KODAK is officially bankrupt
That’s it! It’s final. The Eastman Kodak Company has filed for bankruptcy.
Read more at HUH magazine or go to this site specially set up by Kodak www.kodaktransforms.com
February Theme: ‘The Romantic Camera’
The next ‘Camera Club’ will be on Thursday 2nd February, at 6.30 - afraid that’s only 2 weeks away so get thinking and shooting!
The brief this month is the “Romantic Camera”. This is the title of the exhibition currently on at the new photography gallery in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, which I am delighted to say we will be getting a behind-the-scenes tour of by the curator, Duncan Forbes.
Therefore, the evening will begin at the Portrait Gallery, please meet there (not at Stills!) for 6.30pm PROMPT. If you require directions, click here.
You can take inspiration directly from the exhibition, perhaps considering a historical romanticism with the medium, emphasising the craft, process and romance, or perhaps interpret the theme more literally - it is February after all and Valentines day is just round the corner!
As usual, create a single stand-alone image or a series of photographs, (in colour or black & white) to be presented in printed format.
Feel free to visit the exhibition prior to the tour for inspiration (and to come to the tour fully prepared with questions).
Gallery 779
www.gallery 779.com
3 photography graduates from Sunderland University are creating a new online photographic gallery for the North East. They’ve got some really interesting ideas and are definitely worth checking out!
January Theme: ‘Home’
The next ‘Camera Club’ will be on Thursday 12th January, at 6.30 (NOTE: This is not the 1st Thursday of the month).
The brief this month is to photograph ‘Home’.
You could look at the location - whether that be the country, town or the house.
Or focus on the people that make you feel at home.
Or perhaps you’re not at home and want to portray something that reminds you of it, or somewhere you have found a ‘home away from home’.
As usual, create a single stand-alone image or a series of photographs, (in colour or black & white) to be presented in printed format.
Inspiration might include: Todd Hido, Larry Sultan, Sally Mann, Eugene Richards, Richard Billingham, Alex Soth, Walker Evans, Josef Sudek, Josef Koudelka
Speaker was: Giulietta Verdon-Roe
Democratic Camera Club Book 2011
Scotland The World Over - Blipfoto
‘Scotland The World Over’ invites everyone to take part and photograph
a saltire wherever they may be. Launched by Cabinet Secretary Michael
Russell, Scots and Scots at heart will start to build a film, one
frame at a time, by simply uploading pictures with a Saltire centred in the
frame. What surrounds the Saltire in the rest of the image is entirely up
to the participant.
The finished film will then be premiered worldwide on
Burns Night 2012 (25 January).
To take part and for more information go to:
Stolen photographs - what to do?
Simon Crofts has published an in-depth (8 page!) article on EPUK (Editorial Photographers UK) on how to claim for copyright damages -and how much - when your pictures are stolen:
http://www.epuk.org/Opinion/994/stolen-photographs-what-to-do
December Theme: ‘Open – Self Initiated’
It’s our 2nd Birthday!
This month is an open theme where you are encouraged to show a body of photographic work that is self-initiated, with the whole evening given over to the presentation of work.
It will be on Thursday 01 December, at 6.30pm and we might be persuaded to partake in an early Christmas drink afterwards.
We are also looking for submissions for the annual Democratic Camera Club book, so if you’d like to be included, please email resource@stills.org with up to 2 images (25cm on the longest side, at 300dpi) before Sunday 20 November.
Speakers will be: None (full evening crit)
Adobe demoed a potential new “un-blur” feature at their MAX conference recently that could feature in future versions of Photoshop…
Also, have a look at Lytro’s newly launched camera that allows you to pick your focus point after you’ve taken the picture!
Artists Talk: Edoardo Agresti and Gianluca Capri
Please join us for a fascinating insight into the practice of two of Italy’s most successful photographers.
Monday 31 October, 7pm at Stills Free
Edoardo Agresti is a partner of Nikon Professional Service and teaches for Nikon School Travel as well as exhibiting internationally and has published in several international magazines and travel guides.
Gianluca Capri studied in Paris in 1998 and has since exhibited internationally including Artisti in Campo (2008), Gallery Park Palace, Monte Carlo (2009) and has received awards such as Venice International Photo Contest (2007).
The two photographers currently have exhibitions of recent works at The English Speaking Union and The Italian Cultural Institute, Edinburgh to raise funds for Oxfam’s ‘Light Gives Life’ initiative.
November Theme: ‘Photography and Prose’
The next ‘Camera Club’ will be on Thursday 3rd November, at 6.30pm
The brief this month is ‘Photography and Prose’. This could be photographs that directly reference prose, illustrating a passage or line from a book, a prosaic series of photographs, or perhaps a short written piece on a photograph. As always with Camera Club please interpret the theme in your own inimitable style.
As usual, create a single stand-alone image or a series of photographs, (in colour or black & white) to be presented in printed format.
Inspiration might include: Unphotographable, Duane Michals, Alex Soth, Victor Burgin, Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, Brassai
Speaker was: David Grinly
SSHoP Annual Lecture: Karen Knorr
Genii Loci: Work in Progress
The Scottish Society for the History of Photography’s Annual Photographer’s Lecture welcomes internationally acclaimed photographic artist Karen Knorr. She has has published widely and won numerous prestigious awards for her intelligent and beautiful images involving interior installations and constructions.
more information here
Friday, 28th October 2011 6.00 - 7.30pm
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre - Free, no booking required
Vintage 80s: London Street Photography
via CR Blog
October Theme: ‘Family and Friends’
The next ‘Camera Club’ will be on Thursday 6th October, at 6.30pm
The brief this month is ‘Family and Friends’. Taking a personal approach, consider how the brief can be translated into work that can be understood by a wider audience without becoming formulaic. How you choose to represent ‘family and friends’ may say a lot about your subjects, but also your relationship to them. See the examples below for differing methods of interpretation; historical, contemporary, staged, candid, intimate…
As usual, create a single stand-alone image or a series of photographs, (in colour or black & white) to be presented in printed format.
Inspiration might include: Sally Mann, Doug Dubois, Verena Jaekel, Mo Kearsley, Richard Billingham, Nan Goldin, Araki, Leibowitz and Sontag
Speaker was: David Williams
Play:Shop - new exhibition
I have images in two new installations, in public display cabinets in the Central Lending Library. These are here 3rd - 27th September, so if anyone happens to be in town, it might be worth a look. (It would also be helpful for me to hear what others get, if anything, from these works)
Ground floor installation = “PLAY”, Mezzanine level installation =”SHOP”
Emily Beckmann
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