CONTEMPORARY DISTINCTION ADVISORY DAY
Associate and Fellowship Advisory Day
Type: Distinctions Workshops, Group: Contemporary Region:Yorkshire
Cost: £15.00 for prospects for Associateship, £25 for prospects for Fellowship, £10 observers. (Fellowship discussions will be held with F prospects only present)
Date: 28th November 10
Time: 10:30AM - 4:30PM
Location: National Media Museum, Bradford
Contact: Brian Steptoe FRPS
email: bsteptoe@compuserve.com
Phone: 0118 973 4131
Type: Distinctions Workshops
Group: Contemporary Region: Yorkshire
Reservation: Cheque payable to RPS Contemporary Group, send to B.Steptoe,
99 McCarthy Way, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 4UB
Discussions will be with Brian Steptoe FRPS, contemporary panel Deputy Chair and others (to be advised). Please bring a draft statement about your intended submission. Work can be prints, projected images, photographic book, easy to put-up installations or other innovative forms of presentation. Work in progress is acceptable. Work aimed at Associateship will be considered first.
East Midlands Region
The inaugural meeting of the RPS Contemporary Group in the East Midlands
Date and Time. Sunday 11th July, 2010. 2.00pm until 4.30pm
Venue: Ruddington Village Hall, Ruddington, Nottingham.
45 Wilford Road, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6BN
There is a small car park and also street parking.
Cost: The hire of the hall equals £36 so the cost will be spread amongst those who attend the more there are the less it will be.
Please bring work in progress, finished projects or ideas sketched out. The idea is not to be critical but to openly discuss work and ideas in a mutually supportive environment.
Further information from Howard Fisher email: hf773@btinternet.com
If you are interested in attending please let Howard know so that he has some idea of numbers. Refreshments will be supplied.
Photography Workshop : Express Yourself
Led by Paul Hill
July 3rd-10th 2010 in the Drome, South of France
Paul Hill suggests that as individuals we see and react differently to situations and places. This is not always reflected in the photographs we make. This may be due to lack of technical experience, or confidence in our judgement or instinctive responses. The workshop’s idyllic setting provides a perfect environment to express yourself through photography. With Paul’s guidance we hope to get beyond the simply picturesque.
He will talk about his photographic work, from his days as a photo-journalist to his current colour work – to be seen in his new book, Corridors of Uncertainty - his experiences whilst working with some of the seminal figures in photography at The Photographers’ Place, during the Dialogue with Photography project, and whilst running trend-setting photographic courses at Trent Polytechnic and De Montfort University.
Each participant will be set realistic goals during the week in order to come away with images that reflect what they feel as well as what they see. A representative amount of work should be brought along too.
There will be field trips exploring the hamlet and its surroundings as well as time for individual sorties. We will be visiting other hilltop villages and market towns. You will get feedback sessions on the images you produce and everyone will be expected to make a selection of work to contribute to a small, informal exhibition at the end of the workshop.
Martin Shakeshaft a documentary photographer based in the Peak District will support the workshop with his expertise in teaching digital imaging.
For further information on Professor Paul Hill & Martin Shakeshaft please see http://photographersplace.co.uk
The cost including tuition, accommodation and full board will be £495
For bookings & more information see the website http://escoulin.com
MARTIN PARR JOHN DARWELL
GETTING PERSONAL WITH PHOTOGRAPHY
Personal vision : personal voice : personal expression : personal statement
WHEN NOTHING can any longer be done for the first time, how do we do things differently? Working among the surfeit of images, which so characterizes our contemporary world, a photographer’s greatest challenge is to distinguish their personal work from the thousands of competing images on every hand. The RPS Contemporary Group strives to meet this challenge in its promotion of Contemporary Photography. It is proud to present two of Britain’s most original photographers, whose work is stamped by their own personal vision of the world and is recognisably and brilliantly their own.
Martin Parr is arguably Britain’s most celebrated photographer. He is a member of Magnum, author of numerous photographic books, and curator of international photographic exhibitions. He is known for his biting social criticism, keen eye for detail and unfailing sense of photographic humour. For more than thirty years he has been pushing out the boundaries of photography, his style both constant and constantly evolving, and always recognisably Parr.
