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SPEM August 2010
Scottish Photographers E Mail Newsletter (SPEM) August 2010
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Paul Hill Days: Saturday 11 September at Street Level repeated on Sunday 12 September at Stills. 10.30 – 16.30 each day. In the morning Paul will talk about his own work and in the afternoon will discuss members’ portfolios. An application form is attached as a PDF.
Contact Carl for update on places at 01698 826 414 and carl@carls-gallery.co.uk.
Web Site - a request from Jamie McAteer: “for names and website addresses of those who wish to be on the Photographers’ Page of the site. E-mail me on this email address: info@jamiemcateer.co.uk.”
You can link to Scottish Photographers through Facebook.
Edinburgh Festival. There are a number of interesting shows (see below) about which we would welcome considered reviews for the next issue of NOTES
Exhibitions and Events:
Always check with venues for opening times
Dutch-Scottish photographer Tina Vanderwerf shows new work in her exhibition Hebridean Pieces 03 July – 28 August 2010 in Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre – Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides – Tel: 01876 500293 www.taigh-chearsabhagh.org
From Alicia Bruce: Neither here nor there. A collection of thoughts on cultural identity. Alicia Bruce Agot Bugge Becky Campbell Lindsay Boyd Haleh Jamali Sally Jubb Lizz Ross Roween Suess Old Ambulance Depot 77 Brunswick Street Edinburgh 8-24th August Open 10am – 5.30pm Preview: 8th August 2-4pm http://www.contemporaryartexchange.org
From Wojtek Kutyla: I have just published new documentary on my website and I thought that Scottish Photographers may have a look. http://www.wojtekkutyla.com/in_their_own_way/ Enjoy! Wojtek http://www.wojtekkutyla.com
Douglas McBride: Archaeology at the new and enterprising Hidden Lane Gallery 17th July to 28 August 1081 Argyle street from 25th June to 28th August.
From Ed Fielding: Tuesday 17th August EXHIBITION Edinburgh and Beyond: Original black and white photographs of Scotland’s capital with landscapes and townscapes, exploring the variety and beauty of our environment.Popular wildlife photographs. By Ed Fielding and Hamish King, until 22nd August Gladstone Gallery, Gladstone’s Land, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2NT. Tel 07740 500 985. Visit www.edinburghandbeyond.com.
From Gordon Croft: We have moved premises from our long-standing branch in Shandwick Place to locate above our premises at 142 Rose Street in Edinburgh. We supply local colleges and schools with photographic equipment, and as such:
. . . we would like to offer Scottish Photographers members a 20% discount on all films, developing chemicals and black & white printing papers.
There seems to be a dearth of shops selling such materials and I’d like to help support other traditional photographers – is it possible to put a link on the web-page? Regards, Gordon Croft, Photographic & Wholesale manager,Black & Lizars, 142 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD. Direct line: 0131 226 3932 email : photo.shandwick-pl@blackandlizars.co.uk
From Aase Goldsmith; FIFESPACE Hell and the Purgatory of Stopping Smoking by Aase Goldsmith 19th July to 26th August. Art, documentary and freelance photographer, Aase Goldsmith had no plans to stop smoking, however when a stubborn cold, cough and chest problems took hold last autumn, she went to see a pharmacist about nicotine patches – and took him up on the offer of a Smoking Cessation Programme. To keep her cool, Aase started a ‘photographic smoking cessation diary’, and documented her ordeal for future reference and fellow sufferers. Her exhibition of ‘withdrawal art’ is dedicated to preaching saints, puffing sinners, lawmaking ministers, spin doctors, mantramongers, obedientmedics and fashion following parrots doing their best to make life hell for the wicked smokers! www.attfife.org.uk
From Iain Maclean: I was at the opening of the World Press exhibition on Monday night [at the Scottish Parliament] and found out about some free lectures running alongside the event. These may be of interest to you and can be seen here (just scroll down on their page).
http://www.festivalofpolitics.org.uk/wpp.htm
Marylin Munroe in Glasgow: Eight images by Eve Arnold are on show in the Castle Galleries, Princes Square Buchanan Street Glasgow. The images are part of a collection of limited edition of prints and are available to buy in an ‘extremely collectable worldwide edition numbering just 495’.
Paul Kenny: Beachcombing? Kenny ‘tries to find the awe-inspiring in that which is easily passed by’ and works in ‘camera less photography along the lines of Gary Fabian Miller or Susan Derges’. An Tobar Argyll Terrace Tobermory Mull 01688 302211 www.antobar.co.uk Until August 28.
Edinburgh Festival
Edward Weston: Life Work. At City Art - the show of the year?
