AOP Student Awards Night – 23rd March,
AOP Student Awards Exhibition – 22nd March to 31st March
Follow the link to view the AOP Student Awards Finalists and to find out more…
www.awards.the-aop.org/AOP_student_awards
The AOP Students Awards…check it out!
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PCL tutor Cristina Sáez launches new website
© Cristina Sáez
From one of Cristina’s many photographic series, ‘In the Bamboo Forest’ (Chiba, Japan, 2009) explores the holy grass of Asia, Bamboo.
‘Fascinated by the resilience and the beauty of this unique grass, I step into the bamboo forest and I look at it from within. I want to be like the wind that shakes these weeds, like the light that filters through revealing infinite shades of green. I walk around searching for that one frame that would allow me to re-present the experience, and I know that I am searching in vain. Looking around from among the bamboo, the eyes never stop. To freeze the view in one single frame would mean to annihilate myself, and the landscape of which I am a part.’ Cristina Sáez
Visit Cristina’s website here www.cristina-saez.com
PCL student Simon Urwin’s photograph is selected for Renaissance exhibition!
Congratulations to Photography Course London One to One student Simon Urwin.
The Renaissance Photography Prize 2011 judges Mikael Hoppen, Brian Aris, Philippe Gardner, Brigitte Lardinois and Lorna-Mary Webb from Rhubarb-Rhubarb have selected Simon’s image, “Boy Of The Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan” from over 4,500 entries as one of the 100 finalist images to be exhibited at the Mall Galleries, from the 21st to 26th March 2011.
See more of Simon Urwin’s photography on his website www.simonurwin.com
View the images shortlisted for first prize and all the judge’s selections by clicking here.
The Renaissance Photography Prize 2011 | Celebrity Gala Night
The Renaissance Photography Awards 2011 have announced the date of their Private View and Awards Ceremony or Celebrity Gala Night! It is on Wednesday 23rd March from 6.30pm – 9.30pm.
Tickets cost £55 and 100% of that goes towards Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care, a charity that supports younger women with breast cancer. Invitation to this even is open to everyone.
100 images selected by the judges will be on show at Mall Galleries, London SW1 and the exhibition will run from 20 – 26 March 2011. This show is not to be missed!
Visit www.renaissancephotography.org
Or contact info@renaissancephotography.org for more information
Think Wildlife….Think British! The BWPA is back!
Not just for the professional wildlife photographer, but for the closet wildlife photographer, the amateur photographer and the absolute beginner too.
The British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA), see winner of the ‘Coast and Marine’ category above, has announced it will open its 2011 competition on the 1st February.
‘Winners and commended entrants will have their work showcased in a national touring exhibition and in a stunning book published by AA Publishing. Now in its third year these awards celebrate and recognise the talents of photographers of all nationalities practicing in the UK, while at the same time, highlight the great wealth and diversity of British natural history.’ BWPA
There are a whopping 11 categories to enter including their brand new category, called Wildlife on Video for which they are looking for short sequences that ‘rather like a good photograph, capture a moment or a place’.
So…dig out that award winning photo, or head out into the British wilderness / your back garden and get focusing!
Visit the website now to find out more! www.bwpawards.org
A New Film by Hackney Photographer Tom Hunter
Renowned Hackney based photographer Tom Hunter has worked with residents of the Woodberry Down Estate, the site of a major regeneration project to create a film called
A Palace for Us. It includes interviews, archival imagery and scenes re-creating life on the Estate throughout it’s entire history. The film focuses on social housing in London while Hunter believes that today, social housing and socialism is coming to an end.
Hunter says that he’s dealing with ‘propaganda’ as well in this film as although he accepts there are a lot of problems with these estates, he wants to look at the good side of it, as they were ‘amazing places when they started off’.
‘Co-commissioned by Age Concern, this film is part of the Serpentine Gallery’s Skills Exchange Project, where artists, designers and architects work in collaboration with older people, care workers, young people and activists to develop ideas for social and architectural change’ Serpentine Gallery.
On until 20th January so hurry to the Serpentine Gallery and don’t miss it !
www.serpentinegallery.org
Resemblance | The opening night
Lots of people turned up to the first night of Mikael Eliasson’s new exhibition, Resemblance. Away from the crowded Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, Resemblance is a rare treat to see a range of interesting portraits of families that play a part in the everyday life of this photographer.
When you walk through the slightly unusual exhibition space and finally reach the end, there is only the option of turning around and returning the way you came. This gives you a chance to ‘think again’ and question or reaffirm your first impressions of the photographs on display.
Go and see this exhibition at Exit Gallery, Claire de Rouen books, 121-125 Charing Cross Road, Soho. Open every day (except Sunday) until the 12th February.
Resemblance | A Photographic Exhibition by Mikael Eliasson
Photography Course London tutor and professional photographer Mikael Eliasson presents his new exhibition, Resemblance.
Eliasson has documented a range of families over the past year, from his own extended family and close friends, to individuals from local family businesses who play a part in his everyday.
Resemblance is an ongoing project studying not only the beauty that lies in the inherent facial similarities of individuals within a family, but also the genuine charm of the characteristics that clearly set us apart from our relatives.
See the exhibition at www.clairederouenbooks.com from the 16th Dec to 12th Feb 2011.
www.mikaeleliasson.com
Crimbo at Carnaby Street..50 years on!
Our Intense Foundation of Digital Photography student Saatchi has now built up her knowledge and confidence to return to Carnaby Street with her Digital SLR camera and photograph these brilliant space age themed christmas decorations with style!
The 12 streets of Carnaby have been transformed by award winning design team ‘James Glancy’ into a space age playground. Grab your friends and go to see globes, stars, astro Santas and fish bowl space helmets. Just don’t forget your cameras!
www.carnaby.co.uk
LPA Futures Competition 2011…Are you an emerging photographer?
The LPA Futures Competition offers five lucky photographers the unique opportunity to be represented by one of the UK’s leading photographers agents as part of a two year programme! Winners will also receive 50% off membership to the AOP and vouchers towards a bespoke portfolio and published book. Previous LPA Futures have been successful picking up commercial commissions as well as gaining recognition in international photography awards. So, do you have what it takes?
Follow this link to find out more…. www.lisapritchard.com