John Darwell has also been photographing for more than three decades. He currently teaches the MA course on photography at the University of Cumbria at Carlisle. He is the author of seven photographic books, has exhibited frequently in the UK and abroad and is represented in many international collections. His subjects include the post-industrial landscape, the global nuclear industry, the exploration of interior psychological conditions and most recently the phenomena of discarded dog poop bags.
Both our speakers have produced major bodies of work that express their own personal views of the contemporary world. Their personal vision and style is an unmistakable mark of their photography. The RPS Contemporary Group is delighted to offer this opportunity to see and hear two great British photographers tell how they do it.
SATURDAY 16 OCTOBER 2010 UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA, LANCASTER CAMPUS
EVENT INFORMATION
The event will begin at 10.30; with registration from 09.45 onwards, when tea/coffee and biscuits will be available. Lunch (anything from a sandwich to a small meal) can be purchased at the excellent University restaurant on campus. Through the day, there will be a sale of photographic books authored by both speakers, who will be pleased to sign them, and two photographic exhibitions. It is expected that the event will finish about 17.30, but attendees will be welcome to stay on for books or exhibitions until 18.00.
LOCAL INFORMATION
Lancaster is reached by road via junctions 33 (from the South), or 34 (from the North), of the M6. The University of Cumbria, Lancaster Campus (formerly St. Martin’s College), is about a mile from Lancaster City centre. The Post code, for SatNav purposes, is LA1 3JD. There will be ample free parking at the University.
There are frequent train services to Lancaster, from London (2? hours), and from Edinburgh and Glasgow (2 hours) on the West Coast main line. There is an hourly train service direct to and from Manchester Airport, via Manchester Piccadilly, which takes about 80 minutes from the airport and 60 from Manchester Piccadilly. The train station in Lancaster is on the edge of the City centre, about 20 minutes’ walk from the Campus. It is most easily reached by taxi (book in advance, 01524 848848, and expect a fare of about £4).
There are several hotels in and around Lancaster, which offer good value at weekends.
Lancaster is about 30 minutes drive from Windermere and the southern Lakes; 45 minutes from Ambleside; and 90 minutes from Ullswater. Carlisle, the Scottish borders and the Roman Wall are 60 minutes drive away, and the North Yorkshire Dales National Park about the same. Within easy distance to the south is Blackpool, and, to the south east, the magnificent but little known walking country of the Trough of Bowland. The City centre, with its unique atmosphere, monuments, museums, shops and restaurants (some of them very good), is within an easy walk of the Campus.
This event is generously supported by Wilkinson Cameras (www.wilkinson.co.uk) who will be present at the venue with photographic equipment and accessories for viewing, examination and purchase.
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CONTEMPORARY DISTINCTION ADVISORY DAY
ENTRY FOR EVENTS PAGE, RPS WEBSITE
Associate and Fellowship Advisory Day
19th March 2011
Type: Distinctions Workshops, Group: Contemporary
ENTRY FOR DISTINCTIONS WORKSHOP PAGE RPS WEBSITE
linked via More info above
Cost: £15.00 for prospects for Associateship, £25 for prospects for Fellowship, £10 observers. (Fellowship discussions will be held with F prospects only present)
Date: 19th March 2011
Time: 10:30AM - 4:30PM
Location: Fenton House, 122 Wells Road, Bath
Contact: Brian Steptoe FRPS
email: bsteptoe@compuserve.com
Phone: 0118 973 4131
Type: Distinctions Workshops
Group: Contemporary
Reservation: Cheque payable to RPS Contemporary Group, send to B.Steptoe,
99 McCarthy Way, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 4UB
Discussions will be with Brian Steptoe FRPS, contemporary panel Deputy Chair and others (to be advised). Please bring a draft statement about your intended submission. Work can be prints, projected images, photographic book, easy to put-up installations or other innovative forms of presentation. Work in progress is acceptable. Work aimed at Associateship will be considered first.
While every effort is made to confirm the accuracy of the various Exhibitions, Talks, etc. listed on this website, inaccuracies can occur. It is advisable to double check with the venue or organiser's, especially if travelling some distance.