Edward Weston (1886- 1958) is renowned as one of the masters of 20th century photography. His legacy of carefully composed and superbly printed photographs has influenced photographers around the world. This major exhibition, the largest ever to be shown in the UK, presents a survey of this great American artist, and contains an outstanding group of over 100 vintage prints from all phases of Weston’s career. The exhibition encompasses all the themes for which he is best known. Among the earliest works on show is a striking 1909 study of his wife Flora, which is perhaps Weston’s first nude, while a 1907 desert image foretells his later passion for landscape. His stay in Mexico heralded a new, trimmed down approach which led on to his memorable still life photographs of the late 1920s. They in turn fed naturally into a remarkable set of sculptural nudes in 1933-1934. Subsequently, Weston’s style loosened as he turned to the open landscape. Life Work includes an important suite of six dune studies made near Oceano, California in 1934 and 1936. The exhibition concludes with Weston’s consummate final photograph, nicknamed The Dody Rocks, from 1948.
Also William Wegman: Family Combinations. Joint admission to Edward Weston and William Wegman: Adult £8, Concession £5, Children £2.50, Family £15 City Art Centre 2 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DE 0131 529 3993 31 July – 24 October Mon – Sat 10am – 5pm Sun 12 – 5pm. £8.00/£5.00.
Gilbert and George Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 75 Belford Road Edinburgh. EH4 3DR 0131 624 6200 ‘From 31 July’. Mon – Sun 10.00am – 5pm Free.
Rosita McKenzie (blind photographer) Edinburgh People. Edinburgh City Library George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EG 0131 242 8000. 12 August - 24 september Mon – Thu 10am – 8pm Fri 10am – 5pm Sun 9am – 1pm Free
Philip Braham: Falling Shadows in Arcadia. The Royal Scottish Academy The Mound EH2 2EL 6 Aug – 3 Sept Mon – Sat 10am – 5pm Sun 12 – 5pm Free
Plan B. Special collaboration between Pulitzer prizewinning Irish Poet Paul Muldoon and the Scottish Photographer Norman McBeath. Scottish Poetry Library 5 Crichton’s Close Canongate EH8 8DT 0131 557 2876 29 July – 4 September Mon – Fri 11am – 6pm Sat 1 – 5pm Free
From Neil Scott: Please would you give a mention to the Edinburgh International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography (to give it its official title). This runs from 8 August to 5 September (largely co-incident with the Festival Fringe) at our premises at 68 Great King Street. This year we have 204 prints selected from 1755 submitted by 286 entrants from 41 countries across the world. The judges were Anne Greiner (Scotland), Judy Boyle (N. Ireland) and Steve le Prevost (Guernsey). Viewing times are Mondays - Fridays 10am - 8pm; Saturdays 1pm - 8pm and Sundays 1pm - 5pm. Entry costs £4 (£3 concessions) which includes a catalogue.
Stills: 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh For more information and full listing of the exhibition events programme visit: www.stills.org or email: info@stills.org or call:
0131 622 6200. Current show Alexander and Susan Maris The Pursuit of Fidelity. Friday 30 July - Sunday 24 October 2010 11 - 6pm. Taking a journey through the last twenty years of the artists’ practice, The Pursuit of Fidelity (a retrospective) moves across and between the mediums of photography, sound, sculpture, painting and drawing, examing ideas of representation, truth and temporality.
Street Level: Futureproof [Some] New Photography in Scotland 6th August - 12th September
Futureproof is a chosen selection of work from [some] graduates in 2010 of Scotland's dedicated photography courses: Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, Gray's School of Art (Aberdeen), Glasgow Metropolitan College, and Napier University (Edinburgh). The show aims to capture something of the full range of ways that younger and emerging artists engage with photography, from creating documentary to tell stories of others, or to examine one's own private life; the photograph as a metaphor for memory; the excavation of neglected sites from the past; or the telling of fictional stories, to work that may seem banal, to that which is quite simply an energetic stream of consciousness.
A Celebration: Photographs by Mandy Edwards. This project draws on the social landscape of the East End of Glasgow and portrays 50 shopkeepers, workers and owners of local businesses that are trading in that area. It aims to capture something of the relationships that exist between different communities that contribute to the shaping of what our city is. For most, it is business as usual, but with the huge development of the Commonwealth Games 2014, it is forecast that this area of the city will be transformed into a hub of economic growth with likely effects on the local people and businesses. 'A Celebration' portrays the diversity of the East End, and as a consequence, a community spirit that thrives amidst the uncertainties of change.
