Photo MA

National Photography Symposium

2009-06-28T03:34:00.001-07:00

Ian McMillan and others discuss photography and the Photo MA.... more

New York Times Story

2009-06-19T01:17:00.000-07:00

Photo MA graduate Adam Dean has recently completed an assignment for the New York Times on the pressures created by China's high school exam....more

Percy Dean Features on Carhartt Website

2009-06-17T20:40:00.000-07:00

Photo MA student Percy Dean has recently been commissioned by Carhartt street wear and appears on the company blog as a featured photographer ...more

Dave Wyatt to show at the Photographer's Gallery

2009-06-07T19:01:00.000-07:00

Continuing the success of last year a Photo MA graduate, Dave Wyatt, has been chosen for the Photographer's Gallery Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed exhibition that showcases the best graduate work from the previous year. Wyatt's Thames Town Project also features in Issue 2 of Deep Sleep magazine ....more

Grace Gelder Wins a Place on International Summer School

2009-06-06T19:09:00.000-07:00

Photo MA graduate Grace Gelder has been accepted as one of the participants in the 4th International Summer School of Photography (ISSP) which will will take place in Ludza, Latvia from 1 to 9 August 2009. ...more

Andy Boags exhibits at the Nat Coal Mining Museum

2009-06-03T05:59:00.001-07:00

Photo MA student Andy Boags has a new exhibtion at the National Coal Mining Museum.

The National Photography Symposium

2009-06-03T03:04:00.001-07:00

THE NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM
From 6pm on 19th June to 1pm on 21st June 2009
Location: Chetham's Library, Manchester, M3 1SB

Presented by Redeye in partnership with The University of Bolton and Chetham’s Library.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

This is the first gathering of its kind in the UK for ideas and discussion about photography, featuring a wide range of sessions by and for photographers.

It is Redeye's major event for 2009 and is an unmissable weekend for those who are serious about photography.

Who is it for? It is aimed at photographers who are interested in the way the profession is going, who are looking for ideas from their own and different disciplines, and would like an opportunity to discuss these ideas with some of the leading figures in photography. It will also be useful to all those who work with, buy or teach photography.

Why's it needed? Many people have told us that they would enjoy the chance to meet with colleagues to discuss new ideas and developments in photography. And lots of people are saying there are some critical things that are not getting discussed properly. While there are several excellent single-issue academic conferences, there is no clear gathering in this country for people working in photography to get together and talk about the things that are most important to them.

What's going to happen? The weekend includes around 20 different events – debates, keynote presentations, panel sessions, and more offbeat activities – with various threads running throughout – fine art, publishing, museum and archives, photojournalism and documentary, community, editorial and commercial. You can follow your specialist area or mix and match from different themes. There’ll be plenty of opportunities for networking and chatting in convivial surroundings. We will also have some hands-on and fun sessions.

Most formal sessions will be recorded for podcasting, so you don’t need to worry about missing something. A detailed report will provide a reference for later use. ...more

Photo MA Lecturers Exhibit

2009-05-27T23:39:00.000-07:00

An exhibition of photographs by Ian Beesley, course leader for the Bolton Cohort of the MA in International Photojournalism, Documentary and Travel Photography, is being held at Bradford 1 Gallery |until early August...more

While an exhibition sponsored by the British Council of multimedia and photographs by D J Clark the course leader for the Dalian cohort of the same course is now on show in Hanoi, an e-book version is online ...more

Sara Gouveia to Music

2009-05-23T22:44:00.001-07:00

Photo MA student Sara Gouveia has her images musically interpreted in a show in Cape Town, South Africa.

Graeme Nicol Publishes in Southern Metrolopitan

2009-05-23T22:36:00.000-07:00

Photography MA student Graeme Nicol published his story on African migration to China in the Guangzhou Southern Metropolitan paper today ...more

MOVE TO TWITTER

2009-05-17T00:06:00.000-07:00

As of Monday 18th May I will be moving the industry news section of the blog (Awards/grants Equipment Events Gallery/slideshow General Issues Photo MA News Photojournalism work) to my twitter feed. Most of the stories I have been posting are simply links to existing stories on the web, and I can provide these links much more efficiently using twitter. The MA News will continue to be blogged at this site, as well as through the twitter feed.

