PHOTO LONDON Announces Talks Programme For This Year’s Debut Fair // 21-24 MAY 2015
The inaugural edition of Photo London will take place in May 2015. As London’s first international photography fair, it aims to harness the passionate, growing audience for photography in the city and nurture a new generation of collectors. Photo London is produced by the consultancy and curatorial organisation Candlestar, known for their work with Condé Nast and the Prix Pictet photography award and touring exhibition. Photo London’s public programme is supported by the LUMA Foundation.
Photo London has announced a wide-ranging line-up of participating speakers for talks and lectures over the course of the fair. The talks programme, curated by Professor Francis Hogdson, is designed to complement the galleries and exhibitions programme, the live events will range from informal talks aimed at new collectors, to interviews with renowned photographers and emerging talents, discussions with curators from some of the world’s leading museums, and debates on issues surrounding contemporary photography. Book signings will also take place over the course of the fair.
The tenor of the talks programme is set by participating experts in the field, including Colin Ford CBE; curator and writer William Ewing; Quentin Bajac, chief curator of photography at MoMA; Elisabeth Sussman, the Sondra Gilman curator of photography at the Whitney Museum; Martin Barnes, senior curator of photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum; Tobia Bezzola, director of the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany; and Tim Marlow, director of artistic programmes at the Royal Academy of Arts. As well as topics germane to both private and institutional collectors of photography, discussions explore issues and ideas such as the impact of Instagram and the ‘dissolution’ of photography.
Talks take place at spaces around Somerset House. The informal environment of the Fernandez & Wells café provides the background to intimate conversations with photographers including as Sze Tsung Leong, Nadav Kander and Alida Rodrigues, conversations on collecting, and ‘Desert Island Pics’, presented by Photoworks. The Screening Room at Somerset House houses discussions on curating, and interviews with artists Stephen Gill, Esther Teichmann, Tom Hunter, Idris Khan and Susan Derges. The lecture theatre of the Courtauld Institute is the venue for interviews and debates, including Sebastião Salgado interviewed by Leo Johnsons as well as lectures on artistic practices by LaToya Ruby Frazier and Mitch Epstein. On Saturday the FT Weekend, Photo London’s global media partner, has curated a day of panel discussions and interviews culminating with a lecture on portraiture at the Courtauld by historian Simon Schama.
In addition to the lively programme at Somerset House, London’s photo week extends to satellite events at partner institutions including American Power, Mitch Epstein’s collaboration with composer and cellist Erik Friedlander, at the Victoria & Albert Museum; lectures by Todd Hido and Stephen Shore at the National Portrait Gallery; and Steve McCurry discussing the communities portrayed in his new book In These Hands: A Journey Along the Coffee Trail at King’s College.
Exhibiting publishers Hatje Cantz, Dewis Lewis and Phaidon host afternoon book signings at their booths in the Great Arch Hall of Somerset House, with Jon Tonks, Simon Norfolk, Edmund Clark, Tom Hunter, Martin Parr and Eva Vermandel among the names already confirmed.
Tickets for talks and live events are available to purchase by holders of Photo London tickets only, via the ticketmaster website for £5. http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Photo-London-tickets/artist/2104303
20 MAY (PREVIEW DAY – by Invitation Only)
2pm – 3.30pm
Colin Ford and Tobia Bezzola
Screening Room
3pm – 4.30pm
Louise Clements: On Collections
Fernandez & Wells
3.30pm – 5pm
Francis Hodgson and Don McCullin
Screening Room
5pm – 6 pm
William Ewing: Curating Photography: A Personal Approach
Screening Room
5pm – 6pm
An audience with Sze Tzung Leong
Fernandez & Wells
21 MAY
12.30 pm – 1.30pm
Jan Brykczynski with Diane Smyth
Screening Room
2pm – 3.30pm
Idris Khan, Susan Derges and Martin Barnes in conversation
Screening Room
3pm – 4.30pm
An audience with Nadav Kander
Fernandez & Wells
3.30pm – 5pm
James Hyman and Quentin Bajac in conversation
Screening Room
5pm – 6.30pm
Annebella Pollen and Erik Kessels
Fernandez & Wells
5pm – 6.30pm
Thames & Hudson: The Art of Collecting Contemporary Photography
Screening Room
6pm – 8pm
Panel Discussion: Collecting as A Creative Art
National Portrait Gallery
6.30pm – 7.30pm
An audience with Alida Rodrigues
Fernandez & Wells
7:30pm
Stephen Shore: Exploration and Innovation
National Portrait Gallery
22 MAY
3pm – 4.30pm
An audience with Ori Gersht
Fernandez and Wells
3.30 – 5 pm
Tim Marlow and Rut Blees Luxemburg: London and the Narrative of the City Space
Screening Room
5pm – 6.30pm
An audience with Edmund Clark
Fernandez & Wells
5 – 6.30 pm
