with on film sets: actors, directors, cinematographers, producers, costume designers and so on.<br />
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"What interests me is the story telling and therefore many of my images are rather constructed, reminiscent of film set. I like utilising the set and costume design as part of the message. I equally love the timeless essence of simple black and white portraits, with no props, no set design, just the person and their personality."<br />
Alina told us about one editorial commission which stands out in her memory. "Last year, I photographed iconic Australian actor Bryan Brown for a magazine. We could not really get through to him so it was hard to gauge which look and set up he would agree to. He arrived on set sick with the flu and not in the best of spirits. I had prepared six different looks: each had a story behind it and its own set of props. Bryan stood there with his arms crossed, dismissing every story and prop fairly quickly and boldly. Inside I was losing it, but my crew told me that I appeared calm and in control!<br />
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"The last prop was a laundry basket with bed linen. Bryan’s face lit up: he uncrossed his arms and he said: “This could work”. I said to him, “well, I got this because from what I read up on you, you are a family man, dedicated to your wife and children...” He said that was true, but revealed that for many years as a young unknown actor he had to do his own laundry on film sets, and that his Mother was a cleaner. "This prop is perfect," he declared. I knew I was going to photograph Bryan in black and white, and I had the laundry basket painted in black and white stripes.<br />
"In the end instead of the 20 min I was supposed to have with Bryan, we shot for an hour. He was only too happy to keep on shooting. We ended up with a wonderful collection of images and he sent me two complimentary tickets to the play in which he was the lead. I look back and think: what if Bryan would not have liked any of the props?<br />
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Shooting celebrities could be overwhelming if you let it be. But if you don’t, it can be a wonderful experience."<br />
Alina is now branching out into editorial work, and her goals are to shoot for magazines such as Vanity Fair, Interview, An Other Magazine, GQ, The Times and similar publications. She is directing a music clip and a short film, and shooting a number of portrait sessions with various actors as a personal project. "I am excited about all those, but of course I need to continue to generate paid commissions to fund the personal projects," she said. "So I am actively seeking commissioned work."<br />
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<b>Crew for the winning image's shoot:</b><br />
Producer - Anne Robinson<br />
Toby & Pete - Re-touchers www.tobyandpete.com<br />
Emma Wood – Stylist, represented by Reload Agency www.reloadagency.com<br />
Debbie Muller- Hair and Make-up www.debbiem.com<br />
Andrew Fearman - assistant <br />
Pascale Roux de Bezieux - Assistant <br />
Animal House (Sydney) for giving us monkey TammiKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-79573429636555292942012-01-09T15:39:00.000+00:002012-01-09T15:39:44.200+00:00London Photographic Association Competition For Portaiture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2v6mu2sWHSz96Pd4lBckbFrVU5FMPBb_KyIK2vH6zassYSq0KSLu_F8eHig9tT3KWMRhHjM_XWDwmuBWxjgwX4dxE0R1wuvHTLKUBLUJYJ0p-EtypuU-whDsGOuwVweQKxdA3GzylHs/s1600/Domonic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc2v6mu2sWHSz96Pd4lBckbFrVU5FMPBb_KyIK2vH6zassYSq0KSLu_F8eHig9tT3KWMRhHjM_XWDwmuBWxjgwX4dxE0R1wuvHTLKUBLUJYJ0p-EtypuU-whDsGOuwVweQKxdA3GzylHs/s320/Domonic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div data-mce-style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;"><em> Bronze Winner 2011 Domonic Harris - Self Portrait (fight/flight)</em></div><div data-mce-style="margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;"><strong><br />
</strong><strong>Call for entry closes on the</strong> <strong>31 January 2012</strong> - <a data-mce-href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/comp.php?coid=80&fid=0,10,14,802" data-mce-style="color: #ab796a !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/comp.php?coid=80&fid=0,10,14,802" style="color: #ab796a !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Entry details here</a>.</div><div data-mce-style="margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;">This year we have added a new category which is 'Video' talking heads, or not as the case may be. We feel that the inclusion of video is in keeping with the convergance of technology and the requirements from commercial buyers. I hope the inclusion of video will kick start photographers who 'keep meaning to' experiment with video and directing.</div><div data-mce-style="margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;">Take a look at a couple of shorts made by <a data-mce-href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards.aspx" data-mce-style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards.aspx" style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Barney Edwards</a> for inspiration - <a data-mce-href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards/liam---a-'hybrid-portrait'-an-irish-artist-on-the-russians.aspx" data-mce-style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards/liam---a-%27hybrid-portrait%27-an-irish-artist-on-the-russians.aspx" style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Liam</a> and <a data-mce-href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards/graham-fink--barney-edwards.aspx" data-mce-style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/e/barney-edwards/graham-fink--barney-edwards.aspx" style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Graham</a> along with thoughts on the 'hybrid' portrait from both technical and aesthetic aspects.</div><div data-mce-style="margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;">As always we encourage entrants to interpret the brief in the widest sense, portraying your subjects with emphasis on their identity as individuals.</div><div data-mce-style="margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: center;" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 0em; text-align: center;"><a data-mce-href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2_feat.php?type_f=2&fid=0,180&user_id=8775&ugid=131&pg=1" data-mce-style="color: #0000cc !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2_feat.php?type_f=2&fid=0,180&user_id=8775&ugid=131&pg=1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">View 2011 winners gallery</a></div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-85921086038996708652011-10-20T17:32:00.002+01:002011-10-20T18:21:28.565+01:00David Knight Shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing Prize at the National Portrait Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDCuMqJcRIAND1mZKzd-lkksBqQSYrbemGuAxzzLecpBE6JtWe25TGfbacndT_sgz9l3kD4FWtaJYKILWQ8JMeCa4wj1PftLRDawrNPHSGZx6wg8qWfTy_zKcI9oLCuNVIPm67inJ9A4/s1600/Andie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDCuMqJcRIAND1mZKzd-lkksBqQSYrbemGuAxzzLecpBE6JtWe25TGfbacndT_sgz9l3kD4FWtaJYKILWQ8JMeCa4wj1PftLRDawrNPHSGZx6wg8qWfTy_zKcI9oLCuNVIPm67inJ9A4/s320/Andie.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">David Knight’s work included in exhibition at The British National Portrait Gallery for 3rd year running</span></div><br />
