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Photomonth, East London 2010 - apply!

photomonth 2010

photomonth – east london photography festival
will take place in October and November 2010. It is the largest photography festival in the UK and we welcome participants from all over the country and other parts of the world.

We are very keen to encourage emerging photographers and would be most grateful if you could circulate the attached information to your students/graduates and/or participate in photomonth as a college.

Please find attached information and entry form for exhibitions, the photo-open, the photofair and the photolounge.

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 26^th 2010

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Art Partner Project

Are you an art student?
Do you live in Europe?
Interested in working with a person experiencing poverty to create art together?
Then take part in the Art Partner Project!
Why?
You’ll have the opportunity to work with a person experiencing poverty in your country to produce innovative photographs around the theme of (IN)VISIBLE.

Your image will be viewed throughout Europe as all eligible entries will be available on the Project’s website. A selection of entries will also be displayed as an exhibition in Brussels at the end of November.

Interested?

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 26^th 2010

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Photoworks Fellowship 2011 British School at Rome

Applications invited
Deadline 14 June 2010

The British School at Rome and Photoworks invite applications for a Senior Research Fellowship in photography and lens-based media for April to June 2011.

The residency is for an experienced, mid-career photographer or media artist to spend three months in Rome. The Fellowship is designed primarily as a research opportunity, although the Fellow would be expected to submit a report of their achievements over the three months.

Proposals should outline how this particular context would benefit the applicant’s research.

Posted by cnolle on May 26^th 2010

IdeasTap & Magnum Photos launch new photographic award

IdeasTap, the arts charity, network and funding body for young people, has re-launched its website with an incredible new photographic award in conjunction with legendary picture agency Magnum Photos.

The IdeasTap Photographic Award offers the chance to win £10,000-worth of prizes, including £5,000 cash, £2,500 towards producing a photographic essay, a paid internship with Magnum Photos and a fully-funded trip to their New York offices.

This groundbreaking award is open to all IdeasTap members based in the UK aged between 16-30.

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 23^rd 2010

Self Publish, Be Happy Weekend at The Photographers' Gallery

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2010
The Photographers' Gallery, 16 – 18 Ramillies St, London W1F 7LW
Free Admission

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 19^th 2010

THE INTERNATIONAL PINHOLE PHOTO CONTEST 2010

WHO CAN ENTER THE CONTEST?

Everyone can submit a pinhole photograph: beginner as well as amateur, semi-professional, or professional photographers…

DEADLINES

Closure of the submissions per mail:
Sunday 6th June 2010.

Closure of the submission on-site in LONDON:
Sunday 6th June, 7pm.

Notification of the juried results: the 6th of July
2010

THE THEME & TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

One theme : All pinhole photographs should focus
on the thematic of the changing city

General specifications:

All photos must be taken with a pinhole

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 18^th 2010

Wrexham Science Festival Photography Competition

This year the Wrexham Science Festival is giving you the opportunity to showcase your photography and interpretation skills.

Use your skills to take a photograph(s) to fit into this year’s Festival themes:
· Earth and the Universe
· The Animal World
· Human Mind & Body
· Bright Sparks.
It is up to you which theme(s) you choose to represent and how many photographs you wish to enter.

There are four Entry Categories:
· Individual entries
o Age 11 and under
o Age 12 to 17
o Age 18+

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 17^th 2010

KAREN KNORR. FAVOLE in The Contemporary Photography Museum, Milan

15.05.2010 - 12.09.2010

The Contemporary Photography Museum presents the Karen Knorr Favole exhibition: eighteen great photographic works and a video of the Fables series. An evocative and silent dialogue between nature and culture.

http://www.museofotografiacontemporanea.org/fotografia/index.html?docume...

http://www.abitare.it/events/karen-knorr-fablesstories/

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 17^th 2010

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Opportunity for gradutes

Submission Call for Signature Art Awards, degreeart.com

London, Vyner St. Artform: combined arts, interdisciplinary arts, visual arts Contact: Joe joe@degreeart.com

Description

Submission Call for all undergraduate and graduate Artists!

DegreeArt.com is proud to announce the launch of a one of a kind competition providing emerging artists the opportunity to present their signature style to the Art World.

Posted by mariakapajeva on May 5^th 2010

Maria Kapajeva and Anna Linderstam in Photographer's Gallery

Recent Graduates Exhibition
14 May - 6 June 2010

freshfacedandwildeyed2010 celebrates the breadth and dynamism
of photographic work produced by recent graduates from across the UK.

The twenty-eight exhibiting artists and photographers engage with a broad range of themes, confidently exploring the possibilities of the medium. All work primarily with photography, and have graduated from UK based visual arts courses in the last year.

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