LPA Let's Face It 6 - Portraiture Competition Winners

LET’S FACE IT 6
The Picture-Perfect Portraiture Exhibition at the 2010 LPA Awards

A throng of admirers of commercial and fine-art photography celebrated some world class portraiture at the ‘Let’s Face It 6’ exhibition by the London Photographic Association on 31st March.

They packed the Assembly Rooms gallery space in Soho, London’s quintessential media-and-entertainment district, to honour winners of the 2010 LPA Awards at the sixth edition of the annual competition.

• THE WINNERS

The winners of the series category are:

Peter Adams - UK Gold series winner - interview


Eric White - USA Silver series winner - interview

Abel Ruiz de León Trespando - Spain Bronze series winner - interview

The winners of the single category are:



Nina Contini Melis - Spain Gold single image winner - interview

Nino Gehrig - UK Silver single image winner - interview

Zak Waters - UK Bronze single image winner - interview



Also commended were the excellent portraits by another 14 entrants. And the LPA would also like to highlight the participation of another 14 finalists.

• WHERE TO SEE LET’S FACE IT 6

Portraits by the winners and commended photographers were on display at the Assembly Rooms exhibition on 31st March. At the same event, attendees were also treated to the complete series submitted by the winners and the commended contestants via a slide show on a large screen.

The exhibition at the Assembly Rooms continues until 29th May.

An online gallery of the winners, the commended and the finalists’ portraits, plus exclusive interviews with the Gold, Silver and Bronze victors, can be accessed on the LPA website. Click here.

• YOUR OWN PERSONAL COPY OF THE EXHIBITION

A premium-quality catalogue featuring the complete entries submitted by the winners, the commended entrants and the finalists was kindly sponsored by Blurb, the international online book publisher. Each exhibiting photographer and the award’s judges will receive a free copy.

You can also purchase your own, for the non-profit price of £29.95 each, directly from Blurb’s website.

• LPA FOUNDER KEVIN O’CONNOR COMMENTS

“The LPA's raison d’être is to assist photographers to market themselves by gaining awareness in a very crowded marketplace. And running regular competitions is a great way of doing this,” says Kevin O’Connor, the LPA’s founder and the exhibition’s curator.

“The competitions give us the opportunity to show off the winners and their works through our numerous outlets: online galleries, published interviews, exhibition displays, and published catalogues.

“We then network this information through our social-networking platforms (including Facebook and Twitter) so that most of the planet will get to know our photographers’ output; it doesn’t get much cooler than this.”

• GUESTS AT THE LPA AWARDS

The full-house exhibition on 31 March was attended by a host of LPA members and supporters, including established photographers, new talent, photographers’ agents, image buyers from the BBC, The Times newspaper and stock-photography giant Corbis, and journalists.

Moreover, an interactive element was added as a TV-production crew followed LPA member Richard Bradbury, who was being filmed for a programme about his very special book project to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital called The Children Of London 2010.

• HOP HOUSE’S IN-DEMAND DESIGN

The LPA would like to thank Laura Goode and Hop House Design + Advertising for the catalogue’s exceptional design.

It is so exceptional, the only two proof copies brought to the Assembly Rooms exhibition rather inconveniently disappeared.

We would like to emphasise to anyone who has seen them that they were there for display-only purposes.

• LET’S FACE IT 7

Call for entry for the Let’s Face It 7 exhibition and 2011 awards kicks off in September. More details to follow shortly.

Advertising Photographer wins Art Prize

The West Midlands Bi Annual Art Prize has been won by midlands based advertising photographer, Lorentz Gullachsen.

Gullachsen say’s "I was aware that I had two images selected for the exhibition and that was great, but to have won was a great shock. There was some wonderful paintings, fine art illustrations and sculpture in the show. I was honoured just to be selected’"

The image is of an Attendee at the Wolstock festival and part of a personal project, ‘In the American West Midlands’ which was shot in a portable studio over a weekend in Wolverhampton.

Lorentz say's "the last year has been tough for all in advertising and so I have taken the opportunity to do a part time MA at Birmingham City University. It is having a positive effect on my work and I feel I am going to be better equipped for the upturn".

West Midlands Open, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, March 6th – May 2nd 2010.

View Lorentz's LPA folio here.

Andrew Lever Wins Professional Photographer Award

LPA member Andrew Lever who is a Travel and Documentary photographer has just won a Commended Award in `The Professional Photographer Of The Year Award 2009`. This Annual photo competition received over 7,500 entries worldwide.The awards ceremony took place at the `Sustain` Gallery London on the 28th January.

Andrew`s prize winning image was of a lone naturist walking across an empty beach in the Canary Islands.Andrew says " I`m delighted with the award as it was a spontaneous shot I took while on holiday .He added " This is the perfect example to always carry your camera with you as you will just never know what you will come across, even on a deserted beach ! "

Did Daniel Moncur-Sime really pull off a fashion shoot in the middle of a Bhangra music Video?!

Short answer – Yes! As always trying to do something different!

The quick details
Client: Virk Films International, when: Friday 5th March, where: Green screen studio, Birmingham University,

Commissioned by Jazz Virk (Virk Films, jazzvirk@gmail.com), international award winning music video and film director and producer who has previously produced ground breaking videos for celebrity stars Nelly Furtado, Jazzy B, Basement Jaxx is working with established music producer Simon Nandhra, to produce the video for his latest single release ‘Wherever you go, Bhangra will be there’.

Jazz was very happy to finally work with Daniel – having already kept Daniel’s creative fashion photography on his Iphone as reference and influences. Interestingly, part of the commission was to recreate one of the looks that Daniel’s creative team had devised and produced on one of his previous fashion shoots!