David's work has for the 3rd year running been accepted for the Taylor Wessing Prize. This year David is one of the 5 short-listed finalists. The winner will be announced on 8th November.<br />
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<b>Press release from National Portrait Gallery. 17th Sept. 2011</b><br />
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David Knight was born in Oxford in 1971 and currently lives in Australia with his wife and twin boys. His portrait of 15-year-old Andie Poetschka, was commissioned by Loud for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance to raise awareness of the condition throughout Australia. Knight says ‘I wanted the portraits to be positive and to convey the kids in an uplifting way. <br />
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You don’t immediately notice Andie is in a wheelchair; you just see a beautiful young woman. The image doesn’t demand you look at it, but gently draws you in.’ This is the third year running that Knight’s work has been included in the exhibition and this is his first time on the shortlist. He began his career assisting advertising photographers in London and Oxford before working before working in Dubai on a broad range of assignments across the region. He currently works in Sydney for advertising clients but manages to devote time also to portraiture and people-orientated assignments. <br />
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<b>Sydney Morning Herald, 19th Sept. 2011. Arts & Entertainment</b><br />
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The Sydney photographer David Knight has made the shortlist for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, run by the Bristish National Portrait Gallery. Knight will compete with four other entries for the £12, 000.00 ($18, 270.00) prize. His photograph, Andie, pictured, shows 15 year old Andie Poetschka and was commissioned by Loud agency for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. “You don’t immediately notice Andie is in a wheelchair; you just see a beautiful young women” Knight says. <br />
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The judges received 6000 submissions from 2506 photographer. The winner will be announced on November 8th and Knight’s work will be among 60 portraits on exhibition from November 10.<br />
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/15/five-shortlisted-photography-award">http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/15/five-shortlisted-photography-award</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14929248">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14929248</a><br />
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<a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/profile.php?&fid=&user_id=8139">David Knight</a> is a member of the London Photographic AssociationKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-47779264938161967802011-10-08T19:09:00.000+01:002011-10-08T19:09:39.738+01:00The book ”Nepal & Mao” by Olof Jarlbro<div style="text-align: center;"><style>
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</div><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The book ”Nepal & Mao” takes us to a country in which peace was declared many years ago. But somehow there is still tension in the country. Old royalist that won’t step down from army posts, constant strikes and protests in the capital. Some regions with ethnic majorities have started to question the Maoist and Nepal’s control and to strive after their own state and independence. In Jarlbro’s third book about Nepal, he travels across the country in buses and off-road vehicles meeting Maoists at their camps in the jungle and up in mountain, following the tensions throughout the country, visiting communist rally and riots. Underneath the chaos and political standpoint, Jarlbro photographs do not reveal the soldier but the person behind the uniform.</span></span> <div class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Olof Jarlbro was born in 1978 in the town of Helsingborg, in the south of Sweden. He took up photography at the age of twenty and soon decided that he wanted to become a photographer. At the age of 22, he left Sweden and went to New York to study at the International Center of Photography, and a couple of years later he moved to Prague to study at FAMU - The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.<span> </span>He is the author of the critically acclaimed books, “The Fallen Kingdom” and the “ Stonefactory”. He is currently living in Sofia, Bulgaria working as a freelancer on longer reportages and photographic projects.</span></span></div><div class="BasicParagraph" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20pt; margin-bottom: 20pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="SV" style="color: #343434;"><b>Nepal & Mao. Photographs and text by Olof Jarlbro. Rough Dog Press, 2011. 149 pp., 78 black & white illustrations, 15×21 cm. Duetone, Hardcover.</b></span></span></div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-71689275323126073982011-10-05T17:58:00.000+01:002011-10-05T17:58:19.211+01:00‘London Independent Photography’s 23nd Annual Exhibition’: 18 - 29.10.11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ALZkH3NlGjwo7rt92m8q9l8LZiCJ0WoEbCbWa9d9Cviyf4VGCfOk0F4OZ5sxMkRGm9R9poIBeIWZuxy63QMwfkzdoxM43rsGDajGGdcUekni7iWg5zEDRdjmD10UEbiUEBVbYvbQmXQ/s1600/Aurelien_Hairdressers_Astrid.Schulz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ALZkH3NlGjwo7rt92m8q9l8LZiCJ0WoEbCbWa9d9Cviyf4VGCfOk0F4OZ5sxMkRGm9R9poIBeIWZuxy63QMwfkzdoxM43rsGDajGGdcUekni7iWg5zEDRdjmD10UEbiUEBVbYvbQmXQ/s320/Aurelien_Hairdressers_Astrid.Schulz.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
