Zwei Mädchen, 1999
source: blickmaschinen.de
March 2010 Archives
From the Guardian Website: Entries are being invited for this years Joan Wakelin bursary which offers photographers £2,000 and the chance to have their work published in the Guardian. The bursary, administered by the Guardian and the Royal Photographic Society, is awarded to the photographer who presents the best proposal for a photographic essay on an overseas social documentary issue.
Submission is open to all, with no
restriction on age or qualification.
Entrants should submit a maximum of
six images as examples of their work, along with a written proposal (maximum
500 words) describing their intended project, and a completed entry form, which
can be downloaded from the link below.
Completed entries should arrive by
first post on August 1 2010 at: Guardian Picture Desk, Kings Place, York Way,
London, N1 9GU.
The shortlist will be selected by a
jury nominated by the Guardian and the RPS. The winner will be announced at the
RPS awards evening on October 2.
The winning photo-essay will be
published in the Guardian and the RPS Journal in 2010. Copyright will remain
with the photographer, although licence will be agreed for the photo-essay to
appear in the Guardian, the RPS Journal and any promotions associated with the
bursary.
Photographer Jackie Dewe Mathews
Faraja (8yrs) and Pishon Mhewa
(10yrs) with their baby brother Jeminus (6 mnths). Their parents are both black
skinned but are carriers of the recessive albinism gene. When two carriers have
a child it has one in four chances of being born with albinism. Mafinga,
Iringa, Tanzania. 2008
Image by Catherine Opie: Amy, 1996
Press Release: "Gladstone Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of never before seen work by photographer Catherine Opie. Since garnering attention in the early 1990s for arresting portraiture of her friends and partners in the gay, lesbian, and trans leather community, Opie's work has moved across genres to capture unique visions of the varied individuals and communities that comprise the diversity of American culture. Each time she approaches a new subject, be it California surfers or her recent body of work focusing on high school football teams, Opie creates photographs that are both beautiful and innovative visions and insightful portraits of the social contexts she explores.
Continue reading Catherine Opie: Girlfriends.
The future of transparency film and E6 processing is discussed in today's BJP-online. As an avid user of film, this is potentially depressing news.
Sophie
Ristelhueber (b.1949, France) has been
awarded the 2010 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize of £30,000. The Deutsche
Börse Photography Prize rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who
has made the most significant contribution, in exhibition or publication
format, to the medium of photography over the previous year. She was nominated
for her retrospective Sophie Ristelhueber at the Jeu de Paume, Paris (20
January - 22 March 2009). The work
of short listed nominees is on show at the Photographers Gallery until 17 April
2010
"I've come to regard the production of aesthetic meaning and value as a collective enterprise ... as the product of a group of ... curators, art historians, caption writers, preparators, docents, lecturers and even dealers and collectors ... acting together (and not necessarily consciously in concert) to produce what we think of as being the meaning of the work of art, and the value of the work of art" [1] - Craig Owens
[1] Owens, C. 'Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power and Culture'. 1992
This month the British Journal of Photography Magazine will be out with a new design and new format. BJP, the world's longest running photography magazine, will go back to its roots by becoming monthly after 146 years as a weekly. More details here
Ana Mendieta: Silueta and Silence @ the Alison Jacques Gallery, London until
20th March 2010
press release MENDIETA 10.pdf
Image: Body Prints by Ana Mendieta
Richard Hamilton, London
This survey at the Serpentine Gallery,
W2, focuses on the octogenarian's stridently politicised side, showcasing works
that mix righteous ire, piercing insight and media savvy. Included is the
tabloids' favourite, his digitally manipulated image of Tony Blair dressed as a
cowboy. Until 25 April 2010 (from the Guardian).
Full length portrait of Tony Blair
dressed as a cowboy with his hands on his pistols, Shock and Awe (2007-8).
see androgyne portfolio at http://www.thibaultstipal.com/ 
