photo: Carole Evans
Congratulations to Carole Evans whose image of Ceridwen from her retro girls project was featured on the front cover of the Independent on Sunday’s The New Review, 14th August.
A print of the photograph is currently on show until 21st September as part of the 50′s, Fashion and Emerging Feminism exhibition at Collyer Bristow Gallery. Viewing is during office hours only, at 4 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4TF.
DEADLINE ALERT!
31st August will be the last day to sign up for LIP’s London Villages Project.
If you have been debating whether or not to participate, the time has come to decide! All LIP Members are invited to register at the LVP website, and be a part of this exciting long-term project!
A series of workshops for members, on ‘editing a body of work’ will run from Autumn 2011 and seek to help members of the LVP in selecting work that will become the final representation of their personal project. More details will follow to members.
At the July monthly meeting Carol Kenna presented an update on her project in Greenwich which displayed a number of themes such as construction in the area and neighbourhood groups. New member Francesca Hamon is looking in Bermondsey and highlighted a problem for many members of the LVP: that of the richness of a neighbourhood & how to make a singular statement from the multiplicity of options. Anita Strasser is continuing her Deptford High Street work but with a new frame of reference, now shooting in colour. Katrin Nodop began again with the working horses at The Old Southern Railway Stables in Bermondsey.
For further details about the project see londonvillagesproject.org.uk or contact organiser John Levett
14 Magazine is devoted to poems of fourteen lines, and Anne-Marie Glasheen will be the featured artist/photographer in the July issue, number 12
Anne-Marie is a photographic artist, poet and literary translator. Her father was Belgian, her mother English. Apart from straight photography, she makes extensive use of digital montaging – combining layers of scanned and/or photographed images to produce original images of altered realities, sometimes incorporating words: English and/or French to reflect her dual heritage. She is increasingly concerned with memory and transience; as well as issues of identity and her relationship with what is beyond as well as behind.
For further details see the 14 Magazine website.
We are now well underway with preparations for the 23rd LIP Annual Exhibition. Entry is open to all current members of LIP and is a great chance to showcase your work in a major London gallery. The selection process is anonymous (i.e. without knowing names of photographers) to make sure that the process is completely open and fair to all members.
For full information on exact times dates & locations and a step by step guide on what you need to do to enter please see the 23rd Annual Exhibition pages.
This year we have two great selectors to show your work to:
Dewi Lewis; (of the Dewi Lewis publishing house) Internationally known, its authors have included leading photographers such as Martin Parr, Simon Norfolk, William Klein, Frank Horvat, Paolo Pellegrin, Sergio Larrain and Bruce Gilden). A founding member of The European Publishers Award for Photography, now in its 18th year. An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, Dewi was awarded the Society’s inaugural RPS Award for Outstanding Services to Photography in 2009.
Bridget Coaker; picture editor for the Guardian and Observer newspapers, Director of Photography for the online contemporary photography gallery Troika Editions, Director of the 2009 Hereford Photography Festival as well as being is a visiting lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts, University of Derby and the Hereford College of Art.
Exhibition Times & Private View
As last year the exhibition will be held in the Strand Gallery. It will open on Tuesday 18th October and close on Saturday 29th October; there will be a private view on the evening of Tuesday 18th for all members, details to follow closer to the time.
Submissions
Submissions will be accepted at the start September at three locations in London (Chiswick, Shoreditch and Sydenham) from the 2nd to the 5th September. Please see the 23rd Annual Exhibition pages for full details or locations and time.
Exhibition Workshop
LIP will soon be running a one-day course to explain how to prepare for the LIP exhibition (or any other exhibition submission). We will cover how to select work, basic print preparation, mounting, printing, paper choices, framing options, common submission errors and an insight into what happens at the LIP selection day. The exact date & location are still to be confirmed but most likely to be at the end of July in central London and will have a small charge to cover the venue cost. If you would like to register for a place and for more information please email John Stead, Exhibition Organiser.
Should you have any questions please feel free to contact John
M: +44 (0) 7971.460.788
E: exhibitions@londonphotography.org.uk
The June meeting saw another fine turn out, with six presentations and vigorous discussion.
Angelika Berndt gave a quick update on her work from the walkways of the Barbican. Astrid Baerndal presented work for the first time and showed images from her recently-begun work on an embryonic Buddhist community in Camberwell. Eamonn Power is working in Brixton and his starting-point has been the neighbourhood of Brixton Village. Mo Greig’s work is centred upon King’s Cross, and is a balance between portrait and the built fabric in an area that’s changing daily and attracting much attention within the LVP. Nicola Lawrence is working locally in Brick Lane and discussed how she has taken time to ‘embed’ herself within the community. Chris Ennis returned with his latest panoramic work in Ponders End.
For further details about the project see londonvillagesproject.org.uk or contact organiser John Levett
The London Villages Project is progressing with great enthusiasm!
At the group project meeting in May, emphasis focused on individual photographers’ developments in defining their ideas of ‘village’, and how aspects of a project can transform the photographer as much as their photography. Five photographers presented their work for feedback at the meeting:
Angelika Berndt is developing ideas surrounding Barbican. Andrew Wilson has a local book commission for which he is focusing on his own location of Barnes. Peter Luck has been photographing in the East End, and is now considering how to link the history of the area within his work. Astrid Schulz photographed Soho pubs on the day of the royal wedding, and Andy Preston presented images from the narrow boat community of Regent’s Canal.
The next all-day focus meeting will take place in June.
For further details about the project see londonvillagesproject.org.uk or contact organiser John Levett