London Photographic Association member Astrid Schulz is very proud to announce that four of her images from the series ‘Hairdressers’ have been selected for the LIP members show.<br />
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The LIP Annual Exhibition aims to provide a platform for members to exhibit their best work, to be viewed by each other and the general public. This time the selection process was conducted by individual professionals (Bridget Coaker, picture editor at Guardian Newspaper Group & Director of Troika Editions and Mick Williamson, head of photography at London Metropolitan University), who are connected to London's photographic community.<br />
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Venue: The Strand Gallery (Proud Central)<br />
32 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6BP<br />
Showtime: 18.10.10 - 29.10.10<br />
Opening times: Monday – Saturday: 11am – 7pm<br />
Sunday: 11am - 6pm<br />
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‘Hairdressers’ is inspired by the novel Egalia's Daughters in which the protagonists swapped gender based roles. I am questioning our perception on what is regarded as ‘normal’ and what is ‘abnormal’. The models look ridiculous because we do not expect men to go through such treatments, but for women of our society this is perfectly normal. Just wondering: perhaps it’s time for men to get emancipated?<br />
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The series of twelve can be seen at: http://www.astridschulz.com/hairdressers/Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-24108406594533963032011-09-19T23:26:00.001+01:002011-09-19T23:27:29.729+01:00Astrid Schulz : 'Kate's Journal': Solo Show 17.10 – 22.10.11<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>'Kate's Journal': Solo Show 17.10 – 22.10.11</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Commemorating 'Breast Cancer Awareness Month' in October <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Portrait photographer<b> Astrid Schulz</b> is exhibiting a series of 15 images, showing a personal story of the different stages of breast cancer treatment - in the most positive way possible!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The show takes place from 17 - 22 October 2011 at 'The Underground Gallery', The Strand, Charing Cross Underground Station Exit 9, London WC2N 4HZ</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The exhibition is also featuring talks and special events on breast cancer (see below). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Opening party:</b> Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 6.00 – 8.30pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Evening talk:</b> 'How to rebuild your confidence in style', Wednesday, 19 October, 6.00 – 8.30pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Afternoon talk:</b> 'Emotional support for patients and their next of kin', Thursday, 20 October, 2.00 – 4.30pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Free photo session for breast cancer patients: Saturday, 22 October, 12.00 – 6.00pm</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">Kate’s comment on her images:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">'Kate’s Journal’ is a series of portraits that tells my recent journey through breast cancer treatment with a sensitive combination of honesty and subtlety. Astrid has captured my story with great compassion without using any imagery of inherent shock value, in other words, without direct reference to my illness. In this way the viewer senses rather than sees its impact. This is going to be a compelling exhibition with the intention of leaving others empowered and giving a sense of hope to those who undergo life-changing illnesses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">More background information about 'Kate's Journal' can be found on the <a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox2_feat.php?type_f=2&user_id=612&ugid=147&fid=0,180">LPA Featured Gallery. </a></span></div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-23009786633217939312011-06-24T11:34:00.000+01:002011-06-24T11:34:24.424+01:00Sophia Wallace Wins 'The Curator' Photography Awards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEouy1b8mshzBY2EUfiHiFIsGFESbrx1Q7C7dqD11NXUnSRngO18hOkN_qZOaonle10QJh1l6UfTD_hfZUCaYna6y40_DCh9oaGfVa42IQeVvbveg20ZTRddSQcy8Yo1ahxR-jbQP4Ck/s1600/curatorpromo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcEouy1b8mshzBY2EUfiHiFIsGFESbrx1Q7C7dqD11NXUnSRngO18hOkN_qZOaonle10QJh1l6UfTD_hfZUCaYna6y40_DCh9oaGfVa42IQeVvbveg20ZTRddSQcy8Yo1ahxR-jbQP4Ck/s320/curatorpromo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sophia Wallace Wins 'The Curator' Photography Awards</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>My series <a href="http://www.sophiawallace.com/?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">Modern Dandy </a>is winner of ‘<a href="http://www.pdngallery.com/contests/curator/2011/?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">The Curator</a>’, an award for outstanding and undiscovered fine art photography in the category portrait/nude. Four large scale works from the series will be exhibited at Milk Gallery and are published in the July Issue of PDN Magazine. Please mark your calendars for a fabulous opening party on Thursday, July 14th at the posh Milk Gallery. I'll also be celebrating my 33rd birthday that evening. For those based in NYC, I'd be delighted to see you. RSVP is required.<br />
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The Curator</b><br />
Opening Party: Thursday, July 14, 6PM<br />
On view: July 7- July 17<br />
Milk Gallery<br />
450 West 15th Street (btwn 9th & 10 Ave)<br />
New York, NY 10011<br />
RSVP: info@sophiawallace.com<br />
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<b>Upcoming Exhibitions</b><br />
On Beauty will be shown in <a href="http://www.kunsthallewien.at/cgi-bin/event/event.pl?id=4199&lang=en&utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">No fashion, please</a> with Erwin Olaf, Alex Prager, Philip-Lorca di-Corcia, Bruce Weber and others at KUNSTHALLE Wein Musuem in Vienna, Austria <br />
On view: Nov 11, 2011 – January 22 2011<br />
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<b>Reviews</b><br />
Sm{art}: Sophia Wallace: <a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/blogs/smart?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">Not your Typical Fashion Shoot</a>, Bitch Magazine Blog – June 2011<br />
