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October 2009 Blog Posts (13)

National Media Museum - new signage

London design consultancy Carter Wong has been appointed to design an integrated signage system for the National Media Museum in Bradford, having come through a two-month tender process, put out by museum group NMSI. The NMSI invited the group to tender in August following work it carried out for an orientation map at the Science Museum.

Ten groups applied to the tender and five were shortlisted, according to Carter Wong creative director Phil Carter, who said, ‘A new signage… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 30, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments

Points of View - Opens

The British Library formally opened it's landmark photography exhibition Points of View last night at a well-attended private view. The exhibiton marks the librarys first ever photographic exhibition. It opens to the public from 9.30am this morning.

At a risk of running out of superlatives Points of View is quite simply the best exhibition that the library has ever put on. It is a large show, but never feels unapproachable. It is well designed and laid out and… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 30, 2009 at 8:00 — 2 Comments

Lecture series: Pepper's Ghost II

Further to an earlier posting reporting a series of lectures on early projection and the magic lantern (click here) full details of the programme have been published. The programme can be downloaded by clicking here:… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 23, 2009 at 8:25 — No Comments

Book launched: A Village Lost and Found

Brian May and Elena Vidal / A Village Lost and Found

At the international launch yesterday, Brian May and Elena Vidal presented their book A Village Lost and Found, which brings together the complete annotated collection of the original 1850s stereoscopic photograph series Scenes in Our Village by T. R. Williams. A full report and review of the book will appear here shortly. The launch was held at Hinton Waldrist, the village where T. R. Williams originally made the series of photographs.

For the young Brian… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 21, 2009 at 7:00 — No Comments

Workshop series: Wedgwood to Bromoil

Terry King writes...As people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the ability of digital photography to meet their creative needs, there is a corresponding revival of interest in the craftsmanship and the aesthetic of the hands-on or alternative photography included my Wedgwood to Bromoil course of workshops. Examples of processes included in the workshop can be found on www.hands-on-pictures.com.The course gives everyone hands-on practical experience.

The excitement of the… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 20, 2009 at 3:04 — No Comments

Birmingham Seen, Art and Photography 1820 - 2009

Birmingham Seen, Art & Photography 1820-2009

Gas Hall

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

31 October 2009 - 3 January 2010

This exhibition explores the way in which Birmingham's physical and social landscape has been depicted in paintings, drawings and photographs since 1820. I reveals the city in the throes of constant change - a process of creation and destruction that has inspired generations of artits and photographers.… Continue

Added by Pete James on October 16, 2009 at 21:15 — No Comments

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS DISCOURSE ON PHOTOGRAPHY: Photography: Object to Idea

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS DISCOURSE ON PHOTOGRAPHY:

Photography: Object to Idea

A full day conference to examine the past, present, future and polemics of photography

Saturday, 3 October 2009

On Saturday, October 3, a group of 14 prestigious speakers gathered at the Courtauld Institute of Art to bolster and debate the many facets of photography at a conference entitled Photography: Object to Idea. The goal of the conference… Continue

Added by Valérie C. Whitacre on October 11, 2009 at 11:18 — No Comments

Photography: Object to Idea conference

Photography: Object to Idea

A conference at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London,

organised by Zelda Cheatle, curator of the Tosca Fund Collection

Saturday 3 October 2009

This is a revised version of a speech by Mark Haworth-Booth

My name is Mark Haworth-Booth ands I am Visiting Professor of Photography at the University of the Arts London. I will soon be chairing the closing Q&A panel on collecting but Zelda has asked me - as a way of letting you know… Continue

Added by Mark Haworth-Booth on October 9, 2009 at 7:46 — 1 Comment

The magic lantern, optical projection and early film - lecture series

The Magic Lantern Society & The University of Westminster will present a second series of six evenings of optical magic at the old Polytechnic, fortnightly from Thursday 12 November – Thursday 10 December 2009, and from Thursday 28 January – Thursday 25th February 2010, at The Old Cinema, University of Westminster 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.

The Programme

Thursday 12 November @ 7pm

Phantasmagoria-mania

‘Professor’ Mervyn Heard

An… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 7, 2009 at 20:30 — No Comments

The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography

Frank Hurley, The Endurance in the garb of winter, 1915. © Royal Collection

2 October 2009 – 11 April 2010, The Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh

This exhibition of remarkable Antarctic photography by Herbert George Ponting and Frank Hurley marks the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole. Ponting’s extraordinary images record Scott’s Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13, which led to the tragic death of five of the team on their return from the South Pole. Hurley’s dramatic icescapes were taken during Ernest Shackleton’s… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 5, 2009 at 20:37 — No Comments

2010 And/or Book Awards: Call for Entries

The And/or Book Awards, the UK’s leading prizes for books published in the fields of photography and the moving image (including film, television and new media), are inviting publishers to submit titles for the 2010 awards. With prize money of £10,000 divided between the Best Photography Book Award and the Best Moving Image Book published in 2009, the And/or Book Awards celebrate excellence in photography and moving image publishing.

Established in 1985 by Andor… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 5, 2009 at 20:00 — No Comments

Midley history of early photography due to close early 2010

R. Derek Wood published a series of important and carefully researched papers between 1970 and 2008 on early photographic history. His interests lay mainly in the early pioneers of photography, with a focus on dioramas and early experiments between 1830 and 1850 including William Henry Fox Talbot and Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre and topics such as patents. His website http://www.midley.co.uk/ collated these papers and made them available,… Continue

Added by Michael Pritchard on October 4, 2009 at 21:30 — No Comments

Captain Sweet (1825-1886)

I am keen to hear from anyone who has encountered the South Australian photographer Captain Sweet, or any of his UK work. He is the subject of my PhD research and little is known about his early days in England, or what happened to the photographs and albums of views that were sent back to England from Australia (to World Fairs or to freinds and families of migrants).
Cheers,
Karen
captainsweet.com.au

Added by Karen Magee on October 1, 2009 at 10:53 — No Comments