Photojournalism Now - Friday Round Up 20 January, 2017

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up,  it's all about Circulation(s) a festival in Paris designed to promote young European photographers. 

Special Feature:
Circulation(s) - Festival of Young European Photography

Le Damas des autres © Poline Harbali

Now in its seventh year, the 2017 jury for Circulation(s) received more than 800 entries from which 25 artists were selected. There is also a program of invited artists. The Festival is held at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS, a residency and production space for artists from around the world. This vibrant cultural centre attracts more than 500,000 visitors a year.

I think it's interesting to look at the styles young photographers are engaging with and while I don't personally like all of these images, they do demonstrate the diversity in subject matter and approach.

Following the Paris showing, Circulation(s) will hit the festival circuit with projections shown in Ireland, Belgium, Portugal, UK, Italy and Poland. It’s great exposure for these young artists. Circulation(s) is a project by Fetart, a nonprofit created in 2005 to promote young photographers.

Circulation(s)
CENTQUATRE-PARIS
Opens 21st January until 5th March

Ibaba © Marie Moroni


Sparks © Wiktoria Wojciechowska


In your place © Ludovica Bastianini


Kwei Yih © Zhen Shi 

Lingering Ghosts © Sam Ivin


Even This will pass © Aida Silvestri


Home Again © Thodoris Papadakis


A couple of them © Johanna Benaïnous & Elsa Parra


Skateboarding Tehran © Mathias Zwick


Nothing Personal © Yiannis Pantelidis


Veteran © Sasha Maslov


Je suis morte à Auschwitz et personne ne le voit © Brétin Frédérique


Oxymoron © Kostis Argyriadis

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Friday Round Up - 9 September, 2016

This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up three diverse exhibitions - Guido Harari's The Kate Inside (London), Catherine Balet's homage to the masters (Paris) and University of the Third Age (Melbourne). Also Sydney's Head On Photo Festival is calling for exhibition submissions for 2017.

Exhibition & Book:

London

The Kate Inside
Kate Bush photographed by Guido Harari 1982-1993

For all the Kate Bush fans out there, and I know there are a few of you, this book, and exhibition, features photographs spanning ten years.

Taken by Italian music photographer Guido Harari from 1982-93 The Kate Inside limited edition book contains over 300 amazing images many unseen and unexpected photographs, Polaroids, contact sheets, personal notes from Kate and out takes covering the period of her boldest albums. 

Guido’s photographs "capture the complexity of Kate, uniquely talented, astonishingly vulnerable and open, creative and strong". 

These images are currently on show at Art Bermondsey Project Space.

(C) All images Guido Harari

The Kate Inside
13-30 September
Q&A with Linsday Kemp and Guido Harari 6-8pm 16th September
Art Bermonsdey Project Space
183-185 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3UW

Exhibition:
Paris

Catherine Balet - Looking for the Masters in Ricardo’s Golden Shoes 

Hommage à Robert DOISNEAU, Les Pains de Picasso, 1952

In 2013 French artist Catherine Balet was in Arles for Les Rencontres photographiques. While watching her friend, Ricardo Martinez Paz, over breakfast she was reminded of Robert Doisneau's famous photograph of Picasso, the resemblance of Paz to the artist striking. 

Little did she know that the portrait she took of Paz that day would be the catalyst for a body of work which she has spent two and a half years creating. 

The result is an extraordinary collection of portraits of Paz that explore the history of photography, from the first self-portrait by Robert Cornelius in 1839 to today's selfies. 

This is important work that introduces many of these photographic masters to a new generation hopefully piquing interest to learn more.

Hommage à Erwin BLUMENFELD, Vogue, 1952

Hommage à Robert MAPPLETHORPE, Ken Moody and Robert Sherman, 1984

Hommage à Nan GOLDIN, Nan and Brian in bed, NYC, 1983

 

Hommage à August SANDER, Jeunes paysans, 1914

Hommage à Man RAY, Noire et blanche, 1926

Until 29 October

Galerie Thierry Bigaignon
Hôtel de Retz – Bâtiment A 

9 rue Charlot

75003 Paris

Exhibition:

Melbourne

New Shoots - Group Show

Marylou Phillips Fishermen on Inlet Lake 

New Shoots showcases the work of more than 28 photographers from Melbourne’s University of the Third Age (U3A), which advocates life-long education and the pursuit of knowledge. This collection demonstrates the energy and aspiration of U3A students in exploring the breadth of photography and proves you're never too old to set your creative heart free. 

