Taster Day

Tuesday 15th June 2010

Welcome to all the year 10 students who visited Long Road today from our partner schools.

We hope you enjoyed the day in the Visual Arts department.

If you would like more information on the courses, remember you can come back to visit us in November at our Open Evening - more details will be on the Long Road website in the Autumn term.

Stop Press!!!!

Long Road Photography Students in print!!!

Two of Long Road Photography students have their fashion images in the new glossy magazine - Velvet.

Marcus Barnes (completed Summer 2009) and Amy Pledger (completed Summer 2010) both have been commissioned to take fashion photographs for the

magazine.

Check the June issue - now available free around Cambridge.

Long Road Visual Arts Department

Annual Summer Show

Saturday 12 June 2010

10am - 4pm

Public viewing - entrance free

RSPCA YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARDS

The RSPCA Young Photographer Awards is the only national animal photography competition for under-19s that is FREE and easy to enter.

Closing date: 6 September 2010

With four categories to choose from there really is something for everyone and no excuse not to enter:

Under 12 years
12-18 years
Pet Personalities
The Portfolio Prize

There are some fantastic prizes to be won including a weekend photography break with top wildlife photographer Danny Green and an exclusive behind-the-scenes photoshoot at an RSPCA centre. Plus an invite to an awards ceremony at the Tower of London in December with TV presenter Matt Baker hosting the event.

For more info click here.

Exhibition by Cambridge Women's Photography Group

At Cancer Research Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way (on the Addenbrookes Site)

For more info click here.

Cambridge Environmental Festival
Nature in Cambridge Photographic Competition

Only open to Cambridge city residents.

Please note the closing date is now 12pm on Monday 24th May - so there is still time to enter.


Click here for details.

Really useful blog to check out for different photographers to reach - click the link here.

Sebastio Salgado
Radio interview on the BBC World Service

Image by Sebastio Salgado

Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado has become well known for his epic images of people living on the margins. He trained as an economist before being captivated by photography and has concentrated on major projects focusing on workers, migration and now the environment. He tells Carrie Gracie that he uses his pictures to tell the bigger story of the social changes of our time.

Click here for the link.

Win a shoot with a H4D Hasselblad - see this months Professional Photography magazine.

Photography exhibition from the Department of Engineering

Part of the Cambridge Science Festival

Entrance Free

Venue:
Michaelhouse Cafe Trinity Street St. Michael's Church CB2 1SU

For more info - click here.

Dawn Woolley: The Subsitute
New Hall College, Cambridge
7 March - 3 April 2010

Entrance free.
















Image by Dawn Woolley
Excellent first hand research opportunity for the Controlled Assignment paper (AS and A2).

For more info: http://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/exhibitions/forthcoming.html

William Eggleston at Victoria Miro Gallery, London

Until February 27th 2010

For more info click here.

Photographer Wanted!!!!
Anyone free on Wednesday 24th Feb daytime to take photographs of para-rugby team vs Saracens match in Stanmore, Middlesex.
Maybe a small fee available.

Transport available from South Cambs.
Let me know asap - anorrington@yahoo.com.

Irving Penn Exhibition at National Portrait Gallery

Opens February 18th.
Until June 6 2010
Entrance fee applies

For more info - click here.

Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2010

12 February - 17 April 2010

At The Photographers Gallery, London.
For more info - click here.

Shortlisted artists are:
Anna Fox
Zoe Leonard

Sophie Ristelhueber

Donovan Wylie

Don McCullin - Image by Don McCullin

Audio slideshow: 'Shaped by War'- incredible images and Don McCullin discussing them on the BBC website.

Don McCullin is one of the world's most acclaimed photographers, whose thought-provoking images have helped our understanding of modern conflict and its consequences.

To mark his 75th year, Imperial War Museum North in Greater Manchester is showcasing his work.
From Berlin, to Vietnam and Cambodia - take a tour with him.

To access the slideshow - click here.

Twilight at the Museums

Could be the ideal opportunity to get some interesting images for the Controlled Assignment -
A2 - could cover emerging, discarded, illusion, up light or spectators.


When - 17 February 2010
4.30-7pm
Bring torches and explore Cambridge’s amazing museums and Botanic Garden after dark!

For details of participating museums visit http://www.cam.ac.uk/museums

Photographers required!!!

We are looking for Photography students who can take pictures of College life and events for next year's Prospectus. Your work will be credited and it will be seen in the College Journal. This gives you valuable experience and would look good on your CV. We need names by February Half -Term, drop into the Office and let Martin or Mary know if you are interested or come to the subject workshop on Friday at 12.20. http://photographybiographies.blogspot.com/

David Bailey on Radio 4 programme.

Photographer David Bailey first saw Picasso's work in Look magazine in the 1950s - it was a revelation to him. He discusses the founder of Cubism's work and the enigma of the man himself, and their influence on him.

This programme still available on iPlayer to listen - click here for the link.

Mass Gathering in defence of street photography

I’m a Photographer, Not a Terrorist! invite all Photographers to a mass photo gathering in defence of street photography.

Saturday 23rd January - Trafalger Square - 12 Noon

For more information - click here.

If you photograph out and about a lot - have a look here for the very useful 'Bust Card' they have produced as a summary of your rights.