Setting up a mini studio within the green screen studio, Daniel worked with makeup artist and close friend Arpita Karania (info@Arpita.co.uk) , turning the multitude of professional dancers and models into icons of beauty! Anyone who was privy to the shooting was immersed in a fairground of creative excitement, with lights flashing off, cast and crew buzzing, and everyone could feel the heated excitement of the day!

The music video tells the story of the singer journeying from the stars to Earth searching for his dream soul mate. On the journey he discovers all most desirable sexy androids and beautiful women. At the end he realises the female hologram companion on his star ship is really the one, bringing her to real existence.

The photos produced are being used as embedded windowed stills in the video and in the promotional literature. The release of the video is set to be around April 2010.

It was all very exciting stuff, new friends were made and even the international models Kimberley Thomson (Kimberley-thomson@hotmail.com), Tia Magno (tiamagno@gmail.com), Colleen Deary (colleendeary14@hotmail.com) asking how soon can we work together again, even for just for the photos – a real rare treat!

Just the sort of positive feedback we all need!

To contact Daniel for your new photography project please call 07890 530130, or email dan@danielmoncursime.com , to view his exciting portfolio visit www.danielmoncursime.com or at the LPA website http://www.lpa-folios.com/Daniel_Moncur-Sime.

Phillip Lee Harvey's forthcoming London exhibition

Phillip Lee Harvey's forthcoming exhibition at the AOP Gallery 20th April - 1st May 2010

Philip Lee Harvey has travelled the globe in search of his subjects, finding them everywhere from the dark drama of a Haitian voodoo ceremony to the stark brightness of Bolivian salt flats. Now, out of an archive of thousands of pictures from across the globe, forty of his remarkable images are to be shown to the public at a leading London gallery.
Lee Harvey has spent the past 18 years travelling the world taking photographs for magazines and for advertising agencies. Last year alone he worked in over 20 countries, as diverse as Yemen, China and Hawaii. He draws his inspiration from the great travel photographers such as George Rodger, of Magnum fame, but also from Victorian explorer-painters such as David Roberts and John Frederick Lewis.

Editorial: A frequent contributor to BBC Lonely Planet magazine, he has also published his work in National Geographic Traveller, The Independent, the Saturday Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveler, Tatler, Vanity Fair and Geo magazine.

‘As a writer interested in far-flung places, I have been fortunate in having made some trips with Philip. It has been a revelation to see someone thinking about light, working with light, and in the end capturing light in the way that he does.’ Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland.

Commercial: Lee Harvey’s advertising clients have included Shell, UPS, T-Mobile, Ford, Bentley, Ericsson Communications, the Irish , British and Egyptian Tourist Boards, Sony, British Airways, Volkswagen, UBS Banks, Intercontinental Hotels, ITV, Mastercard, Kodak and BP.


Awards: Lee Harvey has won numerous awards including ones given by the London Photographic Association (LPA), Association of Photographers, Creative Circle, Royal Photographic Society, John Kobal, Travel Photographer of the Year, the International Colour Awards and Campaign magazine.

Biography: Born in Canterbury, England in 1969, Lee Harvey completed a Graphic Design degree at the Norwich School of Art and Design, before going on to assist some of the UK’s leading advertising photographers. Eager to develop his photographic career, he soon started taking on editorial and advertising commissions of his own. Since then, he has worked in over 100 countries, ranging from Antarctica to the Sahara. His journeys have taken him to some of the world’s most inhospitable and demanding destinations.

For more information see www.philipleeharvey.com

Philip Lee Harvey is available for interview, and will make available some of his images for use alongside reviews of this exhibition. For further information, please contact jon@philipleeharvey.com
Philip is represented in London and New York by: Peter Bailey Company, www.peterbailey.co.uk,

Telephone: 020 7935 2626 email peter@peterbailey.com

London Photographic Association Awards For Portraiture

London Photographic Association Awards for Portaiture
Let's Face It 6

Here are the shortlisted photographers chosen by our judges.

Donna Richmond - The Times
David Edmunds - Creative director - Curator
Bill Procter - Creative director

Nina Contini Melis - Nino Gehrig - Zak Waters - Angus Thomas - Annett Reimer - Luis Sánchez Martín Constantino Schillebeeckx - Richard Bradbury - Charles McKean - Giles Farrington - Rick Medlock Lisa Layne Griffiths - Nigel Byde - Peter adams - Eric White - Abel Ruiz de León Trespando - Petr Titarenko Dougie Wallace - Richard James Taylor - Bronwyn Kidd - Vinzenz Schwab - Martin Piccione - Philip Bigg - Catlin Harrison - Andrea Simoncini - Will Wilkinson - Jayne Dennis - Robert Zielinski Kevin Nicholson - Christopher Moore - Jeroen Huisman - James Edmonds - Sukey Parnell - Sam Peach - Nigel Hillier Teri Havens - David Graham

The final placings will be published on the website on the 31st March - the day of the private view and book launch.

London Photographic Association Awards
Exhibition of Portraiture
at
The Assembly Rooms
8 Silver Place
London W1F 0JU

Private view: 31st March 2010
Exhibition runs until 29th May 2010
Mon - Friday 10:00am to 5:00pm

Contact 020 8392 8557

Photography by Luis Sánchez Martín

2009 Gold winner

Sebastian Rich With The US Marines In Helmand Province

Sebastian Rich has been a photographer / cameraman in hard news, documentary and current affairs for over thirty years, he joined the LPA a couple of months ago. I received an email from him last week saying that he is now back in Kabul having been embedded with the US Marines in Helmand province.
Here is a videopiece he shot for NBC News and I have to ask, would you fancy doing that?

You can view Sebastion's various featured galleries + buy his new book 'Lost For Words' … more

One Day Video Cameras And Lighting Workshop

Moving Image Course

Direct have come up with the ideal one day training course to plug the skills gap. This Moving Image Course gives you the opportunity to learn creative techniques for handling the latest cameras and lighting for video.

