September 12, 2008
The first major exhibition of photography ever to be held at Tate Britain takes a unique look at the history and development of photography in Britain. Anyone interested in the history of photography and the uses of photography will find some great printed pictures to marvel at.
The exhibition boasts a huge collection of images from all over the UK and includes famous pieces from Lewis Carroll, William Henry Fox Talbot, Bill Brandt and David Bailey. The entire collection includes a wonderful variety of postcards, albums and famous photographic pieces printed on canvas.
This wonderfully inspiring collection is a must for all photographic enthusiasts, whether you’re a professional photographer or an amateur photographer.
For the very first time, Tate Britain is also inviting members of the public to make their own unique contribution. How We Are Now invites you to add your photograph to the exhibition through the community and photo-sharing website Flickr
The exhibition will run from 22nd May – 2nd September 2008.
June 15, 2008
You don’t need to be a professional photographer to take great looking pictures; in fact you don’t even need to be a professional photographer to have your own exhibition. ‘Through the lens’ is an exhibition for amateur photographers Helen Plant and Phil Green, both of whom are members of Southampton’s ‘Camera Club’.
Having no formal qualifications in photography and being completely self-taught, both Helen Plant and Phil Green have been awarded a Distinction by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.
Helen Plant says about her love of Photography:
I am fascinated by the shapes, colours and textures of nature in close-up as well as on occasions a more abstract approach to the wider landscape.
My preference is for subtle colours and lighting and relatively simple compositions.
Both Phil and Helen use digital cameras, though Phil Green says his love of photography stems from the traditional SLR camera.
Most of my photographs are of nature subjects taken within twenty miles of home. I cover my local patch with an emphasis on the welfare of my subject. This is a major factor and one of which I am fiercely proud.
The ‘Through the lens’ exhibition begins on June 28.
June 11, 2008
Photography, by its very nature, is a visual medium. It’s the capturing of an image on film using light reacting with chemicals. It’s all about the visuals, the look, the composition, the colours and the tones.
It might surprise you to know then that an exhibition of photography with a difference took place in the Ukraine recently. This exhibition was different because the photographs were actually for the blind.
The photographs use a unique piece of software that takes a photographic image and traces over the lines in the detail. It then manages to create an embossed version of the picture so that it can be touched, and experienced.
This makes the photos ideal for the blind to experience because they are able to follow the embossed lines with their fingers and ‘see’ the image as though it were written in Braille.
You can see examples of the art on the BBC website.