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<b>Publications</b><br />
Modern Dandy in <a href="http://phhfineart.com/IdentitiesNow.html?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">Identities Now</a> Book by Peter Halbert Fine Art – December 2011<br />
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Seven page feature in <a href="http://www.gupmagazine.com/portfolios/88-berlin-lookbook?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=1bf240d15b-CuratorWinner_June2220116_21_2011&utm_medium=email">GUP Magazine ‘Issue 029</a>’ an art photography guide based in Amsterdam, Netherlands – April 2011<br />
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<a href="http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/profile.php?&fid=&user_id=10253">Sophia's LPA Folio</a>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-72705258621085417572011-06-15T17:49:00.006+01:002011-06-15T23:02:38.019+01:0040 Years & More In The Taking - A Retrospective Of John Thornton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6taTZjD65EB7RuIrkqRQplVCBb2tq71FCRNlSiBqf0SsUqyXAbxpm2efW_-sxPzaUKEDViftS-x5aezm4SArvNeqNmxKaJe49NINFNFMu-orpKKqwVFtExnh7bpS7A74WkecC0NxSRg/s1600/72dpi+ohms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6taTZjD65EB7RuIrkqRQplVCBb2tq71FCRNlSiBqf0SsUqyXAbxpm2efW_-sxPzaUKEDViftS-x5aezm4SArvNeqNmxKaJe49NINFNFMu-orpKKqwVFtExnh7bpS7A74WkecC0NxSRg/s320/72dpi+ohms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: center;"> 40 Years & More In The Taking<br />
A Retrospective Of Photographic Images<br />
By <br />
John Thornton</h3><div style="text-align: left;">This retrospective of John Thornton's advertising and personal work is really worth seeing , a mixture of humour and good old fashioned 'ideas' jump off the walls at you. I was particularly impressed with the quality of printing, especially the B/W silver bromides made by Mr Bell. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">You can read the very amusing 'History Of John Thornton' on the LPA website along with The Provenance Of 300 Voyers one of his most celebrated images.<br />
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There are numerous other stories about John Thornton, and where he came from, some claim he was found as a baby floating on a bamboo raft off Australia, and was brought up by aborigines, and they taught him photography, all we know that his images are truly unique. Don’t miss them at his retrospective in Soho, London in June. <b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Reading Room </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">65 - 66 Frith Street Soho London SW1D 3JR</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">6 June - 15th July</span></b></div>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-31361050292880603882011-06-08T11:04:00.003+01:002011-06-08T11:08:12.867+01:00Linda Lieberman Exhibition At La Corte Arte Contemporanea Gallery Florence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpFqJ9Q3j0Mr9E2AkX4oMBUfRVbtbwy5ZRnlz7S14gkHylDEtlrqJJCHIfuK0YG0N6vTpQO5dDGSnt1eURzUREIDJmRZTFBiEdKAb50pm8hk7siYbgeiFvNdCYHUKFF8eztjECd_Daes/s1600/Souls+Passing01+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpFqJ9Q3j0Mr9E2AkX4oMBUfRVbtbwy5ZRnlz7S14gkHylDEtlrqJJCHIfuK0YG0N6vTpQO5dDGSnt1eURzUREIDJmRZTFBiEdKAb50pm8hk7siYbgeiFvNdCYHUKFF8eztjECd_Daes/s320/Souls+Passing01+copy.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br />
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</b></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Linda Lieberman's SOLO SHOW ‘A Sea of Awareness' taking place in Florence has been extended until </span></b></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">30 June 2011</span></b></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>LINDA LIEBERMAN<br />
A SEA OF AWARENESS - UN MARE DI CONSAPEVOLEZZA<br />
CURATED BY SIMONA CAVALIERE</b></div><br />
I'm delighted to invite you to my photographic solo exhibition "<b>A Sea of Awareness</b>" on show in Florence at La Corte Arte Contemporanea Gallery from May 27th until June 30th 2011.<br />
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This event would provide the visitor with the opportunity of experiencing the vibrant artistic spirit of a beautiful Renaissance town combined with some intense and fascinating photography, as well as participating in the cultural debate on the threats nature faces every day and reflecting upon the awareness of how our every day actions affect the environment. This exhibition marks the opening of a forthcoming programme of artistic exchanges between London and Florence: selected artists will be invited to show their work, enhancing the cultural bonds between arts institutions and creative people from the 2 countries.<br />
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<b>Linda Lieberman: A Sea of Awareness</b><br />
27 May - 30 June 2011 <br />
Opening Reception: Friday 27 May 2011 - 6 - 9pm <br />
Galleria La Corte Arte Contemporanea <br />
Via de' Coverelli 27/R Firenze <br />
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 1pm, 4 - 7pm<br />
RSVP: <br />
info@futureforthearts.co.uk <br />
+39 331 5216741<br />
+44 7717 269 796<br />
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<a href="http://www.futureforthearts.co.uk/">http://www.futureforthearts.co.uk/</a><br />
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Scottish photographer Linda Lieberman's solo show explores and stimulates social, economic and environmental sustainability towards more respectful and environmentally-aware behaviour. Linda creates intense black and white sculpture-like images peering into the indissoluble bond between nature and man, drawing inspiration from the constant climate change and the dramatic challenges nature faces.<br />
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Woman is sea and sea is woman: Linda photographs woman as the sea, the softness of the sea foam, the curves of the waves, the jagged edges of fish become one with the body of the woman. She shows us the special relationship between the sea and woman. Woman is the creator of life, the feeder of the world, the comforter - she gives and gives and gives, just as the sea is evolution, giving generously and unendingly.<br />
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It is an honour for me to be invited to Italy to showcase my work. As this is major European exhibition for me please do pass on the details to anyone you may think of living or visiting Florence.<br />
