"Photography is the easiest art, which perhaps makes it the hardest."
Lisette Model

The link below is for an article that was in Newsweek this week and from where I found the above quotation which I think most photographers would agree with. Anyway the article is called

"Is Photography Dead?"

makes interesting reading ....

New at The Photographers Gallery
www.photonet.org.uk

Seeing is Believing
Until 27 January 2008
Seeing is Believing explores photography's strong relationship to the non-rational, the unknown and the ethereal. It brings together vintage photographs from the archive of the Harry Price Library of Magical Literature, with work by seven international artists who share a fascination for the unexplained.









Antonie d'Agata: Insomnia
Until 27 January 2008
Considered one of a new breed of Magnum photographers, Antoine d’Agata’s images appear to exist between time and space in an alternately bleak, painterly and carnivalesque atmosphere. From his native Marseilles to New York, Mexico and Central America, d'Agata has drawn from over 10 years of travelling as the inspiration for his photography.












Lee Miller in The Print Sales Gallery
Until 3rd February 2008
Celebrating the centenary of one of the most significant contributors to the history of photography, Print Sales exhibits the work of Lee Miller.

Nick Waplington
at Whitechapel Laboratory, Aldgate East, E1
12 December 2007 - 20 January 2008
Admission free
www.whitechapel.org


For the Whitechapel, he has created an installation which continues this investigation, leading from the Gallery out into the streets of Whitechapel. Nick Waplington is an amazing photography who came to prominence with his project 'Living Room'. This is a fantastic opportunity to catch his work in exhibition.

Ageless Snapshots
Photographer Robb Kendrick demonstrates the making of tintype portraits.
This is a fascinating video and a real insight into large format and historic processes in photography.

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-12/vaquero/tintype-multimedia.html

National Geographic Magazine - The Photographers - Series of Videos

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Captain Scott's Last Polar Expedition
Photographs by Herbert George Ponting
National Portrait Gallery, London
Until February 2008
Admission free
www.npg.org.uk

Shutting Up Shop by John Londei
National Portrait Gallery, London
until 4 May 2008 in Bookshop Gallery
Entrance free
www.npg.org.uk

Portrait Photography Prize 2007
at National Portrait Gallery, London
until 24 February 2008
Admission fee £1.00
www.npg.org.uk




First Prize
Joseline Ingabire with her daughter Leah Batamuliza, Rwanda
from the series Intended Consequences: Mothers of Genocide, Children of Rape
by Jonathan Torgovnik

George Eastman House - Video Podcasts

Just found some good links to videos on You Tube for George Eastman House in the USA.

Check out the following "Welcome to the Photo Collection"



You can also subscribe to the video podcasts via itunes - click link for more details:
http://podcast.eastmanhouse.org/

Sebastiao Salgado: Genesis Exhibition
Until 26 January 2008
The Hackelbury Gallery, 4 Launceston Place, London W8
Free admission

All images are being shown in the UK for the first time.

For more info: www.hackelbury.co.uk

Mary Weinberger at Dimbola Lodge
until November 25 2007 in the Tearoom.
Mary currently has her pinhole photographs on exhibition at Dimbola Lodge on the Isle of Wight.

For more info: click here

Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year
National History Museum
Until 27 April 2008
Entrance fee applies
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/detail.jsp?key=13112

Jane Bown Exhibition
Unknown Bown
Until Friday 25 January 2008
at The Newsroom, Guardian and Observer Archive Visitor Centre
Entrance free.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/newsroom/story/0,,2155557,00.html

Born 1947 - Camera Press at 60
National Portrait Gallery, London
From 30 October 2007
Room 38a - Entrance Free

This display marks the sixtieth anniversary of photo agency Camera Press and features photographs by founder Tom Blau of subjects from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s such as Daphne du Maurier, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier and John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
It also displays newly commissioned works of eminent British people in 1947, photographed by leading photographers such as Jillian Edelstein, Mary McCartney, Bryan Adams and Perou.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/wocamerapress.asp

