Greg Lucas: Photography as Speculative Journalism (Talk)
Wednesday, 3rd March at 7.30pm

The Art of Photography with Yoke Matze (Workshop)
Saturday 20th March from 10am-4.30pm

Also there are a few spaces remaining for this April workshop:

Introduction to Large Format Photography with Nick Lockett
Saturday 24th April, 10.30am-4.30pm

Some members may remember or may have attended The Photographers’ Place workshops and master classes, run by Paul and Angela Hill at Bradbourne in the Peak District from 1976-96. As then, this new workshop weekend is intended for the more experienced photographer and includes both technical and aesthetic guidance. Gone are the darkrooms, replaced by sessions on digital post production. You need a high – end compact or SLR and a passion for photography to attend the sessions.

Professor Paul Hill will be there with two other experienced photography tutors, Martin Shakeshaft and Nick Lockett, to ‘eat drink and sleep’ photography for a whole weekend.

For details of the workshop weekend see www.photographersplace.co.uk

Upcoming Talk Wed January 20, 7.30pm
Daniel Meadows: Digital Storytelling
Talks about creating a national portrait of the English and pioneering Digital Storytelling.

Upcoming Workshop Sat February 6, 10.30-5.30pm
Studio Lighting at Photofusion with Paul Ellis
Learn all the basics you need to control studio lighting and construct the pictures you want to make.

Also a number of members of the Contemporary Group of the Royal Photographic Society are longtime LIP members. The Contemprary Group has organised a weekend event in Birmingham upcoming in May:

RPS Contemporary Group Event: Spirit of the Age
A weekend event in Birmingham featuring talks by Ian Beesley, Joy Gregory, Brian Griffin, Tom Hunter, Greg Lucas, Jenny Mathews, Simon Roberts and Helen Sear.

The winning prize of £60k was awarded last night in Paris:

“Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and former Secretary General of the United Nations, has awarded this year’s prestigious Prix Pictet photography prize for environmental sustainability to British based photographer Nadav Kander and a photography commission to American photographer Ed Kashi at the Passage de Retz in Paris.

The Prix Pictet is an annual search for photographs that communicate powerful messages of global environmental significance under a broad theme. This year that theme is ‘earth’. Nadav Kander was nominated for his series of photos, Yangtze, The Long River Series, 2006-07, documenting the rapidly changing landscape and communities of China’s Yangtze River, from its mouth to source.”

Source: Click Green

A few participants in Mike Simmons’ September workshop entitled “The Self in Photography” have shared their experience and some selected images they created inspired by the theme. Take a look at the Mike Simmons workshop page to view the results.

Also two new events have been added to the Programme for winter:

Carol Hudson: The Photographic Sequence as it relates to on-line book publishing (Workshop) – Look beyond the single image to consider visual and other narrative forms for self-publishing a photobook. Takes place Saturday, November 28th, 2009 from 10am-4pm.

Daniel Meadows: Digital Storytelling (Talk) – Speaks about creating a national portrait of the English and pioneering Digital Storytelling. Takes place Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 from 7.30pm.

Image above by Virginia Khuri

The workshop takes place over two Saturdays with a week in-between to give participants time to practice. The aim of the workshop is to explore street photography in it’s broadest sense and to give the participants the opportunity to develop confidence, explore their own visual ideas and find ways to successfully photograph on the streets. More details on the Photofusion web site.

Some photographers who participated in Mike Seaborne’s workshop “Photographing the Urban Landscape” on May 2nd are sharing a few selected images and words about their experiences on the day. Mike lead participants on a walk through the West End exploring the variety of buildings and urban spaces. See details on the Photographing the Urban Landscape workshop page. Image by Giovanni Frisari

The workshop takes place over two Saturdays with a week in-between to give participants time to practice. The aim of the workshop is to explore street photography in it’s broadest sense and to give the participants the opportunity to develop confidence, explore their own visual ideas and find ways to successfully photograph on the streets. More details on the Photofusion web site:
http://www.photofusion.org/education/coursesworkshops/camerastudio.htm