All About Photo: October 2015

Thursday, October 29, 2015

In London: Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 2015

Matthew Finn, Joanna Piotrowska and Tereza Zelenkova
Jerwood Space, London
4 Nov 2015 - 13 Dec 2015

touring to:
Impressions Gallery, Bradford
5 Jan 2016 - 19 March 2016

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Autumn 2016
A group exhibition of new photographic works by three artists selected for the inaugural national Jerwood/Photoworks Awards, a new collaboration between Jerwood Charitable Foundation and Photoworks. Each artist has received an award of £5000 to make new work and developmental support from a pool of thirteen mentors including Alec Soth, Gillian Wearing, Broomberg & Chanarin and Michael Mack.

Matthew Finn

My new body of work is the continuation of an ongoing piece about my mother.
The award coincided with a dramatic change in my mother’s health, sadly for the worse, and her re-housing into a 24-hour dementia wing. This had a large effect on both our relationship and the work itself.

Read Ann Jastrab article here

Joanna Piotrowska

Inspired by the ideas of Carol Gilligan from her two books: In a different voice and Joining the resistance, I’m returning to self-defence movements. This time I work not only with women, but also with adolescent girls. According to Gilligan,11-17 year old girls, lose some part of themselves, in order to adjust to patriarchal culture by repressing their inner and honest voice.

Tereza Zelenkova

My new work started as an attempt to create a portrayal of the Czech Republic my home country, reflecting its peculiar beauty, which I believe is imbued with elements of darkness and melancholy, occasionally seeping to the surface through morbid fairytales, forgotten biographies, local histories and superstitions.

Jerwood Space
171 Union St, London SE1
23 November 2015
6.30-7.45pm
FREE

Join the three JPA15 Awardees: Matthew Finn, Joanna Piotrowska and Tereza Zelenkova in conversation with V&A curator of photographs, Martin Barnes.

All about PHOTOWORKS: HERE

Monday, October 19, 2015

An incredible website: 170 000 photos of the Great Depression

If you think archives are and old and out of date, think again. A collection owned by the american government is now available online for the public! Everyone now has the possibility to navigate on this platform from the confort of their own home, thanks to interactive tools. This program is called "Photogrammar", that was developed at Yale University.

These images, that were created over a period of 10 years, allow a view of daily life in the US. Do you wish to see what a city was like in 30s? A map is at your disposal, zoom in and look. These photos are just as good as a documentary view and as an aesthetic view. If you decide for example to find out what life was like in 1938 in Charleston, move your mouse to the left. Then, select the spot on the map. You will see these photos and many more:

Son of a man living on a houseboat on river reading paper, Charleston, West Virginia, Marion Post Walcott, September 1938

Charleston, West Virginia, Marion Post Walcott, September 1938

If you click on York, Pennsylvania, 1941, you may catch a glimpse of the region across images, including these:

Howard R. Hollem, February 1942, York, Pennsylvania

Some descriptions come with photos, which allows us to have precise information on the time period, from a historic point of view. It is also possible to do research by photographer, which is good news, espcially when we know the website provides photos by Dorothea Lange, and Walker Evans. In 1936, 10 of Madame Lange's photos were found next to Hendricks' in Indiana:

Website

Disappearing Africa: Anton Lyalin

The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography presents the third solo exhibition of a Russian photographer Anton Lyalin Disappearing Africa, which encompasses 13 works devoted to the continent.

Anton Lyalin was born and grew up in Sochi. Since 1994 he has been living and working in Moscow. In 2001 he made his first trip to Africa, where he started photographing wild animals. The series, on which he started to work 14 years ago, encompasses more than 200 pieces by now. Since the first photographs were taken, Lyalin has been to eight countries, has visited the majority of national parks, including Serengeti in Tanzania and Kenya, Ruaha in Tanzania, Chobe in Botswana, lakes Nakuru and Amboseli in Kenya.

In his works Lyalin strives to bring viewers in contact with the essence of wildlife, its beauty and wisdom. He deliberately turns away from animalistic genre to artistic photography, focusing on composition, choice of vantage point, and landscape background.