The Genius of Photography - New Series on BBC4
Starts Thursday 25th Oct
(repeated on Mondays at 8pm)
Follow the story of photography in BBC Four's six-part series 'The Genius of Photography'. See some of the most famous photographs ever taken and find out more about what made them so very special.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/photography/genius/

Photography Guide in The Guardian

On Saturday October 27 the Guardian is giving away a free 100 page guide.
Read about what inspired professionals such as Martin Parr, Anton Corbijn, Jane Bown and Sam Taylor-Wood, and gain invaluable practical advice from our expert workshops.
Also, from Monday 29 October, G2 will run a daily photography tutorial which will give readers the chance to send in their own photographs to be critiqued by professional photographers.

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/photography/0,,,00.html

Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now (over 18s only)
Barbican Art Gallery
Until 27 January 2008
Entrance charge applies
Features photographs by Nobuyoshi Araki and Robert Mapplethorpe among others.
DO NOT GO IF EASILY SHOCKED!
http://www.barbican.org.uk/

Taken from the Daily Herald Picture Library

at National Media Museum, Bradford
Until February 17 2008
Entrance free.
For more info: http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/

Sarah Jones
at National Media Museum in Bradford.
Until 17 February 2008
Entrance free
For more info: www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk

Hereford Photography Festival.
Britain's longest running photography festival.
On until 27 October 2007 in various locations in Hereford.
This year's theme is South Africa.

For more info - http://www.photofest.org/

The Art of Lee Miller

Victoria and Albert Museum

15 September 2007 - 6 January 2008
Entrance fee payable

For more info click here.

Landscape Photographer of the Year - Competition Winners
Exhibition currently on at National Theatre, South Bank, London until November 3rd.
Entrance free.

See the winning entries online at: www.take-a-view.co.uk

The Photographers Gallery - new exhibitions
On until 11 November - entrance free.
For more details: http://www.photonet.org.uk/

Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamilar







From Emperor to Military Dictator: Shemelis Desta's Ethiopian Archive 1963 - 1982








Nicholas Hughes: In Darkness Visible

UK at Home 7 Days
A close-up look of how we life
Major nationwide photography competition runs between 24 September - 30 September 2007.
For more details - see: http://www.ukathome.co.uk/

Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year

University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street Cambridge

18 August - 23 September 2007

Monday to Friday: 10.00 - 16.45

Saturday: 10.00 - 13.00

Entrance free

For more info: www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/museum

Fens Through a Lens

Photography Competition

Can you capture the special beauty of our Fenland nature reserves?

Closing Date: Friday 27 June 2008

For more info: www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/museum

W H Auden

Until 2 December 2007

National Portrait Gallery, London

Room 31 - Entrance free

Marking the centenary year of the birth of W H Auden, one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, this display of portraits of the poet ranges from youth to old age and includes iconic photographs by Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn and Richard Avedeon.

Click here for more info.

21st Century Portrait

Until 28 October 2007

National Portrait Gallery, London - Room 38a

Entrance free

This display features new work from photographers - including John Reardon's award winning photography of thirteen chefs posed in a tableaux resembling Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper.

Click here for more info.

Win up to £1000 cash in the Fujifilm Distinctions Awards 2007

All images must be shot on Fuji Professional Film.

Closing date: 1 October 2007

See www.fujifilmdistinctions.co.uk for more info.

New Exhibitions at The Photographers Gallery, Great Newport Street, London

Keith Arnatt

I'm A Real Photographer

Until 2 September 2007

Chris Coekin

The Hitcher

Until 2 September 2007

The Myth of the North

The Lowry, Salford

Until Sun 4th November

The Myth of the North celebrates the vibrancy, humour and unique identify of the region is packed full of work by famous photographers including; Bill Brandt, Humphrey Spender, John Davies, Martin Parr and Shirley Baker. Their work along with photography from The Manchester Photographers' Survey will be displayed within a series of life-size installations of a Northern house, streets, seafront and shop.