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Lots of love<br />
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LindaKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-66307777567294912302011-05-26T12:53:00.001+01:002011-05-26T12:58:21.231+01:00Astrid Schulz Invites You To The: Guernsey Photography Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHgOfvdzZihxKgpL6kG3dFe04ES_szMPetKJvMeP-mxq8xRUrDhmGkNie5NLSiYn6QGhV-3ImI3SMH5tfbAo5-gAfPtjSFZLbGbDj1H8yev4YxUNwMptpsgk_sl-M2Bu-Ej0Y0v1eWZE/s1600/astrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHgOfvdzZihxKgpL6kG3dFe04ES_szMPetKJvMeP-mxq8xRUrDhmGkNie5NLSiYn6QGhV-3ImI3SMH5tfbAo5-gAfPtjSFZLbGbDj1H8yev4YxUNwMptpsgk_sl-M2Bu-Ej0Y0v1eWZE/s320/astrid.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">INVITATION:</span> Guernsey Photography Festival </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000;">From 01.06 - 31.06.11</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Group show and digital image installation 'Over the Hill'</b><br />
<b>by Tim Andrews</b></div><br />
Tim Andrew’s project ‘Over the Hill’ is now traveling globally. Firstly to the 2nd Guernsey Photography Festival, where Tim’s images are on display alongside exhibitions and lectures by renowned international photographers.<br />
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<b>Astrid’s contribution to this compelling project is her image 'Wanted', which is depicting Tim's love for acting, cinema visits and his childhood dream of being a cowboy...</b><br />
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<b>Festival opening event: Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 6pm - 8pm,<br />
at Guernsey's Market Square</b><br />
Guernsey exhibition venue: The Rotunda, Royal Avenue, St Peter Port<br />
Opening times: Monday to Saturday, 10am - 5pm<br />
Admission: Free<br />
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And secondly: as a result of the Impact Art Fair, a small selection of <b>the project has been invited to a festival in</b> <b>Berlin:</b> Long Night of Pictures (2 July 2011, from 4pm – midnight). The images will be exhibited until 12 July 2011.<br />
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<b>Opening event: Saturday, 2 July 2011, 5pm - 8pm</b><br />
Berlin venue: Allee-Center (Einkaufszentrum), Landsberger Allee, 13055 Alt-Hohenschönhausen, Germany.<br />
Opening times: Monday - Saturday, 9am - 8pm<br />
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To find out more about this project, please visit Tim's blog <b>'<a href="http://timandrewsoverthehill.blogspot.com/">Over the Hill</a>'</b><br />
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With best wishes,<br />
Astrid<br />
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Astrid Schulz Photography - home page:<a href="http://www.astridschulz.com/"> www.astridschulz.com</a>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-62460525434417221972011-05-24T16:15:00.001+01:002011-05-24T16:24:24.602+01:00What Constitutes A 'Limited Edition' Set Of Photographs?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS02d7vbVVXF77l5JCDGlXyzXIGqub2qZ3ZocAlDvRGvLqD2AvVfyK4nPLXddKQJECDzp4b4TUybPkLJ9nmFnXaC5GUOvqt0SyvHkejMmNidIJ6ahAzjjJw1wS25iQlB3cTabDIjeof4o/s1600/Karan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS02d7vbVVXF77l5JCDGlXyzXIGqub2qZ3ZocAlDvRGvLqD2AvVfyK4nPLXddKQJECDzp4b4TUybPkLJ9nmFnXaC5GUOvqt0SyvHkejMmNidIJ6ahAzjjJw1wS25iQlB3cTabDIjeof4o/s320/Karan.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Limited Edition? Are you sure?<br />
What do you think constitutes a 'limited edition' set of photographs? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it the image or the print sizes?</span></div><br />
We think it should be the' image' that is being sold in a 'limited edition'.<br />
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At Gallery 1839, edition sizes always refer to the total number of prints of any size available from that image e.g if the edition size is 15 and that number is indicated against each of the available sizes, only 15 prints in 'total' will be printed regardless of the sizes of prints ordered.<br />
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We are very happy to work with photographers who have editions in other galleries or are personally selling the same prints but we will only sell those pictures as 'open editions'.<br />
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We feel that gaining the trust of buyers / collectors is imperative and as we all know, gaining a reputation is not something that happens overnight.<br />
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More importantly if we want 'photography' to be taken seriously as a 'collectable' which I am sure we all do, the 'limited edition' has to trusted. <br />
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Gallery 1839 is part of the London Photographic Association <br />
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<a href="http://www.gallery1839.com/site/search_a2.php?vwid=304&orig_ord=12&pg=1">Photography by Karan Kapoor</a> <i>Goan Brothers</i> <br />
<h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kevin O'Connor - LPA</span></h2><h2><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold"; font-size: 16pt;">‘PARKINSON PHOTOGRAPHS </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold"; font-size: 16pt;">THE AGE OF INNOCENCE’</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold";">A new exhibition including rare and previously unseen photographs of children by British photographer Norman Parkinson (1913 – 1990),</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold";">at Dimbola Lodge, Isle of Wight, 8 April – 3 July 2011.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold";">Curated by author Fay Weldon and the Angela Williams Archive.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">Legendary British photographer Norman Parkinson operated in a world of high fashion, shooting for Vogue and Queen magazines in the 1950s and 1960s, but he was also drawn to the carefree innocence of children, capturing a lost era when childhood was an optimistic and untarnished experience. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">Curated by Norman Parkinson archivist and his former assistant, Angela Williams, and the author Fay Weldon, a new exhibition of Parkinson’s images of childhood, ‘Age of Innocence’, offers a fresh insight into his development as an artist and his eclectic choice of subjects. The former home of the Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight, is the setting for this first themed exhibition created by the Angela Williams Archive with text by Fay Weldon.