National Geographic Live! : The Power of Photography to Reveal

 

Photojournalist David Guttenfelder offers a glimpse inside North Korea's tightly controlled society, where the truth is rarely simple.

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The National Geographic Live! series brings thought-provoking presentations by today's leading explorers, scientists, photographers, and performing artists right to your YouTube feed. Each presentation is filmed in front of a live audience at National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C. New clips air every Monday.

7th Annual International Juried Plastic Camera Show

photo © Tonee Harbert

It’s that time of year again! RayKo’s plastic camera competition is open to artists working with plastic cameras with plastic lenses. The more obsolete, flawed, and lo-tech, the better. Images should be taken with cameras with limited controls, such as Diana, Holga, Lubitel, Lomo, Banner, and Ansco cameras. Beautiful prints from less-than- gorgeous cameras – that’s what we’re looking for! This is RayKo’s largest exhibition of the year with artists from all over the globe submitting work, and hundreds of attendees at the reception.

PRIZES
Best of Show - $400 cash prize & a deluxe Diana Camera from Lomography!  Plus, 4 Honorable Mention juror awards.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:   January 7, 2014
Notification sent:  January 15, 2014
Exhibition Dates:  March 5 - April 29, 2014

Entry Fee (non-refundable):  $30/up to 3 images, $5/additional image
Limit 10 images per person

Entries will be accepted by mail, in-person drop off, and online via the LensCulture Entry System.

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Elliott Erwitt exhibition - Fotografiska/Sweden

© Elliott Erwitt USA-Bakersfield-California-1983

December 6 - March 2, 2014 

Fotografiska
Stadsgårdshamnen 22
116 45 Stockholm

Elliott Erwitt is the photographer who notices details that most people miss, situations before they occur. “There is really nothing mysterious about photography”, Elliott explains. “It’s about observing. Often it’s a matter of luck and circumstance. Hopefully I haven’t taken my best picture yet.” 

The exhibition at Fotografiska offers our visitors a unique opportunity for to acquaint themselves with one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers and see what he has captured. So far.

Today his images can be seen in museums and important collections all over the world. But he has not slowed down; he continues to do commercial work and take pictures for new books. So far he has produced some 45 titles. “I like to see my photos in books. It’s an acknowledgement of my work.”

“I want to evoke emotion with my photographs, to make people either laugh or cry. If you can achieve that I think you’ve done well”, Elliott Erwitt explains.

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#projectstreetsofmycity

Photo by Barbara Gibson © All Rights Reserved

Book your workshop!

Book your workshop

Start the New Year as you mean to go on by learning a new skill or brushing up on what you already know.

Are you planning on buying a camera over Christmas? Well why not learn how to use it properly on our digital workshop.

Do you want to explore the magic of the darkroom and learn how shoot, develop and make black and white photographic prints from negatives?  The Introduction to analogue photography workshop is or you.

Do you have basic photographic skills and want to learn how to plan, initiate and develop an extended photographic project? The introduction to documentary photography is for you

We have a range of workshops to suit all….and don’t forget they’re an ideal Christmas present.

Workshops are free for Balsall Heath residents 

 

Take a look:

Introduction to Digital Photography (6 weeks from): 
Monday Jan 6th 2014: 10am - 12pm
Tuesday Jan 7th 2014: 10am - 12pm
Tuesday Jan 7th 2014: 7pm - 9pm

Introduction to Analogue (Black & White)  Photography
(8 weeks from):
Saturday Jan 11th 2014: 1pm - 3pm
Introduction to Documentary Photography (6 weeks from):
Wednesday Jan 8th 2014: 7pm - 9pm
or
Thursday  Jan 9th 2014: 7pm - 9pm

All workshops are available at £10 per session or £5 with concessions.

If booked in advance a 6 week course can be booked for £50 (£25 with concessions) and an 8 week course for £70 ( £35 with concessions)

All workshops are dependent on a minimum of 4 participants to run and are free for Balsall Heath residents.

If your first choice day is not available we may suggest attending on another day the course is running.

All workshops will take place at:

Darkrooms Birmingham
The Old Printworks
506 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 9AH

To make your booking please email us at:
info@some-cities.org.uk
Placing the name of your workshop in the subject heading.
Many thanks.

