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LENS Festival 2012 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth

Event Details

Time: November 23, 2012 at 6pm to November 24, 2012 at 10am
Location: National Library of Wales,
Street: Penglais Hill
City/Town: Aberystwyth
Website or Map: http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.…
Phone: 01970 632534 ( Elin)
Event Type: festival, to, honour, the, life, &, work, of, ifor, joy, thomas, guildford, school, photography
Organized By: rita tait
Latest Activity: Nov 12, 2012

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Professor Paul Hill has said on his website "Ifor Thomas was an inspiring teacher who taught many well-known practitioners of the period and must be mentioned in any forum discussing British Photographic Education."

The late Professor John Hedgecoe wrote "I've known 4 great men in my life and Ifor Thomas was one of them ... also Robin Darwin, Jocelyn Stephens and Henry Moore."

See the NLW website for details. Plenary speaker Professor Yasuko Suga of Tokyo; Panel members include Tessa Traeger, Adam Woolfitt, Julia Hedgecoe and Dr Jack Tait.

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Comment by rita tait on November 12, 2012 at 19:04: Ministry of Education Report on the Teaching of Photography , Spring 1956 CC611/3/10

Guildford School "A byeword for creative approach."

Comment by rita tait on November 12, 2012 at 18:57: The late Professor Bill Jay ( Arizona State University) called Ifor

" .. an iconoclastic leader way ahead of his time."

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Priscilla Conran says

" Ifor was certainly one of the most influential people in my life ... as a young student you felt that this man really knew about life .... Guildford was a great seedbed for us all lucky enough to go there."

Comment by rita tait on November 12, 2012 at 18:41: Ray Dean on Ifor Thomas

" I would never have got anywhere but for his teachings;he could speak for hours on any subject. I hear his words to this day."

John Drysdale on his training at Guildford with its "international reputation as a centre of excellence in Photography under the groundbreaking influence of Ifor Thomas"

Comment by rita tait on November 2, 2012 at 13:08: " .... Guildford School of Art, which had become one of the major British Centres for the teaching of Photography under Ifor Thomas."

From the RoGallery website writing on the teaching of Thurston Hopkins at guildford

Comment by rita tait on November 2, 2012 at 13:04: Ex students of Ifor Thomas are united in their praise of his contribution to their creative careers.

" The incredible intellect that was Ifor shaped my life forever."

Nick Ware, Guildford School of Photography 1959-61

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