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">In her introduction to the catalogue, Fay Weldon writes: “Parkinson, like his confreres Bailey, Duffy and Donovan, is mostly known for his spectacular fashion photography, but as with these other great photographers, ‘the fashion shoot’ was only a part of their work. That was what earned them money: not necessarily what most satisfied the keen aesthetic eye of the photographer. In this particular collection of images, all relating one way or another to childhood, Parkinson combines the techniques of photojournalism – catch the moment as it flies – à la Cartier Bresson and Lartigue, with an Irving Penn-like sense of formality. The child is casual, the picture instant, yet the form severely composed. And look for the gremlin – Parkinson complained there was always one in his camera – which sometimes subverts his earnest intentions, and simply entertains.”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">Angela Williams, says: “<span style="color: black;">Parkinson was enchanted by the energy and spirit of children before they were burdened by maturity, and in Louis Baring’s book, A Very British Glamour, he described hiding by a twisted mulberry tree at the end of his Grandfather’s garden as a 12 year-old boy, when he would peer through the criss-cross wooden fence into the garden next door, captivated by the vision of frolicking girls: ‘girls with loose dresses and a minimum of underclothes running fawnlike everywhere’ or ‘lying around the lawn with languorous ease’. It was these memories, which, alongside his passionate enthusiasm for Julia Cameron’s images of children portraying a romantic innocence, that inspired his own work in this genre. Parkinson recalled: ‘When I picked up my camera years later, I photographed the memories of those well observed weekend girls I had seen through the fence’.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt;"><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">The exhibition will feature a number of rare Parkinson silver prints taken between 1950 and 1965, some of which have never been exhibited before. All are original, unique and highly collectable prints. Many of the images first appeared in fashion spreads or advertising in magazines of the day, including Vogue. The exhibition will also feature <span style="color: #2a2a2a;">vintage prints from the 1979 book, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Georgia Italic"; font-size: 11pt;">Sisters under the Skin</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;">, including previously unseen images of Stella McCartney as a child. </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Georgia Bold"; font-size: 11pt;">NOTES FOR EDITORS:</span></b></div>The Age of Innocence’ runs from 8 April – 3 July 2011 at: Dimbola Lodge Museum, Terrace Lane, Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight. Tel: 01983 756814 www.dimbola.co.uk<br />
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The Angela Williams Archive is a collection of vintage prints by Norman Parkinson, 1950 – 1964. The AWA regularly curates exhibitions and engages in a range of projects to promote Parkinson’s contribution to British photography and to preserve his legacy for future generations. For further information visit: www.angelawilliamsarchive.com<br />
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From 1945 to 1960 Norman Parkinson was employed as a portrait and fashion photographer for Vogue. From 1960 to 1964 he was an Associate Contributing Editor of Queen magazine. From 1964 until his death in 1990 he worked as a freelance photographer.<br />
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For further information, interview opportunities or images, contact Angela Williams on tel: 01373 812290 or email: angelawilliamsbathuk@btinternet.com</div><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
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</span>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-31788847882792869542011-02-04T13:14:00.001+00:002011-02-04T13:15:36.546+00:00Art Babes Exhibition - Daan Samson & Jeronimus van Pelt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3TzSGBK0HBEaAMihyphenhyphen0DVk51CcsbPimSsjaHqYm-v38VWvoSkaIA4pgPAolG7Fg9gmNYSszr0H7ckal-Cy_ahTzScOsvGutAE0txCz7fKFb1h3ihbRybAzYkZdO6VScPfInmQ99HF0XU/s1600/AB_Nat_Muller-475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3TzSGBK0HBEaAMihyphenhyphen0DVk51CcsbPimSsjaHqYm-v38VWvoSkaIA4pgPAolG7Fg9gmNYSszr0H7ckal-Cy_ahTzScOsvGutAE0txCz7fKFb1h3ihbRybAzYkZdO6VScPfInmQ99HF0XU/s320/AB_Nat_Muller-475.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>A titillating photo series in confusing times </b></i></span></div><br />
In a Holland that seems to be at political boiling point and from within an art world that doubts its own identity, upcoming artist Daan Samson and renowned photographer <a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/profile.php?user_id=10343">Jeronimus van Pelt</a> felt the need to surround themselves with only their most vigorous fellow art world inhabitants. In collaboration with the illustrious art gallery TORCH they present a photo series of the most delectable babes in the contemporary field of art. Eight female curators, theorists, artists, critics, museum directors and other art related women have agreed to be portrayed as sexual beings. <br />
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The woman as an inspiring muse is a recurrent theme in Western art history. Welfare artist Daan Samson invited photographer Jeronimus van Pelt to explore and interpret this timeless fascination together with him. What followed was a probing search for the female beauties within the contemporary field of art. At exhibition openings and art do's they approached only the most ravishing art professionals. Likewise, on social network sites like Facebook only the cutest art hotties were invited to pose as objects of desire. <br />
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Thanks to the technically immaculately prepared photo shoots by Jeronimus van Pelt and the inspired styling by fashion guru Margreeth Olsthoorn the participating art women were presented with a setting in which they could break out of their culturally defined corsets. Freed from intellectual representational expectations these eight trendsetting Art Babes revealed themselves to be alluring sex kittens, captured in seductive centrefold poses as if they were experienced models. These ladies evidently feel at home in the carefully arranged ambiance of five-star hotels, fine wines, tastefully decorated lofts and the couture of internationally acknowledged designers. <br />