For further information see http://www.thelowry.com/WhatsOn/EventDetail.aspx?EventId=2812.

Global Youth Photography Competition

In association with the UN's International Youth Day Shoot Experience and Plan International, this competition is open to all 11 - 24 year olds across the globe - just upload photos online line or send by post. The theme is governance - a detailed brief and terms and conditions is available on line. Prizes include an international trip, top of the range digital SLR camera and the chance to feature in the Shoot Nations Exhibition in 6 international cities. Upload dates between - 15th June - 20th July 2007

Further details available http://www.shootnations.org/

Grace Lau

21st Century Types: A Photographic Study
13th July - 24th August 2007

Photofusion

17a Electric Lane, London, SW9

Entrance free.

For more info click here.

Alfred Eisenstaedt

28th June to 1st August 2007

Michael Hoppen Gallery

3 Jubilee Place

London SW3

Entrance free

Click here for more info.

HOST Gallery

1 Honduras Street

London EC1

20th June - 31 July 2007

Flandrien: Hard Men and Heroes

Stephan Vanfleteren

Click here for more info.

In the Making: Fashion and Advertising

National Portrait Gallery

2nd July - 14 October 2007

Bookshop Gallery

Entrance free

This display showcases stunning images by leading English fashion and advertising photographers such as Solve Sundsbo, Elaine Constantine and Alexi Lubomirski taken for magazines including V, Pop and Harper's Bazaar.

Diana, Princess of Wales

National Portrait Gallery

From 14th July in Room 33

Entrance free.

Including photographs by Mario Testino, David Bailey and Lord Snowdon, this display marks the tenth anniversary of her death and forms a special portrait of a fascinating figure.

Click here fore more info.

Daily Encounters: Photographs from Fleet Street

National Portrait Gallery

5 July - 21 October 2007

Entrance fee charged

Click here for more info.

Art, Design and Photography Summer Show

The summer art show of A2 students work at Long Road Sixth Form College will be this weekend.

The private view is on Friday 22nd June and all students and their families are welcome to attend. The evening is from 6.30pm - 9.30pm and features bar, bar-b-que and live music for acclaimed local band Poontang.

There will be a fashion show at 7.30pm in the college grounds.

On Saturday 23rd June the show is open for public viewing between 10am - 4pm.

Tate Britain Exhibiton - UPDATE

I went to see this exhibition over half-term and it is FANTASTIC!

All AS Photography students who are planning to carry onto A2 MUST go and see it!!

For everyone else, it has one of the best ranges of British photography that I have ever seen on display.

From W H Fox Talbot, Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Hill and Adamson through to contemporary photographers such as Simon Norfolk, Martin Parr plus many new names.

This exhibition is highly recommended - highlights for me were the colour photographs by Madame Yevonde (Room 3) and actual prints on display from David Bailey's Box of Pin Ups (Room 4).

For a review of the exhibition - click here.

Travel Photographer of the Year 2007

Also available to enter at the moment is the travel photographer competition.

Closing date is September 19th 2007 - so still time to get some shots from your summer hols.

For info, click here.

Garden Photography of the Year

With so many of the AS/A2 students choosing 'Garden' as the exam question - this may appeal to some of you!

Closing date is 31 January 2008 so plenty of time to enter!

For more info, click here.

Old Billingsgate, London
31 May - 3 June 2007

Photo-london will now focus exclusively on contemporary photography since 1970. It aims to show the diversity of subjects, concepts, styles and techniques explored by photo-based artists from documentary work to conceptual art photography, as well as image combined with media such as audio, video, and installation. photo-london will provide a unique platform to highlight the latest international trends and expressions available in the medium of photography.

For more info - click here

New exhibition at Tate Britain until 2 September 2007 (entrance fee applies).

This is the first major exhibition of photography ever to be held at Tate Britain. It takes a unique look at the journey of British photography, from the pioneers of the early medium to today’s photographers who use new technology to make and display their imagery.

Click here for more info.