
zaterdag, september 27, 2008
Carli Hermes in Nederlens
Vanavond om 19.30 op Het Gesprek.
vrijdag, september 26, 2008
Philip Blenkinsop workshop Barcelona
Barcelona 03 - 07 November 2008 with the collaboration of Centre de Fotografia Documental de Barcelona
The photography workshops form part of TRAFIC 08, Barcelona.
THE STREETS OF BARCELONA with Philip Blenkinsop
In Barcelona, come November, we will come together and explore the city and our relationship with it. We will avoid clichés and other people's preconceived notions of the place and work towards baring its soul, and the soul of any place can be found in the human traces and the interaction of its inhabitants. The myriad of fleeting and seemingly inconsequential moments that form the palette of life is what interests us. We will craft our personal stories from the city's moods and heartbeat, intertwined with our own relationship to the place and the people. Private insights imbued with the energy of the street. We'll look at and discuss ways of seeing and interpreting scenes that pull the viewer into the image and hold their eye. The longer we can keep someone in an image, the more of a hold it develops over them, and the more receptive they become to our message. We will endeavor to become more aware of different elements and 'planes' of interaction at the time we are shooting and push ourselves into more intimate situations, working close in crowds and conquering that phobia that so many of us have of confronting people with our lens. We will discover how the camera can be used to disarm people. It's liberating once we achieve this, and once achieved, we never lose it and the whole art of observing becomes a more intense and enjoyable one. With that, we'll discover how to work quickly and openly without being noticed. Barcelona provides the perfect life-on-the-streets venue for us to explore. We'll edit, both one on one and as a group and we will discuss methods of approach, but the main focus of the week will be more on getting out and shooting, spending as much time on the streets as we can and identifying and developing our personal styles.
I would like to ask everyone to prepare a short presentation/talk, (of between five to ten minutes) with images by way of an introduction to your photography and your lives. We will share these with the group on day one. Your presentation should include a self-portrait, the only specification I make, being that you must have been moving when you took it. The presentation is about you, your photography, and your thoughts... everything that makes you who you are.
No one will require more than a single camera and a single lens. And that lens should be not wider than 24mm and not longer than 50mm. Ideally a 35mm lens... If a zoom is all you have, the first thing we will do is tape it at a fixed focal length and it will not move for the week! I promise you. Leave your tripods at home where they can be put to better use as hat and coat stands and WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES!
HOW TO APPLY: This workshop is designed for serious amateur and professional photographers. Applicants should email a short written description of their photographic experience and a selection of their best work. (10 photos at 425 x 624 pixels). The deadline for applications is the 10th of October. The organization will be in touch with each person by the 13th of October. Applications should be sent to Jessica Murray at jessica@al-liquindoi.com
Number of participants: 12
Language: English & Spanish
Film: Digital
Tuition: 365 €
Location: Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona (cccb) C/Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona. T +34 933 06 41 00
Philip Blenkinsop and Gary Knight Workshops Asia
7 days residential course for professional and advanced amateurs – working with Gary and Philip developing a photo essay from a multitude of subject matters within this culturally and visually rich environment.
Accommodation at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club Cambodia.
Workshop fee $2,850 USD
Full details here.
Rajasthan, India, January 28th-February 8th 2009
This is not for the fainthearted but it does promise to be an experience not to be forgotten. Like any road trip with Gary and Philip, expect the unexpected, prepare for the worst and travel light. This is a personal and photographic journey through one of the most beautiful and historic regions of India. The 10 day masterclass travels from Jaipur to Jodhpur, with a 2 day stopover in the Nagaur desert for the annual camel and cattle fair and then onto the famed pink city of Jaisalmer.
Accommodation in authentic and cool hotels and royal camp.
Workshop fee €3,450 euros
Full details here.
donderdag, september 25, 2008
Lieve Blancquaert ‘Voorbij de grens’
In Antwerpen stelt fotografe Lieve Blancquaert haar boek ‘Voorbij de grens’ voor. Dat boek is gebaseerd op de avonturen van een tiental gehandicapte deelnemers aan het gelijknamige één-programma. Samen met Lieve hebben zij een louterende tocht gemaakt dwars door Nicaragua. In het auditorium van de KBC-toren loopt er nu ook een fototentoonstelling tot 11 oktober.
De Rode Loper, straks om 18.10.
Word wakker!
Fotografen-encyclopedie krijgt financiële steun
Edward Weston op ARTE
Zondag 28 september om 20.15 op ARTE. (Geen herhalingen)
Er war immer in Bewegung und stets auf der Suche nach neuen Momenten und Bildern. Er entdeckte Schönheit und Abstraktion dort, wo sie noch niemand gesehen hatte. Und immer wieder fotografierte er Akte. Seine Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien wurden zu Ikonen der Moderne und haben ganze Fotografen-Generationen geprägt. Ein Porträt des großen amerikanischen Fotografen Edward Weston (1886-1958).
Mit 37 Jahren geht der Fotograf Edward Weston (1886-1958) nach Mexiko. Für ihn ein Aufbruch in die Moderne. Er fotografiert Revolutionäre, Künstler, und immer wieder seine Geliebte Tina Modotti. Zurück in Kalifornien kommt er im Dezember 1927 nach Carmel, eine kleine Künstlerkolonie unweit von San Francisco. Eigentlich will er hier nur den Winter über bleiben, daraus werden es 30 Jahre.
Fasziniert von der eindrucksvollen Felsküste des Pazifiks richtet er hier sein Studio in einem einfachen Holzhaus ein, das heute noch im Besitz seiner Familie ist und in dem sein Enkel heute noch lebt. Einen Ort vor seiner Haustür wird Edward Weston sein ganzes Leben lang fotografieren: Point Lobos, von Gischt und Wellen umspült. Seine Schwarz-Weiß-Bilder sind Fotografie pur: sachlich, abstrakt und doch voller Poesie.