Course fee is £195.00 + VAT
LPA members discounted to £150.00 +VAT Please contact me (Kevin) and I will arrange the discount for you.

With the web gaining ever more strength and cameras such as the Canon 5D ll taking off, we have noticed an increasing demand from photographers wishing to expand their knowledge when creating moving images on shoots. Perhaps it’s a “behind the scenes” segment from a fashion shoot to go up on a clients website, or a short cut from a portrait sitting, but whatever the situation, video skills are becoming essential for the working photographer.
The course will be run by an award winning lighting cameraman Jonathan Harrison who is highly experienced in demonstrating lighting and shooting both technically and creatively. It will be an intensive ‘hands-on’ one day course in our SE1 studio and will include tungsten, HMI fresnel, Par, Kino Flo and LED lighting equipment as well as all the latest in video DSLR camera technology from Canon.

Places are limited, for further information and how to book your place, click here.

The Convergence Of Stills And Moving Image

The convergence of stills and moving image is becoming a major talking point for professional photographers.
Skillset are keen to find out more about the skills needed to meet this demand and have put together a few questions aimed at either professional photographers or regular commissioners of photography.

They would like to ask you to give them your views by completing a short online consultation. It will take less than 2 minutes to complete and the answers will help inform the development of future short courses. It also includes an invitation for further participation through a Focus Group.

Skillset is the industry body which supports skills and training for people and businesses to ensure the UK creative media industries maintain their world class position. Find out more about how we do this here…more

Here is the link direct to the questions: http://www.skillset.org/photo/article_7593_1.asp

This consultation is the beginning of an ongoing research programme that Skillset will be carrying out through 2010.

Thank you very much for your help and support.

LPA Publicity shoot for NPA at Pinewood Studios

The LPA is sponsoring the New Producers Alliance Feature Trailer Competition. This involves shooting the publicity shots around the filming of the trailers and later, showcasing the trailers on the new LPA movingPictures website.

We need a photographer or photographers to shoot publicity stills around the making of three feature movie trailers. Payment for this is in kind only.

Two of the shoots will probably be at Pinewood studios and the third in Portsmouth as the movie is set in a submarine.

The proposed dates are as follows,
Films The Container & Nitrate will be shot at Pinewood on 20th & 21st March & 27th & 28th March respectively.
Submarine shoot location for Bleak Sea not confirmed yet but probably Portsmouth on 20th & 21st March.

The NPA Feature Trailer Competition is for their members who submit feature film ideas. The chosen three have won the chance to make a 1.5 minute trailer of their project and all three will be shown in an industry showcase to a specially invited audience at Cannes Film Festival in May.

We will be on the set for one day only for each film, dates to be confirmed.
The pictures will be used online, in the industry magazine produced for Cannes and possibly a poster for the trailer.

We think this is an exciting project to get involved in and we will work with the photographers to give them the maximum PR opportunities that we can. We are looking for photographers who have had experience of working on set or can demonstrate that they are creative, can work with people and think on their feet.

We will give each photographer involved a years membership of the LPA +
▪ Member's bio, a selected image and a link to your LPA folio
posted on the LPA Blog.
▪ Member's biog and link to your LPA portfolio posted on LinkedIn
LPA discussion page.
▪ One week of Twitter updates with links to your LPA folio.
▪ One week of Facebook posts with images from portfolio and a
link to your LPA portfolio page

David and/or I will be on the shoots and will supply transport or pay reasonable travel expenses.

David Edmunds is running this project so please reply to this with links to your folio and details of relevant biog information.

LPA Welcomes New Member Daniel Moncur-Sime

LPA would like to welcome Daniel Moncur-Sime as its newest member! A highly creative and exciting photographer who specialises in creating dynamic fashion and beauty photography is currently working on a variety of personal and client projects.

The latest exciting fashion shoot was working with international beauty, glamour and pinup model Sabrina Lerna. She came to him requesting help with developing her portfolio and posing techniques to become more of a ‘main street’ fashion model. Travelling a couple of hundred miles for his skills and expertise, it was fitted in just before her latest trip back to the USA.

Technically a real challenge, Daniel spent a lot of time and energy directing the new posing techniques and form, because for Sabrina it was something that didn’t quite come naturally at first. But at the end of the day’s shoot there were several dynamic and exciting new photography artworks to choose from.

And the images can be seen on Daniel’s gallery at the LPA website http://www.lpa-folios.com/Daniel_Moncur-Sime and on his website www.danielmoncursime.com

To know more about how Daniel works with his models and brings out the best, get in contact through his website www.danielmoncursime.com or email dan@danielmoncursime.com.
Don’t forget he is available to model agencies, directly to models and either in studio or location across the country.

LPA Referral Incentives Program for new membership

We are actively looking for new members to join the London Photographic
Association and we would like to introduce our,
LPA Referral Incentives Program:

Existing members who refer new LPA paid members will receive
personal LPA portfolio exposure through social network sites.

Here's how:
Member's bio, a selected image and a link to your LPA folio
posted on the LPA Blog.

Member's biog and link to your LPA portfolio posted on LinkedIn
LPA discussion page.

One week of Twitter updates with links to your LPA folio.

One week of Facebook posts with images from portfolio and a
link to your LPA portfolio page

New members who refer new LPA paid members will receive the same
as existing referral members plus the first month membership for FREE.

LPA Referral Incentives Program not only helps LPA and its
membership to grow but it encourages photographers to update their
portfolios and bio on a regular basis with fresh and new material.

Photographers need exposure. Photographers need LPA.

Photography by Ross Andersson

LPA Members Meeting

London Photographic Association members' meeting – 3rd February 2010



LPA Social Media developments
Kevin O'Connor opened the meeting by explaining the rationale behind working with Ginger Liu Media to raise awareness of the LPA and its members. The importance of the social networking side of the LPA site was discussed (Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin). Kevin explained that members need to link to the LPA twitter account, Facebook group and Linkedin group and interact with them: this will help themselves and the LPA to grow. Employing Ginger to manage the LPA's networking saves members time and lets them enjoy the benefits of networking through a large group, rather than having to go through the learning curve alone. Kevin promised to keep banging on about the worth/importance of social media…oh dear!

