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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012
Venue: Natural History Museum, London: October 19, 2012 to March 13 2013. Later on tour to UK and other venues across the world. Currently on show at London’s Natural History Museum are one hundred winning and commended photos from the 2012 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. These have been selected from over 48,000 entries by a panel chaired by US photographer and environmentalist, Jim Brandenburg. Introductory words describe this year’s exhibition as a “spectacular showcase” of “the magnificent” and “the intimate” more
The Landscape Photographer of the Year
This year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year competition not only drew some great photographic entries but also raised some controversy. I wrote about this controversy at length on my blog but the length of the article by the time we had all of the updates and comments got a bit out of hand for more than a cursory glance. So, for the benefit of those who didn’t hear about it, what was the controversy? Well initially it was raised by more
Among Trees – Iain Sarjeant
Following the opening of my solo exhibition ‘Among Trees’ near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands last week, Tim asked me to write a small piece about my exhibition experiences. Although I have exhibited many times in group shows over the years, this is my first experience of mounting a solo show, and presenting a body of work. I have always been drawn to photograph trees, and ‘Among Trees’ was the first series that I worked on, changing the way I more
Edward Burtynsky at the Photographers’ Gallery
Edward Burtynsky : Oil 4th floor (Barbara Lloyd Gallery) installation © Dennis Gilbert Courtesy The Photographers’ Gallery The Photographers’ Gallery at 16- 18 Ramillies Street © Kate Elliott Courtesy The Photographers’ Gallery The Photographers’ Gallery reopened to the public on Saturday 19 May after more
Northwest Beginnings
We visited an exhibition in the 1066 gallery where Julian Calverley has been exhibiting his photographs of Scotland under the title Northwest Beginnings. more
David Hockney and the Yorkshire Wolds
Bradford-born artist David Hockney has recently filled the walls of the Royal Academy with an exhibition of his landscape paintings, iPad drawings... more
Outdoor Show versus The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012
The Outdoor Show was disappointing, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition and the Natural History Museum - now here was something worth visiting more
The Outdoor Show
Enjoying landscape photography often requires that we have the right gear for walking and also, if we want to spend some time in the landscape, the gear for camping too. The Outdoor Show, now in it’s 11th year, obviously realise this as they now have a dedicated ‘Photography Village’ where there are a few exhibitors and some great speakers lined up. For instance, we’ve talked about cold weather shooting but more
Landscape Revisited – Joe Cornish & Kane Cunningham
Tim Parkin, ably assisted by Andrew Nadolski produced a short video interview with Joe and Kane as they walked us around the event. more
Joe Cornish Galleries – Open Exhibition
A few months ago, Joe Cornish galleries made an open call out for entries into a competition to exhibit at the gallery. Entrants were asked to speculatively submit framed images and the winners would be hung at the gallery. more