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The Art Babes project is a highly sophisticated comment on both the security and insecurity of our day and age, thus confronting the current art field with its own vanity by holding up an exquisitely designed mirror. The artist and the photographer themselves also flirt quite openly with notions of success and social prestige as this project questions existing structures, and does so with much bravura. As if they intend to approach one of the main sponsors of Art Rotterdam, one of the Art Babes was photographed in the shiny new illy corner of a Dutch art museum.<br />
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<b>Art Babes <a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/lightbox1_feat.php?type_f=2&fid=0&user_id=10343&ugid=125&ord_f=1"><i>LPA Featured Exhibition</i></a></b><br />
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<b>ART BABES</b><br />
by Daan Samson & Jeronimus van Pelt<br />
A project @ ART ROTTERDAM 2011<br />
Represented by: TORCH Gallery (Amsterdam) / Booth no. 42<br />
Director: Mo van der HaveKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-67729927834768410752011-01-28T18:28:00.000+00:002011-01-28T18:28:57.068+00:00‘Over the Hill’: A Photographic Journey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLZEAyn73giKv3VVL1F2-z6dqRMByHir26bAoGATXv-y_kdRyV_9wF77XrCZsW9daVQzROMoeKWzEaX6g8njOgvMRc6zrXvs9sxM6nMl6eC6X9ft6CfI6Rgf57VR4nvEkLOQq74eifEY/s1600/Astrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvLZEAyn73giKv3VVL1F2-z6dqRMByHir26bAoGATXv-y_kdRyV_9wF77XrCZsW9daVQzROMoeKWzEaX6g8njOgvMRc6zrXvs9sxM6nMl6eC6X9ft6CfI6Rgf57VR4nvEkLOQq74eifEY/s320/Astrid.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<b>Group show from 01.02 – 27.02.11</b><br />
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This exhibition is in fact a photographic digital installation, instigated by Tim Andrews, who suffers from Parkinson's disease. He had the urge to be seen through the eyes of over 100 photographers since the onset of his illness. The impressive list of top photographers includes Rankin, Harry Borden, Vanessa Winship & Steve Bloom (who's image of Tim became a finalist at the Taylor Wessing prize, National Portrait Gallery).<br />
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Astrid’s contribution to this compelling compilation is the image 'Wanted: Tim Andrews', which is exploring Tim's love for acting, cinema visits and his childhood dream of being a cowboy...<br />
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The venue: The Lightbox, Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4AA<br />
Opening times: 1. February — 27. February<br />
Tuesday to Saturday: 10.30am - 5.00pm<br />
Sunday: 11.00am - 5.00pm, Monday: closed<br />
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This exhibition is raising money for the charity organization Parkinson’s UK. If you are not able to visit but would like to make a donation, you may do so by logging on to<a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Tim-Andrews2-OvertheHill"> www.justgiving.com/Tim-Andrews2-OvertheHill</a><br />
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If you want to find out more about the show, please visit <a href="http://thelightbox.org/whatson/febuary2011/overthehillaphotographicjourney">the lightbox.com</a><br />
Sent by <a href="http://www.london-photographic-association.com/site/profile.php?user_id=612">Astrid Schulz </a>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-40655611820632601382011-01-06T17:28:00.000+00:002011-01-06T17:28:08.053+00:00LPA Diary Dates for early 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69chSAAsEl2zbYtrf37WnHJwtJI56lO2T5zQc8yrUhdlPmD_8avlm68YLXTDRjNx-_djuD96Mj-we0qmvbHnOVMNFexgP-iK4rNSJHhouK1HiNWVyLRrY-o9W_Jf5VCWFOWYjd2CrrgM/s1600/LPA+Newsletter+banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69chSAAsEl2zbYtrf37WnHJwtJI56lO2T5zQc8yrUhdlPmD_8avlm68YLXTDRjNx-_djuD96Mj-we0qmvbHnOVMNFexgP-iK4rNSJHhouK1HiNWVyLRrY-o9W_Jf5VCWFOWYjd2CrrgM/s320/LPA+Newsletter+banner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some important dates for the first quarter of 2011</span></b></div><br />
You will see that we are running a competition on the LPA movingPicture website for Best Usage of Music in Production. This is open to photographers as well as film / video makers, this is an ideal platform to show off your multi media talents. If you have any questions please ask.<br />
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Please note that we have three very interesting judges for our portraiture awards to whom I am very grateful. This is an oportunity to get your work in front of them, and a chance for them to find new talent. <br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">Exhibitions</b><b> </b><br />
<b>Nick Alcock 'Worlds'</b><br />
Private view on Thursday 27th January 2011 at the Assembly Rooms Soho.<br />
Exhibition runs until 28th February 2011<br />
<b><a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/pages.php?fid=0,182,742&rpf=0&mid=742&selname=Nick_Alcock&utm_source=Sign-Up.to&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=224438-LPA+January+2011+Newsletter">Nick won gold</a></b> in our urbanscape competition with a single image from this series.<br />
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<b>Let's Face It 7</b> portraiture awards winners and finalists private view 31st March 2011 at the Assembly Rooms Soho. Exhibition is supported by a <b>catalogue</b> - runs until 30th April 2011.<br />
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<b style="color: #990000;">Competitions</b><b> </b><b> </b><br />
<b>Let's Face It 7</b> the portrait competition Entry closes 31st January 2011 - <b>exhibition and catalogue</b> - <b><a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/comp.php?coid=77&fid=0,10,14,757&utm_source=Sign-Up.to&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=224438-LPA+January+2011+Newsletter">ENTRY DETAILS HERE</a></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Confirmed Judges</span></b><br />
<b>Francine Holdgate </b>Head of BBC Pictures TV Music and BBC Radio.<br />
<b>Alex Robinson</b> Deputy Picture Editor on the New Zealand Herald, the country’s biggest daily newspaper.<br />
<b>Nick Hall </b>Picture Editor at the Independent. <br />