Esther Teichmann in conversation with Tom Hunter, chaired by Sue Steward: Staging Beauty
Screening Room
6pm – 8pm
‘The Dissolution of Photography’ featuring Julian Stallabrass, Jessica Barker, Alexander Garcia Düttmann and Olivier Richon
Courtauld Lecture Theatre
23 MAY
2.30pm – 3.55pm
Sebastião Salgado interviewed by Leo Johnson
The Courtauld Institute
3pm – 4.30pm
Fiona Rogers and Corinne Silva in conversation
Fernandez & Wells
3.55pm – 5.25pm
LaToya Ruby Frazier and David Campany
The Courtauld Institute
5.35pm – 7pm
Simon Schama on Portraiture
The Courtauld Institute
6.30pm – 7.30pm
Photoworks presents ‘Desert Island Pics’ with Martin Barnes
Fernandez & Wells
24 MAY
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Michael Hoppen, Sofia Vollmer de Maduro and Lisa Erf in conversation
The Courtauld Institute
2pm – 3.30pm
Newsha Tavakolian and Jane Hilton, with Cheryl Newman
Screening Room
2.30pm – 3.55pm
Kate Barrett hosts a Q&A with Rankin
The Courtauld Institute
2.30pm
Steve McCurry
Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, Kings College
3pm – 4.30pm
An audience with Calum Colvin
Fernandez & Wells
3.30pm – 5pm
Vali Mahlouji in conversation
Screening Room
3.55pm – 5.25pm
Mitch Epstein and Elisabeth Sussman
The Courtauld Institute
5pm – 6pm
An audience with Stephen Gill
Screening Room
5pm – 6.30pm
Mike Trow in conversation with Craig Atkinson
Fernandez & Wells
5.35pm – 7pm
Jennifer Higgie & Stephen Shore on Instagram
The Courtauld Institute
PREVIEW DAY (BY INVITATION ONLY)
Wednesday 20 May, 11am – 9.30pm
PUBLIC DAYS
21 – 22 May, 12pm – 7.30pm
23 – 24 May, 12pm – 6pm
EVENT TICKET PRICES
Adult Day Ticket (over 17): £20
Child (4 – 16): £14
Concession: £17
Family Ticket (2 Adults, 2 Kids): £52
Sat and Sun Entry: £29
Groups 10+: £18.20 each
Talks Tickets: £5 with Photo London event ticket
Participating Galleries
Amana (amanasalto / IMA) (Tokyo)
Atlas Gallery (London)
Ayyam Gallery (Beirut, Dubai, London)
Ben Brown Fine Arts (London)
Bernard Quaritch Ltd (London)
Bernheimer (Lucerne, Munich)
Blanca Berlín (Madrid)
Camera Work (Berlin)
Caroline Smulders (Paris)
Christophe Guye Galerie (Zurich)
Crane Kalman (Brighton)
Danziger Gallery (New York)
Edwynn Houk Gallery (New York, Zurich)
Eleven Fine Art (London)
Eric Franck Fine Art (London)
Flowers Gallery (London, New York)
Galerie Ernst Hilger (Vienna)
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris)
Galerie Lumière des Roses (Paris)
Galerie Pavlova (Berlin)
Galerie Polaris (Paris)
Galerie Thomas Zander (Cologne)
GALLERY FIFTY ONE (Antwerp)
Gazelli Art House (Baku, London)
Grimaldi Gavin (London)
HackelBury Fine Art (London)
Howard Greenberg Gallery (New York)
in camera (Paris)
Ingleby Gallery (Edinburgh)
James Hyman Gallery (London)
Kahmann Gallery (Amsterdam)
Kasher|Potamkin (New York)
La Galerie Particulière (Paris)
LAMB Arts (London, São Paulo)
Les Douches La Galerie (Paris)
Michael Hoppen Gallery (London)
Michael Reid (Sydney)
Nailya Alexander Gallery (New York)
Paul Kasmin Gallery (New York)
Peter Fetterman Gallery (Santa Monica)
Photo Gallery International (Tokyo)
Pi Artworks (Istanbul, London)
Polka Galerie (Paris)
Purdy Hicks Gallery (London)
Riflemaker (London)
Robert Hershkowitz (Lindfield, London)
Robert Klein Gallery (Boston)
Robert Morat (Berlin, Hamburg)
Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography (Brighton)
ROSEGALLERY (Santa Monica)
SCHEUBLEIN + BAK (Zurich)
School Gallery / Olivier Castaing (Paris)
Steven Kasher Gallery (New York)
Sundaram Tagore Gallery (New York, Hong Kong, Singapore)
Taka Ishii Gallery (Tokyo, Paris)
Tasveer (Bangalore)
The Little Black Gallery (London)
The Photographers’ Gallery (London)
The Ravestijn Gallery (Amsterdam)
The Wapping Project Bankside (London)
Timothy Taylor (London)
Tristan Hoare Gallery (London)
Yossi Milo Gallery (New York)
DISCOVERY SECTION:
A.I. (London)
Edel Assanti (London)
G/P Gallery (Tokyo)
Galerie Vanessa Quang (Paris)
IBASHO (Antwerp)
PUG (Oslo)
Roman Road (London)
Tiwani Contemporary (London)
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.Her journalism, criticism and commentary have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography, Android Magazine, NikonPro, DPReview, Which Digital Camera and Which Camera. She has lectured internationally on photography and mobile art, served as a juror for international photography awards, and exhibited her own photographic work across the UK, Europe, South Korea and the United States.Alongside her editorial work, Joanne's photographic and postgraduate research explores death, grief, memory, representation and social inequality through contemporary photography, participatory practice and visual research methods, with the longer-term aim of developing this work through doctoral research.Through TheAppWhisperer, she continues to publish independent photography journalism spanning contemporary photographic practice, mobile imaging, photographic apps, computational photography and emerging imaging technologies.Joanne is available for editorial commissions, photography projects, judging, curatorial work, speaking engagements, consultancy and selected collaborations.