To follow me on Twitter - go to www.twitter.com, click on find people and type "djclark". If you have a twitter account (its free and I recommend you do this) you can "follow" me. There are numerous pieces of free software to help you integrate the twitter feed with your web browser and phone.

Other News

2009-05-14T18:37:00.000-07:00

Dutch Government to pay for journalists to work in their newspapers ...more

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. newspaper executives responding to a recent survey said their ability to inform readers has diminished with their steadily shrinking staffs. ...more

Why People Won't Pay for Online News the Way They Pay for HBO ...more

New E Book News

2009-05-14T18:28:00.000-07:00

The Kindle invites bloggers to distribute wirelessly to the kindle but the Kindle user has to pay a fee set by Amazon and the blogger only gets 30%. ...more

A new Kindle beater is released in flashy colours. A good comparison chart is here ..more

Shoot Portraits with just the Sun

2009-05-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

Good simple guide to setting up a studio outdoors - only sun needed so no good for the UK ...more

Front Cover is a Video Grab

2009-05-14T01:05:00.000-07:00

If the fusion of video cameras and dSLRs hadn't blurred enough before, Esquire shot their June issue cover of Megan Fox in video—a purported first in the magazine world.

Rather than click and endless series of stills, photographer Greg Williams shot the cover with the 4K Red ONE video camera. Fox essentially acted out a scene for 10 minutes, the best moment of which will appear on the June 2009 cover. (Not to be wasteful of Megan Fox footage, the video will also be uploaded to Esquire's site, of course.)

It's fascinating that as digital cameras evolve, so will the roles of photographers, models and publications. I can't see traditional photography ever dying, but whether photos will always be captured in photographs is another question. [Esquire] ...more

Climate Change A Hard Subject to Photograph?

2009-05-14T01:02:00.001-07:00

"It's hard to believe that for a subject as trendy as climate change, there are so few photographers who specialize in it. As Wolfe explained, it's a topic that defies journalism's typical demands of daily deadlines and breaking news. "It's a very hard story to cover," he said, "because it's so huge and so slow, and it's one that doesn't really fit the way we gather news. ... That, and none of us make any money."" ...more

and just one more on NYT Development

2009-05-14T00:55:00.001-07:00

More from the NYT Development Lab

2009-05-14T00:52:00.000-07:00

Print is still king: Only 3 percent of newspaper reading happens online

2009-05-14T00:36:00.000-07:00

Some interesting mathematics on newspaper readers ...more

while magazines see emply new tricks to get online viewers ...more

Boris Austin Returns to Sichuan for Stern

2009-05-12T05:17:00.000-07:00

Sichuan Survivors

Earthquake Anniversary Special
on assignment for Stern Magazine

Setting out to find and interview the survivors, Photo MA graduate Boris Austin flew to MianYang to join Journalist Janis Vougioukas and his assistant.

In under 10 days they were challenged with finding 10 people who featured in iconic news images of the earthquake to find out how their lives had changed..more.

Andrew Smith Makes Picture of the Day

2009-05-11T22:16:00.001-07:00

Photo MA graduate Andrew Smith has recently been contracted by Reuters as a stringer in Jamaica. On one of his first assignments his image made Reuters picture of the day.

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) talks with Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding at the launch of the four-year Justice Undertakings for Social Transformation programme in Kingston April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Smith (JAMAICA POLITICS IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

New York Times 2.0

2009-05-11T18:00:00.001-07:00

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Also look at the Times Reader 2.0 out today

Gallery Templates for Wordpress

2009-05-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

For all you wordpress users this site lists a series of free to download photo gallery templates ...more

New York Times Reader

2009-05-11T17:24:00.000-07:00

New 2.0 Times reader allows you to browse the paper in very new ways ...more