Bernard Peasley The Night it Rained Forever

Bernie Boundy On Vacation

Gaye Paterson I Protest 

Greg Davies Starburst

Until Sunday 11 September  

Magnet Galleries Melbourne

Level 2

640 Bourke Street

Melbourne

Call for Submissions:
Head On Photo Festival 2017

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s largest and most expansive photography festival, is calling for exhibition submissions for its 2017 program.

The call is open to photographers at all career stages and for all genres, including multi-media presentations. Successful applicants will be invited to exhibit during Head On Photo Festival 2017 as either ‘Associated’ or ‘Featured’ Exhibitors. Some artists may be invited to exhibit as part of a Head On curated exhibition. Closing date 25 September 2016.

Friday Round Up - 6th May, 2016

This week on Friday Round Up exquisite images by Michel Rawicki from his exhibition Touched by the Cold currently on in Paris. Also the exhibition Refugee on at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, Ingetje Tadros launches crowdfunding campaign for her book This is My Country and L'Oeil de la Photographie dedicates a day to Head On Photo Festival.

Exhibition: Paris
Michel Rawicki - Touched by the Cold

Nature and wildlife photographer Michel Rawicki has made more than 30 trips over the past 20 years traversing the length and breadth of the polar regions from Antarctica and Greenland, through Siberia and Alaska, in order to photograph people, wild animals, and the incredible landscapes of this region.

Against a backdrop of climatic upheavals, this photographer bears witness to a world that is changing, offering us a positive and honest look at this sensitive and fragile white universe that echoes current environmental concerns. This stunning exhibition features 80 photographs. 

(C) All images Michel Rawicki

Until 17 July
Luxembourg Gardens
Paris

Exhibition:
REFUGEE - Group Exhibition

(C) Tom Stoddart

REFUGEE features photographs taken around the world by five photographers: Martin Schoeller (USA 2016), Graciela Iturbide (Colombia 2105), Tom Stoddart (Europe 2105), Lynsey Addario (Myanmar 2015) and Omar Victor Diop (Cameroon, 2015). Current statistics from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says 60 million people are displaced globally. 

This exhibition "allows audiences to engage with aspects of the plight of refugees not previously encountered, and to reflect on a full range of refugee experiences through singular images. The compelling exhibit offers visitors insight into the plight of refugees, including their efforts to survive, their needs, their dreams and their hopes for a better future".

(C) Graciela Iturbide

(C) Lynsey Addario

(C) Omar Victor Diop

Watch the video narrated by Cate Blanchett here. 

Until 21 August
Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles

Crowdfunding: 

This is My Country - A Book By Ingetje Tadros

Dutch photographer Ingetje Tadros has called the remote Western Australian town of Broome home for the past twelve years. Over the past four years she has been documenting the Aboriginal communities around Broome, which is a tourist mecca known for its pristine beaches, high-priced resorts and stunning scenery.

But Ingetje has uncovered another side to Broome, one the Western Australian government would prefer to sweep under the rug. Tadros says she is appalled by the way the Aboriginal people are treated by the community, and by the authorities. Many live in atrocious, squalid conditions.

Working to gain the trust of elders and other community members Ingetje spent many visits just talking and getting to know the community before she picked up her camera. As her relationship with the community strengthened she began to document daily life - funerals, hunting, family fights, a wedding and intimate family moments. In the last seven months her focus has turned to a single community; Kennedy Hill, one of around 100 indigenous communities that are facing closure under the government’s new edict. Her powerful black and white images have gained international attention and won Tadros a prestigious Walkley journalism award.

Ingetje is working with FotoEvidence to produce a high quality book that will give voice to the stories of the indigenous community in Broome, and wider recognition of the plight of the Australian Aboriginals. It is important work and you can help Ingetje to bring this book to fruition by supporting her Indiegogo campaign here.  

(C) All images Ingetje Tadros

Head On Photo Festival on L'Oeil de la Photographie

(C) Catherine Leutenegger Kodak City

(C) Daniella Zalcman Signs of Your Identity

(C) Giles Clarke Waste in Time

You can read My Diary, interview with Hollywood portrait photographer Michael Grecco and see My Picks (10 exhibitions) on today's L'Oeil de la Photographie.