Ex-student wins top photography competition

James Thomson who studied A Level Photography at Long Road has recently won first place in a major photography competition. Congratulations to him.

Check out James' work at: www.jrthomson.co.uk

Ever wonder why camera lenses are so expensive???

Capa's Lost Negatives

A great story and the find of the lost negatives might finally shed light on the allegedly faked Spanish Civil War image. Click link for more details:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/arts/design/27kenn.html?ex=1359003600&en=19a52575a2e20417&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Alexander Rodchenko at Hayward Gallery, London

Opens 7th February until 27th April.
Entrance fee applies.

Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) was one of the great figures of early 20th-century avant-garde art, and also one of its most versatile practitioners. After gaining an international reputation as a painter, sculptor and graphic artist, Rodchenko turned to photography in the early 1920s, convinced that it would become the artistic medium of his era.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts/productions/aleksandr-rodchenko-revolutio-38311

Fleeting Arcadias at Babylon Gallery, Ely

Until Sunday 3rd February

Fleeting Arcadias contrasts and compares the work of photographers as diverse as Fay Godwin, John Blakemore, Ray Moore, Martin Parr and Chris Wainwright. Martin Parr’s humorous picture of a sightseer at Glastonbury Tor, Beauty Spots, Glastonbury Tor, is in stark contrast to the ominous image of a Nuclear Power Station, in Gateshead , by Chris Wainwright. Keith Arnatt’s series of photographs Pictures from a Rubbish Tip includes a close-up shot of a teabag rotting on a plastic sheet. The highly coloured and decorative quality of the image, obscures the underlying environmental message. Paul Joyce’s atmospheric black and white photograph captures the sheer scale and beauty of the Brecon Beacons.

http://www.adec.org.uk/babylon/physical/current_exhibition_FRM.html

Steve McCurry Videos

You have seen Strictly Come Dancing .... now the photography version!

Six contestants battle it out by completing a range of assignments.

Episode one airs Sunday 6th January.

Episode two airs Sunday 13th January.

Episode three airs Sunday 20th January.

For more info:

http://picturethis.channel4.com