Gallery 1839
Kevin pointed out that very little work has been done on the gallery since an initial three month burst around the opening exhibition (which showed the work of Lea Gold Holterman).

David Edmunds has now taken over the curatorial duties of 1839 and all submissions for consideration should be addressed to him. David will be exploring other avenues for print sales rather than relying solely on consumer/collectors sales. The gallery is there for the members' benefit and we want them to use it. However, it was also suggested that members putting work forward for consideration should think carefully about the type of work they want included. Questions they should ask themselves include: is it pictorial or collectors' work? Why would someone want to buy it? It was agreed that all work must be considered, but the gallery must not look like a picture library: it is a gallery selling fine art contemporary photography. 


Further discussion and exhibitions: London and the 2012 Olympics
Peter Mackertich felt that "Putting 'London' into the London Photographic Association" was an important issue. This led on to members discussing the importance of exhibitions. It was suggested that an annual LPA Exhibition with good PR around it would be of benefit.
Peter also pointed out that it is now just two years before the 2012 Olympics in London and this would be a good opportunity for the LPA to hold a major exhibition with London as its theme.

Points raised with this in mind included:
• A prestigious place for the exhibition is needed
• It should be lens based, to include film and make it contemporary
• Contact Boris Johnson re location
• Needs good PR throughout
• Fundraising for exhibition
• Necessary to be themed, need outside curator
• Limited number of photographs each photographer can submit
• Heart of the exhibition should be in a gallery, although public places were also discussed
• Is it worth contacting Transport for London?
• Should it be open to London photographers only? Decided it would not be fair to do that - so open to all members!
• Terence Hudson suggested two sides to the exhibition: "London through Londoners' eyes" and "London through foreigners eyes"?
• Another suggestion was a theme "environment" or "green issues" 

Clearly there is much to consider here and ideas are very welcome.
The date of the next meeting will be published shortly.

Kevin
LPA

Photography by: Enda Cavanagh

Inaugural Meeting Of The LPA Members Group

Notes From
London Photographic Association members'
meeting – 3rd February 2010 


LPA Social Media developments
Kevin O'Connor opened the meeting by explaining the rationale behind working with Ginger Lui Media to raise awareness of the LPA and its members. The importance of the social networking side of the LPA site was discussed (Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin). Kevin explained that members need to link to the LPA twitter account, Facebook group and Linkedin group and interact with them: this will help themselves and the LPA to grow. Employing Ginger to manage the LPA's networking saves members time and lets them enjoy the benefits of networking through a large group, rather than having to go through the learning curve alone. Kevin promised to keep banging on about the worth/importance of social media…oh dear!

Gallery 1839
Kevin pointed out that very little work has been done on the gallery since an initial three month burst around the opening exhibition (which showed the work of Lea Gold Holterman).

David Edmunds has now taken over the curatorial duties of 1839 and all submissions for consideration should be addressed to him. David will be exploring other avenues for print sales rather than relying solely on consumer/collectors sales. The gallery is there for the members' benefit and we want them to use it. However, it was also suggested that members putting work forward for consideration should think carefully about the type of work they want included. Questions they should ask themselves include: is it pictorial or collectors' work? Why would someone want to buy it? It was agreed that all work must be considered, but the gallery must not look like a picture library: it is a gallery selling fine art contemporary photography. 


Further discussion and exhibitions: London and the 2012 Olympics
Peter Mackertich felt that "Putting 'London' into the London Photographic Association" was an important issue. This led on to members discussing the importance of exhibitions. It was suggested that an annual LPA Exhibition with good PR around it would be of benefit.
Peter also pointed out that it is now just two years before the 2012 Olympics in London and this would be a good opportunity for the LPA to hold a major exhibition with London as its theme.

Points raised with this in mind included:
• A prestigious place for the exhibition is needed
• It should be lens based, to include film and make it contemporary
• Contact Boris Johnson re location
• Needs good PR throughout
• Fundraising for exhibition
• Necessary to be themed, need outside curator
• Limited number of photographs each photographer can submit
• Heart of the exhibition should be in a gallery, although public places were also discussed
• Is it worth contacting Transport for London?
• Should it be open to London photographers only? Decided it would not be fair to do that - so open to all members!
• Terence Hudson suggested two sides to the exhibition: "London through Londoners' eyes" and "London through foreigners eyes"?
• Another suggestion was a theme "environment" or "green issues" 

Clearly there is much to consider here and ideas are very welcome.
The date of the next meeting will be published shortly.

Kevin O'Connor
LPA

Will Wilkinsonʼs ‘Sex, Drugs, Arturo’ The Exhibition

‘Sex, Drugs, Arturo’

Photographer, Will Wilkinsonʼs latest exhibition entitled Sex, Drugs, Arturo captures the eccentric life of an English Artist working high in the Tramuntana mountains of Mallorca, far away from his background of North London.

Wilkinsonʼs bold work is the result of a 2 year collaboration with a man who is not only a great artist in his own right, but an open and charismatic person, who is happy to share his life and work in detail.

The exhibition paints a warm and vivid portrait using striking photography, video installation, poetry and live storytelling.

