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f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography, NYC, US

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Tom Persinger writes:

The free f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography is coming soon! It takes place in less than 3 2 weeks on Sunday January 27, 2008 at the B&H Photo Megastore in Manhattan and is COMPLETELY FREE! Because we’re expecting a large crowd for this event pre-registration is required. To reserve your space please email eventspace@bhphoto.com.

Here’s information from the B&H Website:

f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography:

B&H hosts a very special and rare gathering of some of today’s leading alternative process photographers for a one day event of epic proportions. We’ve packed as much as we can into this 6 hour event! You’ll hear presentations from each photographer about their work, engage in discussion around alternative photographic practice, and participate in a dialogue about the state of contemporary alternative photography.

Speakers Include:

This event is not to be missed by anyone interested in; alternative process (from albumen to ziatype), pinhole, zone-plate, toy camera (Holga and Diana), and self-made cameras! B&H Event Space will be hard pressed to contain the amount of creative energy that will be present on this day.

Date: Sunday, January 27th
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm

Registration is required for this event and seating is limited! Please reserve your seat and be sure to arrive promptly to guarantee your spot. For registration please send an email to: eventspace@bhphoto.com.

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Please Note: This event is pre-cursor to the F295 Symposium 2008: An Examination of Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes held in Pittsburgh, PA. 5/29/08 to 6/1/08. The f295 Symposium is a unique and exciting three day event which features exhibitions, lectures and round-table discussions, workshops, and peer networking focused around an in-depth exploration of alternative photographic processes and means. f295 is working with the Center for the Arts in Society at Carnegie Mellon University and Pittsburgh Filmmakers to bring you a host of exciting events! Complete information, including registration information, available on the website: www.f295.org/symposium2008

See you there!

f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography, NYC, US

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Tom Persinger writes:

I’d like to let you all know about The f295 Seminar on Contemporary Alternative Photography, hosted by B&H Photo, Video and Pro-Audio on Sunday, January 27 [2008] from 10:30am – 4:30pm [in New York City]. The event will take place in their brand new, state-of-the-art multimedia Events Room. The event features lectures, demonstrations, and discussion about contemporary alternative photographic practices and information about the upcoming f295 Symposium.

The following photographers/artists will give talks and be available for question/answer: Craig Barber, Laura Blacklow, Jill Enfield, Jesseca Ferguson, Scott McMahon, Erin Malone, Tom Persinger and Jerry Spagnoli.

Seating is limited! come early to be sure to get a spot!

See you there!
Tom

PS: We’ll be holding a drawing to give away one free pass to attend the f295 Symposium at this seminar!

"Photographer’s Eye" lecture series, NC, US

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The town of Cary, North Carolina [US] is sponsoring their third year of the "Photographer’s Eye" lecture series. The 2007 schedule is:

Roger May, Photojournalism: Telling the Story
Tuesday, 9 October, 2007, 7:30 pm

Cathryn Jirlds, Intimate Landscapes
Tuesday, 16 October, 2007 7:30 pm

Joe Lipka, Getting Past Obvious
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007, 7:30 pm

The lectures are held at Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC, US. The series is free to attend and no reservations are required. Be there or be square!

Japan Pinhole Photographic Society members’ show & symposium, Tokyo

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Annual Members’ Show of the Japan Pinhole Photographic Society (JPPS) featuring work from members around the Japan and international members from the USA. Poland, Germany, and Australia. A variety of work in color and black and white.

The show runs Wednesday, 8–12 August, 2007, at the Koto-Ku Culture Center, 4-11-3 Toyo, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Symposium on 12 Aug, 2:00 pm with speakers Shikiko Endo, Mieko Tadokoro and Edward Levinson.

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Diana Hooper Bloomfield lecture: "Pinhole and Alternative Photographic Processes", NC, US

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Preeminent photographer Diana Bloomfield will discuss her craft at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 [2007] at UNC Asheville’s Rhoades-Robinson Hall, room 125 [Asheville, NC, US]. A question-and-answer session will follow the talk, which is free and open to the public.

Bloomfield specializes in pinhole and 19th century printing techniques, including platinum and palladium, cyanotype and hand-tinting. She received a New Jersey State Visual Art Fellowship, several United Arts of Raleigh Regional Artist Project Grants and the Maine Photographic Workshop’s Golden Light Award.

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Jim Cherry pinhole photography lecture, CA, US

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Back by popular demand! If you want photography stripped down to its absolute basics, then pinhole is it. Jim Cherry will explore the field whose enthusiasts have included luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Kepler. Come down and see why you don’t need a lens to make a stunning image!

Freestyle Photographic and the Creative Center for Photography are pleased to kick off their 2007 Saturday Lecture Series at the Creative Center For Photography in Hollywood, CA. This series is a collection of free seminars, covering a variety of interesting and informative topics for creative photographers. The lectures will take place every other Saturday at 1:00 PM, beginning on February 10, 2007.

