Exhibitions
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LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2018 Results
As an Editor for LensCulture as well as a member of the International Press I am happy to publish the results of the LensCulture Art Photography Awards 2018, now that the embargo has passed. These Awards were LensCulture’s very first Art Photography Awards and they were eager to see a wide range of creativity from people in diverse cultures around the world. We are therefore delighted to present 38 contemporary photographers (from 18 countries) who are making remarkable work right now. The winning series and singles include everything from sensitive, intimate photographs and thought-provoking conceptual art to celebrations of pure beauty and light. This call for entries attracted submissions from…
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James Bacchi’s ‘In The Sky’ Mobile Photography Exhibited at FourSquared, Bay Area – August 25 – October 6, 2018
We are very proud to announce that James Bacchi, a San Francisco-based gallerist, curator and mobile photographer, is one of sixteen artists exhibiting at FourSquared, Bay Area this summer/autumn. Bacchi has co-founded galleries in New York and San Francisco, most notably ON THE WALL in New York City and ArtHaus, an award-winning San Francisco-based contemporary arts gallery that he has co-owned with art dealer Annette Schutz for nearly 23 years. He is represented by Karyn Mannix Contemporary in East Hampton, NY. The #inthesky project can best be followed at www.instagram.com/jamesbacchi #inthesky is an inspired series of mobile photographs. Shot spontaneously, these images capture tension from the ground up, and portray…
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After Nyne Launch West London Gallery with Olympus Support & Inaugural Exhibition
The After Nyne Creative Services Group, parent company of arts publication After Nyne Magazine, today announced a collaboration with Olympus. Together they will launch a brand new permanent gallery space After Nyne Gallery in West London. Building on their already established success from a series of well-received pop-ups, After Nyne Gallery are proud to unveil their first exhibition space in Holland Park. This inaugural exhibition will display some remarkable works by Olympus brand ambassadors such as Martina Govindraj, whose work engages with architecture and concepts of space, and award winning Steve Gosling renowned for his signature black and white atmospheric landscapes.
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Rory Lewis to Exhibit Unseen Portraiture Work
New body of work from British portrait specialist Rory Lewis to be unveiled for the first time from 1 August 2018 A new body of work from celebrated British portrait photographer Rory Lewis will be exhibited for the first time this August in London, featuring 24 previously unseen photographs of distinguished actors and high-profile public figures. Entitled ‘Portraitist’, the exhibition will be held from Wednesday 1 August to Sunday 30 September 2018 at the Wex Photo Video Gallery in London E1. Rory’s vivid and thought-provoking portraits include renowned and respected characters from the world of film and television, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen, Ciarán Hinds, David Bamber, Tobias…
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MAJE Florence & Rome Exhibitions and Awards. The Winners
As a proud member and a president of the Jury (along with Manuela Matos Monteiro and Cadu Lemos) for this exhibition in Florence and Rome, I am delighted to announce the winners for all sections, huge congratulations to you! M. Cecilia Sao Thiago, Helen Breznik, Adelino Marques, Frederic Deschenes, Juta Jazz, Paula Broom, Roger Guetta, Amo Passicos and Jane Schultz. The exhibition will be held inside the ancient medieval cloister of the Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte – Florence – Italy from 5 April to 19 April 2018. The Rome Exhibition will take place between 11 May – 12 May 2018. Many thanks to Andrea Bigiarni for bringing this…
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Celebrating the power of SmartPhone Photography – Reveal the Real You!
Last night I was entertained with all my favourite things, smartphone photography, photographers, artists, galleries of art, fine food and not least, plentiful champagne. I was invited to an exclusive event showcasing images of the Reveal the Real You winners in association with Dazed magazine (founded by Rankin and Jefferson Hack), Huawei and Leica. The event was organised by a wonderful team, many of whom I have known from many years ago, when I was editing print photography titles, it was so good to catch up and also to meet new friends. I interviewed the photographers, Anthony Shintai Amao, Sahvannah Amaka and Kat Collings, who each won a £10k bursary…
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Mobile Photo Festival with mObgraphia – Free to Enter in Six Categories
I am proud to be a member of the Jury for this fabulous Mobile Photography Festival, the largest festival of its kind in Latin America. It is free to enter into six categories and the essay category will offer a reduced fee. The Festival with exhibit for 45 days in the Museu de Imagem e do Som – MIS Sp in Brazil. International jurors include: Adriana Zehbrauskas NYT and Hikari Creative Andrea Bigiarini The New Era Museum Daniel Berman Mobile Photo Awards Joanne Carter TheAppWhisperer.com Manuela Matos Monteiro MIRA MOBILE PRIZE More details to follow…
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Short Film Series & Photo Exhibition Launches Featuring the Work of Five Extraordinary Photographers
A series of five short films followed by a London photo exhibition launches today featuring the work of five photographers overcoming their own personal battles to shoot extraordinary images across a dynamic range of subjects. Ian Treherne is profoundly deaf and almost totally blind. He shoots portraiture that evokes the way he sees the world Jim Mortram’s own recovery from anxiety and depression started when he was gifted a camera. He now trains his lens on others living on the margins of society in his award-winning photo-documentary blog Hannah Laycock uses photographic art to raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis Giles Duley stepped on an IED while shooting in Afghanistan. Told…
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Koo Stark unveils first solo exhibition in London for 23 years
‘Kintsugi’ to be held at Leica Mayfair, 5-26 May 2017
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David Hockney at the Tate – Britain’s Biggest Show!
Tate Britain will be staging an extensive retrospective of David Hockney’s works. The show will cover six decades of Hockney’s work. Opening in London in 2017 before travelling to the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This is one show not to be missed. Celebrating his 80th birthday, next year, Hockney is very much involved with the Tate’s show. The show will feature his very early work from 1960, through to work he has created during the 2000’s. David Hockney opens at Tate Britain on 9 February 2017, I can’t wait!