Das Leben des Edward Weston ist eine Spurensuche in Kalifornien. Eine Reise nach Carmel und Point Lobos, zu den Sanddünen von Oceano und durch die bizarren Felslandschaften des Death Valley. Und eine sehr persönliche Geschichte der modernen amerikanischen Fotografie.
woensdag, september 24, 2008
LIFE herrijst online (plus nieuw boek)
LIFE.com zal foto's uit het historische archief tonen aan het publiek, die worden omlijst door actuele nieuws-, sport- en entertainmentfoto's van Getty Images. Het initiatief is een joint venture van Time Inc. en Getty Images op 50/50 basis.
De nieuwe site is de zoveelste levensfase in de geschiedenis van LIFE. Als wekelijks verschijnend tijdschrift publiceerde het tussen 1936 en 1972 documentairefotografie van het hoogste niveau. Van 1978 tot 2000 verscheen het als maandelijks tijdschrift en van 2004 tot medio 2007 werd het als bijlage bij een aantal dagbladen in de Verenigde Staten meegeleverd.
Medio oktober 2008 verschijnt het fotoboek LIFE: The Classic Collection bij Time Inc. Home Entertainment.
dinsdag, september 23, 2008
Gesprekken over fotografie
Kijk snel. want de zender verkeert in moeilijkheden en kan zomaar plots van de buis en het internet verdwenen zijn.
Nederlens - Eddy Posthuma de Boer toont zijn werk
bekijk uitzending
Nederlens - Max Christern praat met sportfotograaf Peter Schols
bekijk uitzending
Nederlens - Presentator Max Christern ontvangt Isabella Rozendaal.
bekijk uitzending
"This Is War! Robert Capa at Work" in Londen
Barbican Art Gallery
Robert Capa (1913–1954) is one of the leading photographers of the twentieth century and defined how modern warfare was photographed.
This exhibition, which includes over 150 images, some never-before-seen photographs and newly discovered documents, illuminates Capa’s working process and features many of the photographs that have become iconic images of war.
The exhibition features six of his most important war stories; The Falling Soldier and The Battle of Rio Segre, both capturing the Spanish Civil War; the Sino-Japanese War; American troops landing in Normandy on D-Day; and the liberation of Leipzig, including images of the last man shot in World War II.
Tickets:
Advance online tickets £6
At Box Office £8/6
Hoe Joël van Houdt riskante boottocht overleefde
Enkele fragmenten:
De eerste keer zijn we opgelicht. Die jongens hadden elk 500 euro betaald en ik 3.000 euro. Ze hadden er een half jaar voor gewerkt. ’s Nachts zijn we naar het water gebracht. Er werd ons verteld dat er een boot zou komen. Maar na twee uur hoorden we ineens dat de politie hen had gearresteerd. Achteraf denk ik dat het allemaal theater is geweest. We hebben die smokkelaars nooit meer gevonden.
En de tweede keer?
Toen is het bootje na vier of vijf golven doormidden gebroken en meteen gezonken. Hij was van plastic, en eigenlijk niet zeewaardig. Dat was achteraf het gevaarlijkste moment. Het had ook midden op zee kunnen gebeuren.
Waarom stap je in zo’n ding dan?
Het was midden in de nacht en ik zag wel dat er een gat zat in de ballasttanks, maar op zo’n moment zeg je geen nee meer. Ik had er maanden op gewacht. Bovendien stapten die jongens ook in. Later hebben we eenderde terug gekregen. Ik had zo’n 3.000 euro betaald, net als de laatste keer.
Newsha Tavakolian: Sisters in Chanel and Chador
out-number men. Yet they are obsessed with plastic surgery - there are over three thousand plastic surgeons in Tehran alone.
NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN, 27, has been working as a photographer with the Iranian press since she was 16. Her pictures have been published in Time Magazine, Newsweek, Stern, The New York Times and Le Figaro.
Newsha Tavakolian preview & talk at Darlington Media Workshop, Darlington Arts Centre
27 September 2pm – 4pm. No booking required.
Lees meer over het Tees Valley Museums’ Photography Festival.
maandag, september 22, 2008
Tentoonstelling Eve Arnold in Londen
Her work ranges from editorial assignments in China, where she was one of the first Western photographers to be given a visa following the country's Cultural Revolution, to on-set Hollywood shots.
A series of Arnold's portraits, including famous figures such as Malcolm X and Marilyn Monroe as well as images of everyday people, is on show until October 31.
Magnum Print Room, 63 Gee Street EC1, Wed to Fri 11.30am to 4pm, free. Tel: 020 7490 1771. Tube: Old Street/Barbican.
Wendy Marijnissen - 'Strike a cord'
Pictures of Israel/Palestine often show violence and terror. The Belgian photographer Wendy Marijnissen sought other images, of music and dance and the part they play in everyday life. Her pictures tell a subtle story of different worlds, caught in a mutual conflict but equally in intense internal differences. The way the two sides seek 'relaxation' is sometimes surprisingly similar. The little Palestinian ballerinas are indistinguishable from the ballerinas on the other side of the dividing wall. But just as often it is impossible not to see the difference. When you see four scantily clad ladies practising dance steps in the sand, you don’t immediately think of the beach at Gaza.
Vernissage: 6 november 2008, 19.00.
Te bezoeken van 7 november 2008 tot en met 5 december 2008 in Café Congo in de Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg, Arduinkaai 9, 1000 Brussel.