Full details about the Saturday Lecture Series can be found here on Freestyle’s web site.

[I’m leaving the following marketing blurb in because it’s informational and Freestyle do actually rock. —Nicolai]

Established in 1946, Freestyle Photographic Supplies is a leading international retail, mail order and internet provider of cameras, photographic equipment and supplies, as well as the exclusive United States distributor of Kentmere black and white photographic papers, Foma black and white photographic papers and films, Efke black and white films, Varycon/EMAKS black and white papers, Fotospeed specialty chemicals, Holga cameras and accessories, Cachet archival storage boxes, Image Mechanics fluid mount trays, LegacyPro accessories and Rollei/Maco black and white films.

The talk starts at 1:00pm on Saturday, 21 April, 2007, at Freestyle Photographic, 5124 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA, US.

The whole lecture series looks really good, with other talks on Holgas and other plastic cameras, platinum and palladium printing, and Polaroid manipulations. Check out the full line-up.

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Anne-Claude Cotty "Extolling Pinhole Cameras in a Digital Age" lecture, ME, US

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The Hancock County Cultural Network’s February Brown-Bag Lunch series will feature Anne-Claude Cotty of Stonington, who will present a talk titled "Extolling Pinhole Cameras in a Digital Age" at the Blue Hill Library on Wednesday, Feb. 7, at noon. As an active member of many community cultural organizations, Cotty will also address the artist’s responsibility to society in general.

Cotty produces prints, artist books, experimental photography and, recently, jewelry using photographic images. She will describe the process of making rudimentary cameras with household materials and the soft-focus and inadvertent effects they can capture on film. What many will recall as a science project in fourth grade, she elevates to a magical tool in creating multi-layered, poetic images. And the photographic darkroom, replaced by so many photographers with computers and printers, remains a vital place for making photographs by hand.

A studio artist and educator for over 30 years, Cotty received an MFA in printmaking from the University of Alberta. She maintains her own gallery in Stonington and offers workshops for all ages in printmaking and pinhole cameras in her studios. She is also an art teacher on Isle au Haut and Frenchboro. Her work has been widely published and exhibited throughout this country and abroad and can be found in many collections including the Portland Museum of Art. She is the former executive director of the Hancock County Cultural Network.

The Brown-Bag Lunch is free and participants are encouraged to bring their lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. The Brown-Bag Lunch series is sponsored in part by a grant from the Maine Humanities Council.

The talk starts at 12:00pm at the Blue Hill Library, 5 Parker Point Rd., Blue Hill, ME, US.

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San Antonio, TX, US alt-process and pinhole bonanza

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"Exploring Alternative Processes: Photography Exhibits, Installations, Events and Classes" at the Southwest School of Art & Craft, 300 Augusta St., San Antonio, Texas, United States

DATES: Thursday, 24 August – Sunday, 22 October, 2006

RECEPTION: Thursday, 24 August, 2006 at 5:30pm

Loads of alt-process and pinhole exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and classes: rawk! See the Pinhole Visions event page for details.

Justin Quinnell’s Mouthpiece pinhole book release and lecture

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Justin Quinnell has put his foot camera into his mouth again and this time we can share his wonderfully inventive and and humorous pinhole photos with friends around the coffee table. In the words of his publisher, "Mouthpiece" is a surprising and extremely unusual book.

Justin Quinnell is one of the world’s leading pinhole photographers, and in this series he has used his mouth as the camera. The results are surreal, revealing and hilarious. He captures on film his visit to the dentist; portraits of friends and family; snakes, tortoises, alligators and angry cats; the everyday acts of having a bath, cleaning his teeth and eating his dinner.

Perhaps even more surreal though are his landscape photographs – icons of world travel, they include Sydney Opera House, Hong Kong, St. Marks Square in Venice, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.

Mouthpiece
Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing.
Language: English
ISBN: 190458733X
Price: £9-99

You can order the book from Amazon UK or Dewi Lewis Publishing. It will be available from Amazon on 2 September, 2006.

He’s also giving a lecture on pinhole photography called "New Light Through An Old Hole" at Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, United Kingdom on Thursday, 21 September, 2006 at 7:00pm:

In this public lecture to celebrate the publication of his new book "Mouthpiece" (Dewi Lewis Publishing) pinhole photography expert Justin Quinnell will discuss the science, history and contemporary approaches to this ancient imaging device.

The lecture will also include:

  • a replication of a classic Isaac Newton experiment,
  • an unnervingly scary demonstration of ‘Power drill portraiture;
  • and the use of a camera as a golf ball.

The evening will conclude with a demonstration on making pinhole cameras as well as the chance to have your portrait taken from inside the mouth of the artist himself, (For a donation to charity).

More info on here on Quinnell’s site.

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