China's Female Imam's - New Slideshow

Photo MA graduate Sharron Lovell has recently produced two new online multi media slide shows on the Sichuan Earthquake and China's Female Imam's. To watch them click HERE

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OPEN EYE GALLERY, Tuesday 2 July, 7.30pm

Liz Lock & Photo MA Graduate Mishka Henner discuss Raw Material, their latest body of work and publication which continues their photographic study of northern English
towns.

Lock & Henner spent six months exploring the landscape and character of
North Staffordshire, a place known worldwide for its fine porcelain and
ceramics industry. Today, much of this industry has moved overseas, leaving
local towns struggling to redefine themselves amidst a derelict landscape.

Using portraiture and landscape studies, Lock & Henner present images that
avoid nostalgia, alluding instead to the uncertainty, role-play and fantasy
involved in the post-industrial search for identity and meaning.

Signed copies of the book will be available at this event.

A journal kept by Lock & Henner during the course of the project can be
found at http://placespaceidentity.blogspot.com

Commissioned by Arts Council England West Midlands.

Internet Ad Spending to Overtake Radio in 2008

"Internet advertising spending will surpass radio this year, with about 9.5 percent of ad budgets worldwide allocated to online media, said Steve King, head of Publicis Groupe SA's ZenithOptimedia unit." ...more

The Midland Hotel - A New Book

Photo MA 2006 graduate Simon Webb has just launched a new book published and distributed by Dewi Lewis - The Midland Hotel. The book documents the refurbishment of the famous art deco hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire ...more

Access To Life

Magnum have partnered up with The Global fund to make a large
multimedia body of work focusing on antiretroviral treatment for
AIDS. I have posted a link on my blog so go there for more
information and the link to the website. ..more

Photography Symposium

Can Visa pour l’Image Remain Relevant?

"Without mentioning any names, some of the top ten photographers in the world today, including war photographers, “live in a garret”, surviving on less than 1000 euros a month, struggling to make ends meet.""...more (students in China will need a proxy)

Press Photographer 2008 Awards Announced

With a 25% increase in the entries this year, the jury spent two long days working through the 7,500 photographs, both in slideshow form, and as C-type prints, laid out on the huge Olivier foyer floor at the National Theatre....more

Photo Tampering Throughout History

A new website documents photo tampering throughout history demonstrating the photoshop clone tool is no new idea...more

Getty Memo Shows Impact of Web, Microstock

In preparation for a big shareholder vote, Getty Images has been releasing tidbits of previously confidential financial information....more

Raw Material Exhibition

2006 Photo MA graduate Mishka Henner opens a new exhibition at the Air Space gallery in Stoke on Trent from the 16 - 21 June. The work was commissioned by Arts Council England West Midlands and is an exploration of North Staffordshire, a territory rich in cultural and
artistic heritage seeking to forge a new identity in a post-industrial era.

On entering the 21st century, much emphasis is placed on the need for
northern towns and cities to develop aspirational identities to attract
outside investors and succeed in the global marketplace. Having worked in
the north of England for the past four years, we came to North Staffordshire
between October 2007 and April 2008 and found a landscape scarred by
economic forces that have left deep psychological and physical wounds.
Throughout our series, motifs associated with vulnerability and a coming of
age appear alongside motifs of role-play and faith.

Bowcock Exhibition at the Greenroom

Photo MA graduate 2006 graduate Simon Bowcock is holding an exhibition at the Green Room, 54-56 Whitworth St West Manchester M1 5WW.

Sound Effects is an unprecedented series of photographs portraying the experience of listening to live music.

Typically made in near darkness, the pictures capture their subjects totally immersed in the music, oblivious to the camera’s presence. Shot in every kind of venue from Strangeways to southern Spain, these rough, unmanipulated and colourful images evoke a range of moods and feelings....more

Neon Photo Grants

NEON RESEARCH GRANT FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS 2008

NEON supports journalistic work with a yearly research grant for journalists and photographers
younger than 40 years. In difference to the existing journalists awards that reward finished stories,
the NEON research grant aimes at stories and ideas that have not yet been investigated/written/photographed, and
couldnt be realised without financial aid.

The grant for the five best ideas/stories is 10 000 Euro each.

