I’m a photographer not a terrorist! is inviting all Photographers to a mass photo gathering in defence of street photography:
Time: 12 Noon
Date: Saturday 23rd January 2010
Where: Trafalgar Square
Deadline for entries: January 4th 2010
The Competition is FREE to enter online at www.worldphotographyawards.org
Both Professional and Amateur photographers are welcome to enter into two separate competitions, each featuring categories across all genres of photography.
Architecture • Advertising • Fashion • Documentary Photojournalism • Music • Sport • Landscape • Conceptual & Constructed • Natural History • Arts & Entertainment • Current Affairs • Contemporary
Issues
Prizes include:
Images are judged by the Honorary Judging Committee selected each year from the World Photographic Academy. Previous judges have included internationally acclaimed industry leaders such as Nan Goldin, Elliott Erwitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Adrian Evans (Dir. Panos Pictures), Martin Parr, Grazia Neri (Dir. Grazia Neri Agency) Susan Meiselas, Philippe Garner (Head of Christie’s, photography).
Tuesday 12 January 2010,
6.30pm for a prompt 7pm start
After 7pm rsvps can not be guarenteed a seat.
Door entry is £5 Foto8 Magazine members and students, and £8 to all others
Please email rsvp [at] foto8.com to reserve your place
Paul Lowe will be talking to award-winning Azeri photographer Rena Effendi about her first UK exhibition (at Host gallery), and her new series of work, Pipe Dreams, which explores the lives of people living along 1,700 km of pipeline through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. The result is a fascinating collection of images which reflect the harsh realities of life as well as moments of unexpected beauty amongst the bleak landscape.
Effendi has won several international photography awards including the Fifty Crows Documentary Photography award, Mario Giacomelli Memorial Fund award, and Getty Images Editorial grant. In 2005 she participated in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. In 2007, she was chosen by Photo District News as one of 30 emerging photographers to watch. And in 2008 Effendi won the National Geographic All Roads photography award. Her work has been exhibited worldwide.
Paul Lowe is an award-winning freelance photographer and teacher living and working between Sarajevo and London. He is currently developing an online educational programme for developing-world photographers in conjunction with the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam, and is the director of the MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography course at the London College of Communication.
Event Location: LCC Gallery Space
Date and time: 10th - 23rd December and 4th - 15th January, Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm
Cost: Free
Address: London College of Communication, Elephant & Castle, London, SE1 6SB
Nearest Tube: Elephant & Castle
28 Stories showcases exciting and innovate work by graduates of the MA Photojournalism & Documentary Photography at LCC’s brand new Gallery Spaces. In keeping with the very best documentary work, much of the work on show by the photographers from this year’s course is the result of a deep engagement and involvement with their subject matter. Their work is diverse in theme, style and medium, exploring the human condition with intelligence and wit in both traditional and unconventional ways. The more conceptual work is smart, refreshingly unpretentious and immediately accessible.
There is a private view on December 9th from 6pm-10pm with professor David Campbell, Telegraph picture editor & photo critic, Lucy Davies, and photographers Simon Norfolk and Ed Kashi in conversation about “The New Ecology of Photojournalism.”
A rather last minute announcement of Eyes Wide Open - a photography competition with celebrity photographer Jillian Edelstein (known for her portraits of Amy Winehouse, Simon Pegg, Kristin Scott Thomas, Woody Allen etc.).
The competition is being run to celebrate the launch of the new Sony Ericsson Satio handset on Vodafone. As the prize, 61 members of the public will win a once in a lifetime opportunity to be chosen to have their eyes immortalised by Jillian Edelstein.
To enter, you have to upload your details, an image of your eyes and why you’d like to be involved over at www.eyeswideopen.co.uk. It actually be a very interesting experience to just meet Edelstein and watch her work. The deadline is November 29th, so if you are keen, get your entry in asap!
A giant pigeon has landed in central London to mark the launch of Panasonic’s 8 x optical zoom super compact camera – the Lumix DMC-ZX1.
A chance photographs to have your photos exhibited in Habitat stores across the country. If you have a lovely home to share, then this may be of interest: the ‘this is my Habitat’ competition is inviting people across the UK to take their cameras and show them what makes their house a home.
Helena Christensen, who fronts Habitat’s ‘this is my Habitat’ campaign will choose the overall winner with a panel of judges. The competition has been designed to give fans of design and interiors a platform to share with others their own style and show the Great British public what inspires them. The public will vote for their favourite home via the campaign website www.thisismyhabitat.co.uk before Helena and the panel of judges vote.
The overall winner will become the next face of Habitat’s ‘this is my Habitat’ campaign. The prize includes a photo shoot in London, an overnight stay at a 5* star London hotel, plus £1,000 worth of Habitat vouchers. A selection of photographs will be exhibited in Habitat stores across the country next year, as well as online, until the winner is announced in February. There will also be £100 Habitat vouchers available for 34 runners up, one from each Habitat store in the UK.
All entrants need to do is upload a photograph of themselves in a room which best represents their sense of style and eye for interiors - accompanied by a short explanation of what makes that space so special.
Sunday 11th October 2009
A chance to capture the heart of Spitalfields in all its Sunday glory at the last official Shoot event of the year. Held in conjunction with photomonth, the largest UK photography festival, Shoot Experience heads back to its East London roots. The photographic treasure hunt will offer teams the opportunity to shoot the hustle and bustle of this cutting-edge area. Tried and tested through our annual Shoot London event at Tate Modern, the event is suitable for all ages and no experience in photography is necessary to enjoy the event - all that is required is creativity and enthusiasm. ‘The concept of the event is excellent, and it was really fun.’
Participants are invited to sign up to the event in teams of two to four members. At the start of the day, teams are given eight clues leading to different destinations in and around Spitalfields. The teams spend the day exploring the area, solving the given clues and constructing creative photos as their answers, capturing this unique and dynamic area as they go. Once they’ve completed all clues, teams return to Toynbee Studios to submit their photos, and then relax as a slideshow of the day’s images commences and the judging of entries gets underway. There is an awards ceremony to finish the day and prizes are given for a number of different categories such as Best Overall Photo and Most Creative Photo.
Date: Sunday 11th October
Venue: Toynbee Studios, 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6AB
Time: 11.15am-6.30pm
Cost: £15 per person
BUY TICKETS ONLINE: http://www.shootexperience.com/tickets
1 October – 30 November 2009
PHOTOMONTH 09 is a photographic feast. Discover over 150 exhibitions and events in more than 85 galleries and spaces across East London and the City. Major artists exhibiting this year include Eugene Richards, Jim Goldberg, Jenny Matthews, Nadav Kander, Terry O’Neill, Tom Hunter and Sophie Calle, with many exciting emerging artists who have chosen to show in a wide variety of interesting venues from the Crypt at Christ Church to Lennie’s Snack Bar.
Not London specific, but this could be a fun project from the Museu Picasso. Below is the information sent from the Museum:
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