MA Photography Blog (international photojournalism, documentary and travel photography

Photo MA Blog
International Photojournalism, documentary and travel photography

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Documenting the Beijing Olympics Conference

Date: 12 September 2008 Time: All Day

Finishes: 13 September 2008 Time: All Day

Venue: SOAS Russell Square: College Buildings Room: Khalili Lecture Theatre

This conference, scheduled to take place within weeks of the Olympics, aims to bring together academics, film-makers and writers from the all over the world to have the one of the most immediate discussions of the 2008 Olympics. Alongside the immediate, the conference will also attempt to locate the Beijing Games within Olympic history and to explore the challenges that lie ahead for the movement before the Games move to London in 2012...more

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Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed

This show marks the launch of this annual exhibition, presenting the most dynamic new work by visual arts graduates from BA and MA courses across the UK including Photo MA student Boris Austin.

The show runs at the Photographer's Gallery, London, June 21 to July 6...more and link to Boris' project

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Becky Mathews in the Ukraine

Becky Mathews, one of this years Bolton based Photo MA students is currently working in the Ukraine for the International Aid trust

IAT was initially set up in 1991 by Reverend Bernard Cocker as a response to the Chernobyl disaster. IAT is unlike other charities in as much as its aid is not given solely in money but by providing goods donated and shipped directly from the UK. As such they have the largest charity warehouse in Europe, and unlike other charities they accept any donation believing that everything can be recycled.
website www.beckymatthews.co.uk

Image of the Government Care Home in Didovshchuna.

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

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

Labels: Gallery/slideshow, Photo MA News

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Rhubarb-Rhubarb

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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.

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Friday, June 27, 2008

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

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

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

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The Photo MA blog is for anybody with an interest in photography; specifically photojournalism, documentary and travel photography.

It is run and maintained by the University of Bolton Photography MA, a one year course which runs concurrently at learning centers at The University of Bolton, UK and Dalian College of Image Art, China.

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