News
In this section we provide news and information about photography from across the UK and abroad.
Les Rencontres Arles Photographie
The 39th Rencontres D'Arles takes place in July is curated and directed by fashion designer Christian Lacroix.
The 2008 edition will revolve around themes of 'presence, appearance, disappearance, the body and the envelope'. The festival will feature exhibitions by; Richard Avedon, Henri Roger, Gregoire Korganow, Joachim Schmid and British photographer Tim Walker amongst many others.
A series of evening projections, panel discussion, and folio reviews will take place in Arles during the opening week. The festival opens 3 July - 14 September 2008. Read More
Cockroach Diary and other stories
This exhibition brings together works spanning twenty-five years that convey a compelling sense of both the ordinary and the bizarre in British life. This major exhibition is the first survey show by Anna Fox, one of the most significant photographers to emerge from the new wave of British colour documentary of the 1980s. The exhibition opens 2 July 2008 at Impressions Gallery, Bradford. Read More
Artist Talk: Anna Fox talks about her work in the exhibition. 17 July 2008, 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Impressions Gallery.
Shezad Dawood: Feature - Archaeology
Feature – Architecture, Archaeology and Image is a collaborative project by Castlefield Gallery, Leeds Met Gallery, Eastside Projects, and publishers Book Works. Anchored around Shezad Dawood’s interdisciplinary full length film Feature, each staging of the exhibition will include the projected film alongside installations that explore one specific aspect of the film platform, Architecture, Archaeology or Image. The exhibition opens 20 June - 12 July 2008 at Leeds Met Gallery, Leeds. Read More
Are You Being Served? by Tom Hunter is a photographic project that explores the changing face of east end trade. These situational portraits of local businesses on the main road between Bethnal Green and central Hackney provide us with a fascinating record of the diverse proprietors, their premises and their wares. The exhibition opens 7 June - 11 November 2008 at the Museum of Childhood, London. Read More
Bonfires: John Duncan
Bonfires, produced over three years, documents a long-standing tradition of bonfire building by Protestant communities in Belfast. Duncan’s photographs frame and measure the structures against their various social settings, revealing both a sense of Belfast’s changing urban landscape and the deep divisions that, despite political progress, still affect Northern Ireland long after the ceasefires. The exhibition opens 13 June - 18 July 2008 at Belfast Exposed, Belfast. Read More
Ansel Adams: Photographs
Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is one of the most celebrated and influential 20th century landscape photographers. Pushing technical boundaries and artistic conventions, he has become an icon of the modern era. The set of images featured in this exhibition span his career from 1920's to the 1970s. The exhibition opens
27 June - 31 August 2008 at the New Art Gallery Walsall. Read More
Match Report
PSL presents an exhibition of new work by artist Jason Minsky who spent 12 months working as Artist in Residence at Leeds Rugby Foundation. The exhibition opens
26 June - 23 August 2008 at Project Space Leeds. Read More
The Object Quality of the Problem: Palestine/Israel
The ‘problem’ is the use of space in Palestine-Israel, a conflict most often explored in the increasingly dominant medium of the moving image. However, this exhibition proposes that the quality of this problem has a strongly sculptural aspect. The exhibition opens 1 June - 27 July 2008. Read More
Sunny Snaps Street and Beach Photography in Britain
Portrait photographers were once a common sight wherever people gathered for leisure or pleasure. Usually ignored and frequently reviled, these itinerant photographers became a figure of ridicule and contempt.This exhibition redresses the balance and celebrates the work of these forgotten photographers. The exhibition opens 20 June - 31 August 2008 at the National Media Museum, Bradford. Read More
Live by the Lens. Die by the Lens
This exhibition looks at the complex world of film publicity and the photographers whose image-making talents can make or break a star’s reputation. The exhibition opens 20 June - 28 September 2008 at the National Media Museum, Bradford. Read More
Brighton Photo Biennial 2008
Curated by Julian Stallabrass the Brighton Photo Biennial will examine photographic images of war, their making, use and circulation, and their currency in contemporary society.
The Brighton Photo Biennial is an ambitious celebration of international photographic practice and a firmly established event in the national and international photographic calendar.
3 October - 16 November 2008.
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Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography
Street & Studio is a magnificent exhibition of international photography. It presents a fascinating history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two key locations in which photographers work. The exhibition opens 22 May - 31 August 2008 at Tate Modern, London. Read More
Rhubarb Rhubarb: Bookings Open
Bookings for the 2008 edition of the International Photographic Review are now open. Anna Reid, Pavilion Director has been invited to review and will be attending. Read More
Neeta Madaha
Awarded Bradford Fellowship for Photography
The Bradford Fellowship is a partnership between the National Media Museum, Bradford College and Bradford University. The Fellowship supports established photographers to develop their professional practice, while working with the institutional partners to enhance the cultures, practice and knowledge of photography. Read More
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