Lee Miller – A Life on the Front Line – BBC iPlayer
I highly recommend this documentary currently on BBC iPlayer about model turned photographer, Lee Miller. It is a personal story of a young woman searching for freedom and love and one which leads her to experiences, some she tried to forget, understandably. When Lee Miller returned to New York from Europe in October 1932, newspaper reporters were waiting to greet her as her ship docked. Disembarking in a smart beret and fur-collared coat, she smiled for the journalist from the New York World-Telegram. When he referred to her as ‘one of the most photographed girls in Manhattan’, she retorted, ‘I’d rather take a picture than be one.’ Lee Miller is…
Mobile Movies – Turner Prize Won by Charlotte Prodger with her iPhone
In April this year we published news that Charlotte Prodger’s iPhone film had been added to the shortlist for the Turner Prize. Today, we are delighted to note that it has now gone on to win the Turner Prize and with it £25,000. Prodger was born in Bournemouth, UK in 1974. She studied at Goldsmiths, London and The Glasgow School of Art. Moving image has been at the core of Prodger’s work for two decades. Its ever-evolving formats are inextricably bound to the autobiographical content of her work. She has mined the material properties of numerous moving image formats, not just because they inherently get replaced over time, but because…
Manod: The Nation’s Treasure Caves – The National Gallery
5 March – 8 April 2018, Annenberg Court, Admission free “Hide them in caves and cellars, but not one picture shall leave this island”. (Winston Churchill, 1940) In 2018, the National Gallery will recall a remarkable chapter in its history when, during the Second World War, its paintings were removed for safekeeping to a disused slate mine in Snowdonia. Twenty-four archival photographs documenting the dispersal of paintings to Manod near the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog in Wales, together with five photographs of the quarry as it appears today by Robin Friend, will be displayed in the Annenberg Court Central to the exhibition is a 30 minute film, Winged Bull…
Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2015
I was invited once again to this prestigious award ceremony last night in Central London, it’s always a very esteemed event in the Mall Galleries. The categories, devised to show the culture and production of food in all its variety, now include Food for the Family, seeking everyday scenes of families across the world eating together, and Bring Home the Harvest for images of gathering in food, from cropping lettuces, cutting guava, to shopping in the local supermarket, as well as unearthed® Food in Film for film shorts. Anglo-French culinary legend Michel Roux Jr., Emily Luchetti, Chair of the James Beard Foundation, USA, and George Motz, Founder and Director, Food…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition with Mobile Category – Deadline Approaching
As avid followers of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for more years than we care to remember we were delighted to learn last year that the organisers have added a mobile category for smartphone photographers aged 17 and under, called WILD-I, hopefully this will be rolled out within the adult category too at a later stage, we mentioned it here. Since then, the organisers of the competition reached out to Nettie Edwards and Dan Burkholder to provide inspiration to new smartphone photographers and you can read the interview here. The Competition is now in its 50th year but there are only 12 more days to get your entries…
BBC iPlayer iPad App – The Real Review
Today, the BBC iPlayer launched in the UK Apple App Store. I must admit I’ve been using the Beta web version of this app on my iPad for a while now but this brand new dedicated iPad version is really something else. It allows you to watch and listen live to over 400 hours of programs from the past 7 days, this is either TV or radio programs and it works great. Read this review to learn how to maximize your pleasure with this app. Home Screen Firstly and importantly, this app is free, although you are meant to have a UK TV license in order to watch it. So…
BBC iPlayer Now on Blackberry Storm 2, BlackBerry Bold 9700 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphones
This popular BlackBerry application allows you to watch and listen to live BBC TV and radio shows, as well as catch up on BBC programmes from the last seven days (UK only). Whether you’re stuck on a bus and about to miss the beginning of Spooks, or wanting to catch up on the last episode of The Apprentice before the next one begins, it’s all now possible through your BlackBerry smartphone. The application is free to download now from the BlackBerry App Store: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/15956?lang=en For optimal viewing experience, a WiFi connection is required, but the service is also supported by 3 UK and contract on Vodafone.
