September 2010
5 posts
The Savignano Festival
The Savignano Festival opens tomorrow in Rimini, Italy. Amongst the artists showing their work will be Roger Ballen, Mark Steinmetz (as far as I’m concerned, the ultimate photographer’s photographer!) and Martin Parr. But hey, amongst all that goodness will be six of my photographs as part of Urbanautica’s Naturae exhibition.
So go see Ballen, go see Steinmetz, go see Simon...
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Britain versus Spain in Lithuania
If you happen to be in Kaunas, Lithuania over the next week, you’ll undoubtedly stumble across the Kaunas Photography Festival. Over the course of several nights, they’ll be showing a series of Photography Duels where selected photographers from competing countries will be pitted against each other in a battle to the finish (or more likely, gentle applause).
Included in the...
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My favourite "death of photojournalism" essay
Last month, Neil Burgess (a former head of Magnum and current head honcho of NB Pictures) caused a bit of a stir when he declared the death of photojournalism.
As Burgess himself mentions, people have been writing about the end of photojournalism for decades. Reading his piece reminded me of my favourite article on this subject.
In 2003, Urs Stahel presented a lecture celebrating the 10th...