ʻSex, Drugs, Arturoʼ

The Apartment 9 Palace Court London W2 4LP
Exhibition 26th February - 31st March

info@theapartment.uk.com
tel. Patrick Brillet 07984 420 743 or Isabelle May 07990 508 181

Will Wilkinsonʼs LPA Portfolio

Linda Lieberman - Upcoming Exhibitions

Linda Lieberman will be exhibiting at the Affordable Art Fair Tour & Taxis, Brussels from the 4th – 8th February 2010 with Alicia David Contemporary Art London

Linda Lieberman: OCEAN
Linda will have a Solo Show with The Lucy Bell Fine Art Photography Gallery and Agency in Sussex.
46 Norman Road / St Leonards On Sea / TN38 OEJ / 01424 434828

Linda is a Photographer /Sculptor living and working in London. Born in Scotland her work draws its inspiration from the changing ecology and environment around her. Throughout her life, Linda has consistently worked at evolving her direction and style.

At present Linda is working with her black and white photographic images, presenting them raw to convey a strong message, that ecologically man cannot ignore what feeds him socially, politically, economically and spiritually.

Linda Lieberman: LPA Portfolio

Elene Usdin Femmes D’Interieur Photographs and Illustrations

Femmes D’Interieur
Elene Usdin
Photographs and Illustrations
February 18 – March 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 18, from 6-8PM

The Farmani Gallery presents the New York debut of Femmes D’Interieur, the latest series from Paris based artist Elene Usdin, with an opening reception on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 6-8PM.

In this series, Usdin combines both her talents of photography and illustration and creates stunning imagery that also provides social commentary regarding the place of women as the decorations within their own domesticated situations.

Usdin, a member of the creative collective Hartland Villa, which includes art directors Lionel Avignon and Stefan Vivies, was recently awarded with the London Photographic Associations Gold in Fashion for the “fair-etale” series. She has also been awarded the 2008 Px3 Prix De La Photographie Paris and the International Photography Awards honorable mention for her earlier series “Self Portrait with Mattress.” Her editorial and fashion work can also be seen in Eyemazing, Twill, and The World Magazine.

This latest series “Femmes D’Interieur,” which as already exhibited at the Gallery of Graphic Arts in Paris, Usdin reflects upon the representation of women as a decorative element, morphing objects like common household items, furniture, and even the countryside with that of women painted in the style of portraits from the Classical Era. This offbeat reinterpretation of “woman-as-object” is at one time unsettling and yet Usdin has the ability to convey this strong subject matter with wit and charm in her stunning artworks. It is has been said of Usdin’s work, “it is always about women – the women of fairytales, of mythology, and of fantasy,” and she provides that same ideology in this series.

Each artwork is a unique original, hand painted C-print mounted on aluminum. For the exhibition the gallery will show a mix of originals and reproductions available in two sizes. For more information please visit www.farmanigallery.com or email us at info@farmanigallery.com. We can also be reached via phone at 718-578-4478.

The Farmani Gallery is located at 111 Front St., Ste. 212, Brooklyn, NY in the DUMBO neighborhood between Washington and Adams St. By subway take A or C to High St., F to York St. or 2 and 3 to Clark St. Station. Gallery hours: Wed. – Sat.: 1 – 6PM. Information: www.farmanigallery.com or info@farmanigallery.com or ph# 718-578-4

Elene Usdin's LPA Portfolio

Suzanne Rochette At Soho Gallery New York

Suzanne Rochette has, for the second year in a row had one of her images selected to be part of the Soho Photo Gallery Krappy Kamera exhibition. The image was made with a Polaroid Pinhole toy camera, then followed by emulsion lift on Vellum .

The Krappy Kamera concept was born in 1992 at the Soho Photo Gallery® during a regular monthly opening reception when a few members admitted they preferred using their junky cameras to their high-end ones.

The opening reception is on March 2nd, and the show will run until April 3rd. There will be 50 images on display, chosen from over 1000 entries. Informations can be found at www.sohophoto.com

Suzanne Rochette: LPA Portfolio

Photographers Social Networking The LPA Way

Social networking the LPA way: member benefits

We work hard to communicate news about the LPA and our members far and wide. Benefits of being part of the LPA website include social media marketing through social networking sites, business networking sites, social bookmarking sites, video sharing sites, photo sharing sites, a forum and blog. These expose you - our members - to hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. 


Membership of the LPA includes the opportunity to be part of extensive and online publicity. This can tie in with individual members' exhibitions, gallery openings, competition wins and special events. We can help generate online PR with the press by maintaining relationships with multi-media journalists, bloggers and publications.

Did you know that the LPA has:
- a Facebook page
- a Twitter feed
- a LinkedIn page
- a blog

Take a look at them, link to them and interact with them. Help us grow and you'll help yourself grow!

Photography by Karon Kapoor

London Photographers Flat For Rent

LPA member Astrid Schulz is off photographing in Kolkata for 4 weeks and would like to rent her flat out while she is away.

When: between 07 March 2010 and April 2010
What: cosy one bedroom flat
Where: Central London, near Warren Street Tube
How much: £160 per week inc. bills (telephone not included)
Will also charge a refundable deposit of £500

Everybody who is interested and wants more info, please send an e-mail (info@astridschulz.com) or call UK no: 07947 155 611 or 0044 20 7388 2162

LPA Photographers Socialial Networking For Members

Exclusive: the LPA is the first online photography and film association with social media marketing and online PR

The London Photographic Association is proud to announce that it has become the first online photography and film membership organisation to offer social media marketing and PR to its members. We're working with Ginger Media and Entertainment to provide members with the best possible opportunities in social media marketing and online PR - at no extra cost.

Ginger Media and Entertainment represents the new school of public relations and PR and their expertise can really help you as individual members. The company is renowned as one of the leading social media marketing and digital PR companies in the USA and UK. It combines online PR, social media marketing and SEO with traditional methods of publicity and event organising.

Ginger Media and Entertainment’s owner, Ginger Liu, has one of the largest networks in the entertainment, media and art industries and has been interviewed on US radio thanks to her definitive role in social media marketing. Her combined experiences as a London-educated photographer, film and media professional and Hollywood-based social media marketing director make her a key influence in the PR world.