Andrew and Dan.

info@some-cities.org.uk

 

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Subtelne i zmysłowe autoportrety dwudziestolatki - Melania Brescia

Fot. Melania Brescia

Melania Brescia, 20-latka pochodząca z Malagi w Hiszpanii, tworzy intymne autoportrety, pełne życia i emocji. To ostatnio bardzo modny kierunek wśród młodych miłośników fotografii, co sprawia, że Melania wyróżnia się na ich tle? Przekonajcie się sami.

Strona 1

Wszyscy interesujemy się swoimi podobiznami – czy to z ciekawości, próżności, czy z chęci przyjrzenia się sobie. Wykonywanie autoportretów to sprawdzona droga do pokazania swojego prawdziwego ja. 

 

W ciągu całej historii fotografii wielu najwybitniejszych artystów wykonywało autoportrety, które na długo pozostają w pamięci. Wśród nich możemy wymienić choćby takie nazwiska jak: Ansel Adams, Joyce Tenneson, Anton Corbijn, Alfred Steigelitz, Eillott Erwitt, Annie Leibovitz, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Engene Atget. 

Fot. Melania Brescia

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Creating Neon Poetry With a Patient Camera

The New York School street photographer Saul Leiter is the subject of Tomas Leach’s “In No Great Hurry.”

‘In No Great Hurry,’ a Documentary About Saul Leiter,

By DANIEL M. GOLD

Published: January 2, 2014

Now considered among the very best of the New York School street photographers, and a leading exponent in the artistic use of color film, Saul Leiter came to this acclaim rather late. While much of his most powerful work was made in the 1950s, it wasn’t truly rediscovered until nearly a half-century later. 

That’s largely because of Mr. Leiter’s almost pathological modesty, as Tomas Leach’s documentary, “In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life With Saul Leiter,” amply demonstrates. “My own achievements are rather minor,” Mr. Leiter, seated in his cluttered East Village apartment, insists genially, questioning the need for a film. Half-jokingly, he says that if he doesn’t like it, he won’t allow its release.

“In No Great Hurry” is not a rigorous examination of Mr. Leiter’s art. Instead, between conversations, it floats some of his most ethereal, lustrous images, soft, layered scenes that glow with a watercolor’s warmth, sharp departures from the gritty cityscapes of his contemporaries. His best work seems both of the moment and timeless. 

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Hipstamatic - Colaba HipstaPak

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George Chamoun - Iconatomy

© George Chamoun

George Chamoun is an artist and art student living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. Studying at two preparatory schools, he came to the conclusion that his interest lies in working with the body in different ways. While working mostly in 3D nowadays, his love for paper collages and print matter will always be present in his artistry.

He created the Iconatomy series of images as an investigation in the beauty ideals of the movie world. These are collages of two movie stars or icons from two different eras, merged together to form one face, one ideal image.

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Maciej Cieślak - zogniskowany na człowieku /Maciej Zieliński/

© Maciej Cieślak

Fotograf, podróżnik, laureat konkursu "National Geographic". Wybiera często trudne tematy. Swoimi zdjęciami chce wpływać na naszą zbiorową wyobraźnię.

Pojawiłeś się dopiero po sukcesie "Bajki masajskiej". Zacząłeś późno, czy nie zabiegałeś wcześniej o rozgłos?

- Fotografować zacząłem bardzo wcześnie, bo już w podstawówce. Fotografię zgubiłem później gdzieś na studiach, by wrócić do niej po 20 latach. Po pierwszym roku studiów, pod koniec lat 80., wyjechałem na wakacje do Anglii zbierać truskawki. Wtedy jeszcze dużo fotografowałem, miałem dwa Zenity. Jednego sprzedałem od razu, żeby mieć w razie czego na bilet powrotny - był wart jakieś 50 funtów, a bilet samolotowy kosztował wtedy nie więcej jak 20. Drugiego zostawiłem pechowo w "stopie" i przepadł. Zaangażowałem się w studia i pracę społeczną, to były początki transformacji. Byłem w NZS-ie, to mnie wtedy mocno zajmowało, fotografia zeszła na trzeci plan. Oczywiście dziś tego żałuję, mogłem zostać fotografem NZS-u, mało kto z nas robił wtedy zdjęcia.

 

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