An Lanntair : GNÙIS, Photographs by Murdo Macleod 5 July - 21 August 2010. To celebrate An Lanntair's 25th year, the gallery is premiering a major exhibition of photographs containings distinguished and prominent names in sport, the arts, politics, literature, science, business and entertainment. They include Martin Amis, Bill Clinton, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Girls Aloud, Stephen Hawking, Sorley Maclean, Michael Schumacher, Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump. Publication supported by The Guardian, who will host the exhibition in September. Sponsored by Harris Tweed Hebrides and A&B New Arts Sponsorship Grant. [Gnùis translates from Gaelic as Face, countenance. 2 Surface. 3 Love, favour. 4 Aspect. 5 Appearance. ] roddy@lanntair.com www.lanntair.com
From Stefan Syrowatka: Even though we are in Ireland, this might be of interest to SP members: I am pleased to announce that we at Studio1 have expanded large scale. We are now fully set up to print and finish BIG Size (up to 44'' width x any length). Printing, Mounting, Framing, Laminates, Acrylics, Aluminium, Canvas. More information on our website www.studio1kinsale.com. We would like to offer you a 10% discount on your first order*. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any assistance.(*terms and conditions apply). Kind regards. Stefan. S T U D I O 1 Picture Framing | Art Supplies | Print & Finish 1 Market Quay, Kinsale www.studio1kinsale.com Tel. Framing: 00353 21 4773606 Tel. Printing: 00353 21 2337267
An Lanntair : GNÙIS, Photographs by Murdo Macleod 5 July - 21 August 2010. To celebrate An Lanntair's 25th year, the gallery is premiering a major exhibition of photographs containings distinguished and prominent names in sport, the arts, politics, literature, science, business and entertainment. They include Martin Amis, Bill Clinton, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Girls Aloud, Stephen Hawking, Sorley Maclean, Michael Schumacher, Margaret Thatcher and Donald Trump. Publication supported by The Guardian, who will host the exhibition in September. Sponsored by Harris Tweed Hebrides and A&B New Arts Sponsorship Grant. [Gnùis translates from Gaelic as Face, countenance. 2 Surface. 3 Love, favour. 4 Aspect. 5 Appearance. ] roddy@lanntair.com www.lanntair.com
The National Theatre of Scotland, in association with the Weekend Herald, have a unique opportunity available for photographers across Scotland and I was wondering if this would be something you would be interested in communicating to your members? Basic details are that there is a 12-month residency with the National Theatre of Scotland worth £5,000 available and the successful photographer will have some of their work published in the Weekend Herald, in the National Theatre of Scotland’s publicity materials and the work will also be featured in an exhibition next year. Full details are available at - http://www.heraldscotland.com/go/photographercomp
Scottish Nature Photography Awards Photographic Competition 2010 Deadline for entries: 30 November 2010. This new Photographic Competition aims to provide a platform to showcase the depth of photographic talent that is drawn to and inspired by Scotland's landscape and natural heritage. Open for entry for images taken in Scotland by professional, semi-professional or amateur photographers. The categories are Scottish Wildlife, Scottish Landscape, Natural Abstract and Environmental. The four category winners will compete for the overall winning title of “Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year”. Category winners and 2nd and 3rd place runners-up will have their images included in an exhibition tour.info@scottishnaturephotographyawards.com and thttp://www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com
ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITURE WORKSHOP The Photographers’ Place workshop weekend, September 17-19 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, is on the theme of environmental portraiture, with a guest, Brian Griffin, one of Britain's most distinguished portrait photographers. The weekend is about approaches to portraiture on location. There will be plenty of practical experience, going out into the old market town in small groups, to ‘sitters’ and locations arranged in advance for you to photograph - or you can go off to do your own thing. And there will be a session on how to use lighting to improve portraits.
The three leaders, all teachers in photography and all with a wealth of experience and strong individual approaches in portraiture, are Paul Hill, Nick Lockett and Martin Shakeshaft.Brian Griffin, with his huge experience in making iconic images of famous faces, will be joining the workshop on Saturday to offer his expertise. It is an opportunity to hear four strong voices on making photographic portraits on location. There will be open feedback sessions on images made during the weekend and portfolio reviews on request. Again, it is an opportunity to ‘eat sleep and breathe’ photography for a whole weekend with supportive and like-minded practitioners in an informal environment. The fee for the weekend workshop is £300 which includes accommodation, full board and all tuition. If you would like more information and a booking form, please see http://photographersplace.co.uk/ or phone THE PHOTOGRAPHERS PLACE 01335 370183
PORTFOLIO MEETINGs
GLASGOW: Contact Carl Radford at carl@carls-gallery.co.uk
INVERNESS: Details from Matt Sillars matt.sillars@gmail.com.
Next meeting: Scottish Photographers 'Northern Cell' autumn meeting is at Caroline Dear's studio, Isle of Skye, Saturday 2nd October 2010, 11am - 3pm, sharing lunch (Caroline will make soup) and bringing a food contribution (cheese or ham or salad) as well as photographs to show, if possible.
FIFE: Contact Jenni Gudgeon: jenni@redcabinstudio.co.uk
EDINBURGH: Meetings in Stills. Contact: David Buchanan davidbphoto@yahoo.co.uk
If you have any information you wish for us to feature on this page please email Jamie or Sandy with the details.