Our partnership with Ginger is unique for a photography and film membership association and is another demonstration of our forward-thinking dedication to raising the profiles of our members. Please help us make a success of this venture by keeping your online profiles full and updated, letting us know what you're up to (no story is too small - after all, Twitter communicates in just 140 characters!) and linking to the LPA whenever you can.

Follow us on Facebook - Twitter - Linkedin

Photography by: Estelle Dougier

Inaugural Meeting Of The LPA Members Group

Putting London into the London Photographic Association (LPA)

We spoke with a lot of LPA members at Vision '09 and the DPI events last year to get their feedback about the future of the London Photographic Association. One overriding request was to refocus our attention on London photographers (whilst continuing to support and promote our international members). With that in mind, we'd like to arrange regular meetings in London to brainstorm and action the future of the LPA.

Members' meetings in London
We propose using our first meeting on Wednesday 3rd February to bring our ideas together. Let's air our hopes and fears and see if we can agree on the future of the LPA and the purpose of future meetings. This is your chance to shape the Association and play an active part in steering the industry. Through these get-togethers, we should be able to work out a support structure that covers both commercial and fine art photographers.

Some ideas for consideration:
- getting speakers from various parts of the industry to come in and talk to us about hot topics
- arranging technical workshops
- securing good discounts for external workshops

Get involved
I would like to get some membership help: perhaps we should look to form a committee to help drive things forward? For our meetings to work well and be genuinely useful, we will need members to get involved. You are the Association, after all.

Put the date in your diary
We have booked the upstairs room (with bar) at the Dog & Duck pub 18 Bateman Street Soho W1D 3AJ on the evening of Wednesday 3rd February from 7.00pm onwards. This will be the inaugural meeting of the LPA members group. Will you be there?

RSVP
Please email Kevin if you can make it.

Photography by: Faisal Almalki

Photographers Copyright Petition - Please Sign!!!!!

Please take the time to read this and sign the petition.

We call on the Government to abandon plans, announced on 29 October 2009, to allow free and unhindered reproduction of photographs without payment or credit on non-commercial websites.

This is completely at odds with the Government's stance on file sharing of other forms of intellectual property (films and music) and raises the prospect of crippling thousands of small businesses while protecting large corporate interests.

The proposal uses phrases like "It must be seen to benefit all parties, not some at the expense of others" and yet the Government's proposal does exactly that. It takes the work of photographers who have invested time and money in creating work, and gives it to people who have no relationship with that work, for free.

Photographic businesses are already under severe strain and the proliferation of digital cameras gives the impression that creating professional quality imagery is easy. This will further devalue the work of professional photographers and destroy the photographic industry.

SIGN HERE......

Photography by: Luis Sanchez Martin - Fine art prints sold at Gallery 1839

Travel Photographer Philip Lee Harvey in Haiti

“Travel photography isn’t always about tourism and filling hotel rooms. It’s also about informing people”, says Philip Lee Harvey. He travelled to Haiti with his assistant on a commission for a travel magazine and feels that it is important to show the character of this fascinating and misunderstood country. “Haiti is largely forgotten by the rest of the world,” he explains. ”Economically and strategically, it is not important to anyone else. However, it has a powerful colonial history which has left a legacy of beautiful hotels which could provide the infrastructure for a new wave of sustainable tourism. At present, tourists tend to visit Haiti as a stop-off on Caribbean cruises. They drop anchor and visit an area of beach which, unseen to them, is fenced off from the rest of the island. Elected islanders come to greet them and offer a ‘traditional Haitian’ welcome but the tourists don’t see the fence and certainly don’t see the island – and islanders – which are beyond. They leave with no clue as to Haiti’s true identity or issues.”

More of - Philips work, photographs of Haiti, additional Haiti text.

Sukey Parnell Speaks at the Welcome Collection

Aging Matters

Sukey Parnell has been invited speak at the Wellcome Collection on 11th February on the representation of ageing. The event is at 7:00-8:30pm.

What would have seemed very old 100 years ago is clearly not regarded the same way today. How have our perceptions of older people changed and how do we compare with other cultures and societies? We will look at visual representations of older people in the arts and media and also discuss whether our perceptions of older men and women vary.

Speakers

Stephen Burke, Chief Executive, Counsel and Care
Chris Phillipson, Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, University of Keele
Sukey Parnell, photographer

This event is free.
Booking will open on Thursday 21 January 2010 at 14.00.

Image:

by Sukey Parnell b. 1961

Sukey Parnell at the National Portrait Gallery London

LPA member Suki Parnell's picture of Bill Bailey (above) is the Photograph of the Month at the National Portrait Gallery and will be on view from 4th January in the People of Today section on the ground floor.

Bill Bailey b. 1964
by Sukey Parnell b. 1961
C-type print, 24 April 2008
Photographed at the sitter’s home, Hammersmith, London, with Jacob (the cockatoo) and Becks (the chameleon).
Given by the photographer, 2009
NPG x133115

Comedian, musician, actor. Bill Bailey’s solo comedy career started in 1995, with Cosmic Jam which earned him a Perrier award nomination at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He has toured internationally with Bewilderness (2001) and Part Troll (2003). Bailey is best known for his TV work in the series Black Books (2000–2004) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In December 2009 Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra toured nationwide including a performance at The O2 arena, London.

Sukey Parnell graduated with an MA in Photography from Thames Valley University in 2007. Since then, her editorial commissions have included work for the Independent on Sunday, Sunday Magazine and Radio Times. Parnell was a finalist in the 2006 and 2007 National Portrait Gallery Photographic Portrait Prize.

Photojournalist Sebastian Rich Joins LPA

Sebastian Rich has been a photographer / cameraman in hard news, documentary and current affairs for over thirty years.

He joined Independent Television News (UK) in 1980 and developed a gift for being in the right place at the right time on some of the world’s biggest breaking news stories; he gained a reputation not just as an uncompromising cameraman in the theatre of war but also as an insightful and highly talented photographer.