THE PRIZE
The five best ideas will be funded with 10 000 Euro each. Enough money to pay research costs for a great journalistic story or
research and production costs for a fantastic photographic reportage. The usage of the money has to be verified with receipts.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
Send in your Research-Exposé for a specific story by the 31st of August 2008.
by post:

NEON Magazin GmbH
Manuela Orth
Weihenstephaner Straße 7
D - 81673 München

by email:
recherchestipendium@neon.de

The benefitting journalists/photographers will have to offer their finished work exclusively to NEON at first.
Publication will be paid additionally according to the usual publication rates. If the result does not lead to a
publication in NEON magazine, the journalist/photographer may offer their story to other medias.

THE JURY
The NEON reserach grant will be awarded by NEON-editors-in-chief Timm Klotzek and Michael Ebert, as well
as NEON-publishers Thomas Osterkorn and Andreas Petzold. They decide by September the 22nd, 2008. The results
will be communicated to the applicants the following week.

Five Word Award Speeches

"It’s become a tradition at the annual Webby Film and Video Awards, which honor the Web’s best videos, for winners to accept their prize with a speech of five words or less." Read the best speeches...more

How to Back up Your Pictures

Snapper Talk Web site post a detailed guide on how to ensure all your work is backed up and you never loose another picture....more (users in China may need a proxy)

Time Magazine Use Microstock on Cover

Time Magazine have used a $1 picture on their front cover for the first time. Is this the start of something bigger?....more

Photography in Public Places

"Since 9/11, there has been an increasing war on photography. Photographers have been harrassed, questioned, detained, arrested or worse, and declared to be unwelcome. We've been repeatedly told to watch out for photographers, especially suspicious ones. Clearly any terrorist is going to first photograph his target, so vigilance is required." ...more

Boris Exhibits in Dalian

Don McCullin Interview

The "world's greatest war photographer" Don McCullin talks to John Tusa on a BBC interview ...more

Adam Dean Discusses Covering the Earthquake

Adam Dean talks to Digital Journalist magazine about his experiences covering the earthquake. ...more

Andy Boag in the Artic

Bolton based PhotoMA student Andy Boag returns from working in the Arctic with the BBC.
Andy was commissioned to work on a documentary about the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. A sequence of his images of the Northern lights will be included in the film which will be screened next December.

The Complete Guide To Stealing News Stories

Rules laid out of what you can borrow from other people's work and what, in the media, is regarded as stealing....more

Shots Competition

"shots is proud to announce the third annual competition for photography
students worldwide. The theme of this year's competition is 'INSTINCT'.

We are looking for a short related series of work (3-10 images) that
responds to, and reflects this theme in an original and dynamic way....The competition is open to all current photography students. The closing
date for entries is Friday 11 July 2008....more

Neighborhoods and Societies on Show

Neighborhoods and Societies, a photographic
exhibition by MA photo graduate Peter Walker will
be on show in Gallery Oldham from 21 June to 26 July
2008. Peter who studied in Bolton will graduate this
June.

The exhibition forms part of an ongoing project by the
artist that aims to celebrate the diversity of
Oldham’s neighbourhoods and workplaces.

The National Portrait Gallery London buys MA photography student's work

The National Portrait Gallery London buys MA
photography student's work for the national
collection.

A selection of portraits of iconic Manchester
personalities by Bolton based MA student Paul
Wolfgang Webster have recently been acquired by the
NPG.

Alisa Miller: Why we know less than ever about the world

"Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs." ...more

Doctored Photo On Daily News Cover Causes Stir

"A photo printed on the front cover of the Daily News is causing a stir.The cover shows Jocelyn Kirsch, the "Bonnie" in the Philadelphia "Bonnie and Clyde" identity-theft ring, lounging in a bathing suit.However, the photo also shows a house-detention bracelet on Kirsch's leg that was edited into the photo. In the original photo, Kirsch never wore an ankle bracelet."...more

Winston Churchill Trust

The 2009 Winston Churchill Trust grants are now available for application. "If awarded a Fellowship, you will receive a grant that will cover all your relevant expenses. In 2008 the average grant was £5300, covering a stay of between 4-8 weeks (minimum of 4 weeks) but can be longer. The grant includes return travel, daily living, internal travel and appropriate insurance within the countries visited." Follow the link for a list of categories and how to apply ...more