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<b>Still Life 5</b> entry opens on the 10th January. The LPA is delighted to honour this long tradition. We encourage both classic styles and new ideas which may stretch the notion of 'Still Life Photography'. Entry closes Wednesday 6th April 2011<br />
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</a></div><b>LPA movingPictures Awards For Best Usage of Music in Production</b> - <b><a href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/c/lpa-music-competition/track-one---black-hole---total-run-time-of-0140.aspx?utm_source=Sign-Up.to&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=224438-LPA+January+2011+Newsletter">ENTRY DETAILS HERE</a></b><br />
Closing date for entries 31st March 2011<br />
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Final chapters of our interview with <b><a href="http://www.lpa-movingpictures.com/members-directory/i/lpa-movingpictures-interviews/david-graham-scott---introduction.aspx">David Graham Scott</a></b>, are now online - 4. Detox or die 5. Integrity & authorship 6. Exploitation & 'Dirty Digger'. David is a controversial Glasgow-based documentary filmmaker and inspirational public speaker on drug addiction. His highly authored films are unique visions of the world he inhabits and the offbeat characters he encounters.Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6118612538504672849.post-68429843636521153722010-12-03T17:28:00.002+00:002010-12-03T17:30:22.331+00:00Invite From Artist Sophia Wallace - NYC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWq5elYfk6HYfRiN62BrJECwDVNshyphenhyphenUaP-BWHIddOY5dscKE1y6vGJLPbr6XLlHwOt4zO_IOUwj3YrHnGL56dqZSNDgCmBMIpqBm_1rDqIivaywhTTB2dV7qkv_-WdPTCCYKbUbOSQ46E/s1600/truer1-+crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWq5elYfk6HYfRiN62BrJECwDVNshyphenhyphenUaP-BWHIddOY5dscKE1y6vGJLPbr6XLlHwOt4zO_IOUwj3YrHnGL56dqZSNDgCmBMIpqBm_1rDqIivaywhTTB2dV7qkv_-WdPTCCYKbUbOSQ46E/s320/truer1-+crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #990000; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From Sophia Wallace NYC</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please join me at two exciting events. For a quicker read, I've started with a high level summary followed by full descriptions. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><b>December 8</b> - <b><a href="http://www.sophiawallacephotography.com/truer/index.php?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=f2fb284d84-SL_Auction_Open_Studio11_30_2010&utm_medium=email">Truer</a></b> in the <b><a href="http://network.slideluckpotshow.com/forum/topics/nyc-fundraiser?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=f2fb284d84-SL_Auction_Open_Studio11_30_2010&utm_medium=email">Slideluck Auction Benefit</a> </b>at Sandbox Studio in Tribeca. <br />
<b>December 10 & 11</b> - OPEN STUDIO New work and moving to a spacious, daylight studio in Sunset Park is the occasion for this event. Please join me, for large prints, wine and cheese.<br />
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<b>Slideluck Auction Fundraiser</b> Why attend?<b> The Party</b> For those who don’t know Slideluck, their parties are known to overflow with the some of the brightest stars in the industry. Sotheby's will run the live auction which features almost 50 works. Bron Imaging is providing a mistletoe photobooth.<br />
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<b>The Artists </b>The list of artists who are donating work for this auction is truly phenomenal, a short list includes Elinor Carucci, Phillip Toledano, Jan Von Holleben, Vincent Laforet, Andrew Hetherington, Ruben Natal-San Miguel and more, <b><a href="http://network.slideluckpotshow.com/photo/albums/slideluck-nyc-auction-preview?utm_source=Friends+and+Colleagues+in+the+Arts&utm_campaign=f2fb284d84-SL_Auction_Open_Studio11_30_2010&utm_medium=email">auction preview here</a></b>.<br />
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<b>The Food</b> Speaking to the foodies now, Slideluck is known for combining a serious passion for photography with a hard core appreciation of culinary delights. 7 underground supper clubs are serving locally sourced dinner and dessert. Wine will be poured by the Noble Rot and for the beer drinkers, know that Brooklyn Brewery is in full support. Now to the most important part. <b>The Cause</b>.<br />
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<b>Youth Empowerment through Photography</b> Proceeds from this event will go to the organization and their Youth Initiative which works nationally and globally to empower underprivileged kids through photography and multimedia storytelling. As a kid growing up in Seattle, I was personally transformed by youth empowerment programs. In college, I then discovered documentary film-making. From there, my whole life changed. I know firsthand how monumental it can be to gain access to these tools. In telling my own story, my world opened up. I have always been troubled by the elitist implications of the cost of being an image maker. I worry about the artists who will never get near a gallery or a magazine assignment simply because the financial barrier– without our intervention–is insurmountable. How amazing to have an opportunity to support an organization that disrupts this model. What stories will these young people tell us? What artists will emerge from their ranks? Join the fun and purchase a ticket. <br />
VIP Cocktail Reception & Event: $250 Event: $125<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: #990000;">You are invited to my open studio </b></span><br />
My partner and I recently moved into a beautiful loft with a spacious daylight studio in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We’ve finally finished setting up and now invite you to stop by to see large prints from my recent shows and more. Wine, cheese, and crudité will be provided. I also serve up a mean cup of coffee. <br />
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<b>RSVP is required.</b><br />
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<b>OPEN STUDIO</b><br />
Dec. 10 & 11 Friday and Saturday 1pm-7pm<br />
<b>RSVP: </b> infoATsophiawallace.com<br />
360 39th Street, Suite 1<br />
Brooklyn, NY 11232<br />
Express Trains: D, N to 36 street<br />
BQE: Exit at 39 St<br />
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<a href="http://london-photographic-association.com/site/profile.php?&fid=&user_id=10253"><b>Sophia Wallace LPA folio</b></a><br />
Photograph by Sophia Wallace from the series <i>Truer</i>Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17817694479219279645noreply@blogger.com0