Jon Snow the highly regarded British television journalist, describes Sebastian in the forward of his first book 'People I Have Shot' as (“Probably the finest news cameraman and photographer of his time… his camera work is amongst the most sensitive I have ever witnessed” Jon Snow, Channel 4 News) ... more

Photographer Clayton Bastiani Takes Book Industry By Storm

Since focusing on photographs for the book industry, Clayton Bastiani has seen a tremendous interest from publishing houses worldwide wishing to use his photographs as book jacket illustrations... more

Photographer Odette England Represented by Klompching Gallery

Representation:Odette is thrilled to announce that she is now represented in the US (east coast) by KLOMPCHING GALLERY in New York. KLOMPCHING GALLERY is described as ‘dynamic’ and ‘one of the galleries to watch in NYC'. Its exhibitions have been reviewed in publications such as The New Yorker, Hotshoe, New York Magazine, ArtReview, New York Times, The British Journal of Photography, The Architect’s Newspaper and Modern Painters..... more

Photographer Nigel Hillier wins Landscape Awards

Nigel Hillier won the `Landscape On Your Doorstep` category in the 2009 Landscape photographer of the year competition. He had 2 prints commended both of which will be in the awards book. One print will be in the exhibition to be held in London`s National Theatre in December.... more

Marta Kockanek Exhibits At The Mall Galleries London

Sue Ryder Care

Art Liberating Lives 2009 Exhibition at The Mall Gallery

Marta has had two images chosen to be included in a group exhibition, Art Liberating Lives at the Mall Galleries from the 16-20 December 2009.

Marta is a second year Photography student at Coventry University and is thrilled to be included in an exhibition showing at such a prestigious Gallery.

Art Liberating Lives celebrates art as a form of therapy and sees supporting artists submit to be part of an annual exhibition at London's prestigious Mall Galleries... more

Astrid Schulz Photography invites you on .......

Saturday, 12 December, 3-4pm!

I'm organising a candlelight vigil at my exhibition at Viewfinder Photography Gallery as part of a huge international day of action on climate change. We need a bunch of people to make it work. It’s going to be fun, short and super easy - will you come?

Events like this are happening simultaneously in every corner of the world just as our leaders gather in Copenhagen for the most important climate negotiations of our time. The message is: The World Wants A Real Deal - a treaty strong enough to tackle climate change and the destruction of the planet.

Come and join me! Bring a candle and something to share (cookies, cake etc.), I will serve tea.
This is also a great opportunity to see my 'Car Park: under cover' exhibition, if you have not been already...


Check out the event and RSVP here

If you can't make it to mine, check out this map showing events across the world

Tate Appoints First Photography Curator

Tate has appointed Simon Baker as the organisation’s first Curator of Photography and International Art. In this newly created role, Simon is working on the acquisition and research of works for the Tate Collection as well as contributing to the photography exhibition programme at Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

Frances Morris, Head of Collections (International Art) Tate Modern, said:
“Over the last few years photography has become increasingly central to Tate's activity whether in relation to temporary exhibitions or to the development of the permanent collection. Simon’s appointment allows us to continue to develop the ways in which we celebrate and explore the art of photography with the advantage of scholarly expertise enthusiasm and focus.”

Simon studied history of art at University College London, receiving his PhD in 2002. He was a Henry Moore Fellow at UCL, then Gould Fellow in History of Photography at Princeton University from 2003-4. Since 2004 until joining Tate, he was Associate Professor in Art History at the University of Nottingham, specialising in History of Photography and Surrealism as well as running the MA in post-war and contemporary art. He has published widely on surrealism, photography and contemporary art, including recent essays on the work of Jake and Dinos Chapman. In 2006 he co-curated the exhibition Undercover Surrealism (on Georges Bataille and DOCUMENTS) with Dawn Ades and Fiona Bradley, and then in 2008, worked with the same team to co-curate the exhibition Close-up: proximity and defamiliarisation in art, film and photography, at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. He is currently chair of the editorial group of the Oxford Art Journal.

Simon Baker is co-curator of Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, a major photographic exhibition opening in May 2010 at Tate Modern organised in conjunction with San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

For further press information please contact Bomi Odufunade, Press Officer, Tate Modern on 020 7887 4942 or email bomi.odufunade@tate.org.uk

"You're Practically A Man"

"You're Practically A Man"
Photography by Ginger Liu
part of
DRKRM Gallery
Last Picture Show ‘09
Year-End Group Exhibition
Opening Reception Saturday November 14th 7-10pm
November 14th – December 30th

"You're Practically A Man" is a personal essay about identity. The scars are from Abdominal Myomectomy, Uterine Fibroid Embolization (unseen) and Partial Hysterectomy, and represent the efforts I went through to try and keep my womb. I lost that fight to a fibroid the size of a six-month pregnancy. The fibroid weighed down on my bladder and I was lucky to get one hour of unbroken sleep at a time. I couldn’t go out anywhere because I constantly needed the bathroom. And once a month, during my period, I would bleed non-stop for two days and lose so much blood that I was too weak to stand. Hysterectomy was the final option.

The title of the essay refers to a woman’s comment made to me after I told her about my operations and represents the consequential view from some people that women are not whole unless they have children. A male friend of mine also commented that my hysterectomy was no big deal because I am a gay woman and gay women don't have children."

Ginger Liu is a graduate of London’s University of Westminster with a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Media Practice (Photography, Film, Multi-Media). Her work has been published in the UK and USA, and has appeared on MTV. She is a Hollywood based photographer, writer and publicist.

drkrm. gallery is an exhibition space dedicated to fine art and documentary photography, cutting edge and alternative photographic processes and the display and survey of popular cultural images.

drkrm. was founded by John Matkowsky who has a twenty-five year reputation as a fine art black and white printer in Los Angeles. Mentored by Tom Consilvio, the founder of Silver Lab, John learned the finesse of the fine artistic print while working on the images of Gary Winograd, William Claxton, Lou Stoumen. and many other renowned photographers.