The photographer captures the individuality of wild animals, their peculiarities and unexpected features. In these photographs they look as if they posed. Lyalin achieves this by making an emotional connection with animals, standing close to them but remaining emotionally detached. He manages to take photographs at close range, not disturbing his subjects. Due to this, animals seem as if they are standing in front of

Lyalin reveals the purity of African nature, its tranquility and disappearing beauty in portrayals of both animals and landscapes. A common feature of his works – dense clouds with accentuated texture – is not just a part of the background or a detail used to balance the composition, but is instrumental for grasping the narrative of the picture.

When? October 28 – December 6, 2015
Where? Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography
More info: HERE

Monday, October 12, 2015

Emerging Talent: Reisinger Zsuzsanna

Reisinger Zsuzsanna is a young Hungarian self-taught photographer who lives in Budapest.

What drives me in my photographic work as in life, is the transience, the fragility of life itself. I try to capture this in images, frozen moments in time, taken now or in the past, but all becoming history at the very moment of capture. This vision,or rather this feeling, I try to convey to the viewer mainly through my portraits of women,of femininity. As is often the case, images can transfer my feelings and sensations better than words can. As very aptly said by Lao Tzu: The Tao that can be told..is not the real Tao... Photography, and especially portraiture, is my kind of time travel,I enjoy immensely. During thinking of a concept,making all the arrangements and taking the actual pictures, time stands still... Later on all these pictures are history, of course. My work mainly is about these forgotten times and moments...

For more information visit: All About Photo

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

The California Drought in 10 striking images

"Lucy Nicholson, senior staff photographer at Reuters, took these aerial photographs of California. Sometimes images are more powerful than long speeches."

Read the full article HERE: http://www.all-about-photo.com/article.php?title=California%20Drought%20in%2010%20images&id=87

Monday, October 5, 2015

Introducing the All About Photo Awards

« To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis. »

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Our first ever All About Photo Awards invites photographers from around the world to unfold their visual emotions. In reference to Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photo essay, The Mind’s Eye outlines depth and thoughts behind each image.

Prizes:

Winners will receive $20,000 in cash awards, extensive press coverage and global recognition.

Grand prize: $10,000

2nd prize: $5,000

3rd prize: $2,500

4th prize: $1,500

5th prize: $1,000

All winners will have their work showcased at Jules Maeght Gallery in San Francisco in May 2016.

A selection of entrants of particular merit will also be invited to display their work in the Winners Gallery of www.all-about-photo.com.

Schedule:

Competition opens: October 1^st, 2015

Competitions closes: January 31, 2016, 11:59 PM (MT)

Judging process starts: February 1^st, 2016

Judging process ends: February 29, 2016

Winners will be notified by email around March 15, 2016

Winning images will be available online at www.all-about-photo.com after March 31, 2016.

Who are the judges?

Julia Fullerton-Batten: Photographer

Frank Horvat: Photographer

Ann Jastrab: Gallery Director RayKo Photo Center

Ed Kashi: Photojournalist, Filmmaker and Educator. VII Photo Agency

Jules Maeght : Founder and Gallery Director Jules Maeght

Klavdij Sluban : Photographer & Educator

Keiichi Tahara : Photographer, Sculptor and Painter of Light

Cara Weston : Photographer & Curator

& Sandrine Hermand-Grisel: Founder All About Photo & Photographer

Quick Q&A

Who can enter?

All About Photo Awards, The Mind’s Eye is open to all individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry. It is open to professional and amateur photographers alike.

How many photos can I enter?

Up to 20 images

What is the cost of participating?

$30 for 3 images.

$5 for each additional image.

Is there a theme?

No. What your mind sees and decides to photograph is totally up to your intuition.

What is the cost of participating?

$30 for 3 images.
$5 for each additional image.

What can I win?

The First Place winner will receive:

US$10,000 cash prize

Title: All About Photo Photographer of the Year

Work showcased at Jules Maeght Gallery in May 2016

Work showcased on the online Winners Gallery