Linda Lieberman - Exhibition and Book

Linda Lieberman's work is published in a new book 'Silver Footprint' by Robin Bell. Also included is work by Don McCullin, Lee Miller, Ernst Haas, Terence Donovan, Tom Stoddart, John Swannell, and more!!

As digital photography has become increasingly popular and dominant, the more traditional film-based black and white photography and the chemically produced photographic print have become uniquely repositioned in art, craft and culture. The art of the photographic printing is now recognised as a serious craft, a rare skill that is much admired and respected.

The book is published by Dewi Lewis Publishing and is supported by an exhibition .... more

Portraiture Photography Competition

Call for entry is now open for the LPA Portraiture photography contest.
This is the sixth year of Let's Face It and in that time we have been introduced to some very talented photographers.

The Portraiture Award - As always we encourage photographers to interpret the brief in the widest sense, portraying your subjects with emphasis on their identity as individuals.

Categories:
Single entry
Series of up to 6 Images. A series must have narrative / theme.

You may supply a caption of up to 100 words to support your entry.

View last years single and series winners.

Entry details here

Photography by Loui Sanches Martin, single image winner 2008

LPA Launch Video and Film Showcase Website

The London Photographic Association (LPA) are launching it's sister website LPA - movingPictures.com in December 2009.

LPA movingPictures will promote the work of its members to the international advertising and editorial community as well as a large international audience of film lovers.
Members will manage their own portfolios and profiles.

The development of movingPictures is in response to the growth of moving images on the web, both commercial and fine art. As many of our members are embracing video and film we felt it was time to offer a professional platform for film makers, videographers, directors,directors of photography,editors and producers.

The movingPictures website will have the same SOE functionality as the LPA website, this makes it a strong marketing tool. It will have plenty of space for members profiles and news items as well as their films.

Christmas present from Blurb

Our friends at Blurb have come up with a nice festive offer to make your books even more affordable this festive season: free shipping on up to five books!* So if you’ve already made a book and want more copies for that special Christmas gift this year, no problem, this offer isn’t just open to new customers – it’s for everyone! But you’ll have to be quick as the offer must end on November 24, 2009. It’s available on any size book too. Simply enter the code BLURBCHEER2 at the checkout to redeem this offer.

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Ts and cs: *Offer valid through 11/24/09 (11:59 p.m. PST). Offer extends to any Blurb user and covers shipping costs up to $7.99, £3.99, or €5.99 or AUD $12 for up to five books, made by you, shipped to one address. Offer is valid for transactions in USD, EU, GBP, or AUD only. This offer is good for one-time use and cannot be combined with any other offer.

LPA's Gallery 1839 represents Luis Sanchez Martin

LPA member Luis Sanchez Martin is now represented by Gallery 1839.

Based in Spain, travels are a source of inspiration especially in street and scenic photography where some cities like New York, Prague, Budapest or London are authentic creativity shelters for him. The recurrent travel to his childhood is also reflected in many of his pictures.... more

LPA Photo Contest Results

The LPA photography competitions have a habit of finding interesting people doing interesting things.
This is why we run them of course. You can now view the winners and read their interviews.

Photographs were submitted in response to a quote by Henry Bromel.

Love and Pain and Beauty
"We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure - full of surprises. Some good.

Some bad".

'Henry Bromel', Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991

Single and Series winners and commended galeries

Benedite Topuz: Paris, France
Series category, Gold - Interview

Natalie Tkachuk: Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
Series category, Silver - Interview

Rene Roalf Jensen: Viborg, Denmark
Series category, Bronze - Interview

Boris Austin: Beijing / London, United Kingdom
Single image, Gold - Interview

Guido Torres: Mexico City, Mexico
Single image, Silver - Interview

Richard Ansett: London, United Kingdom
Single image, Bronze - Interview

Photography by Benedite Topuz

Bonhams Photographic Department

Bonhams appoint Jocelyn Phillips as head of new photographic department.

Jocelyn Phillips has been appointed Head of Bonhams new Photographic Department to be based in London.

A Cambridge Classics graduate she also has an MA in Cultural Heritage Studies from University College London (Institute of Archeology). The thesis for her Masters degree was on 19th century photography and classical art, which was her introduction to the world of photographs.

Jocelyn joined Sotheby’s Photographic Department in 2004 and by 2006 was Acting Head of Department. In 2008 she was promoted to Deputy Director at Sotheby's. During her time there, in addition to the twice yearly various owner sales, she worked on the single owner collection of Dr Ehrenfeld (19th century photographs of India) in May 2005, and the prestigious final instalment of the Collection Marie-Thérèse et André Jammes (part IV, held in Paris in November 2008).

This year she has been a nominator for the Prix Pictet (photographic prize for sustainability set up last year by Pictet Bank in conjunction with the Financial Times. And earlier this year she made a presentation on the auction market for photographs at Foam Museum in Amsterdam, as part of the Foam Editions Collecting Photography programme.

Besides her interest and expertise in Photography she has had a lifelong interest in contemporary and classical dance and has performed at Cambridge University, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and at the Royal Opera House, London.

Jocelyn Phillips says, “The market for photographs at auction is constantly developing, showing strength across the board from 19th century to contemporary work. Photography’s universal appeal and central position in our visual culture continues to draw in new collectors as well as inspire veterans of the subject. I am delighted to be a part of this new venture for Bonhams and look forward to welcoming all to our first sales in 2010.”

Matthew Girling, Bonhams European and Middle East CEO comments: “We are delighted to have Jocelyn join us to head up this exciting new development, a stand alone Photographic Department, which will help Bonhams to service the huge and growing interest in collecting photography.”