Interview with Miranda Hutton about pictures of dead childern's rooms

I came across this interesting post on Vice website : interview with Miranda Hutton, photographing rooms of dead children, bit spooky, I know... but I was coming back to it over and over again, it was stucked in my head...
Simplicity in image is compense with difficulty of emotions.



Check it here: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/miranda-hutton-rooms-project-dead-children-bedrooms

Workshop: Introduction to studio lighting

I would like to invite you to Introduction to studio lighting workshop, that is going to be held in Green Lens Studios in London. We will be focusing not just on basic studio set ups but also on understanding of how light works and how it was used by the famous masters of photography.

Following the workshop you will understand:
Using your camera in studio setting
Use of studio lights - softbox, snoot..etc
Use of reflector
Posing a model
Most popular studio settings : Rembrandt, Butterfly
Famous photographer light analysis

You will need a digital SLR camera with manual mode and need to know how to set ISO, aperture and shutter speed.

The price is 45 pounds
The date is 10th December from 11am to 15pm
and the place is :
Green Lens Studios
4a Atterbury Road, N4 1SF London


If you are interested in attending please write an email to : terezahasz@gmail.com

Free Range London 2011 - Photography week 2

The second week was actually better then the first one. There was couple of series I actually liked a lot. But I must admit how i was surprised by similarity of ideas in general. I guess it s what has been called "trends".
Besides that, I saw some works that really stand out and was extremely inspiring. I ll def refer of some of them in separete posts very soon.

Free Range London 2011 - Photography week 1

This is  what we have been waiting for...
Unsharpened documentary with character from the first week od Free Range photography Graduates.

Quotidian Matter by Stefan Greco

Series from Stefan Greco Quotidian Matter is full of contrasts. Stefan caught the "everyday strangeness" of human life in very poetic and epic way in the same time. Moments of private meaning but still very general. 

Those little contrasts are creating a very interesting tense inside this series and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. 

http://www.stefangreco.com/projects/quotidian-matter

Urban Projections

Recently I found Urban Projection , interesting project "providing innovative opportunities, workshops and creative projects to to organisation throughout the UK"
Their archive of projects is def worth looking. <3  A lot of interesting things going on and they are still planing new ones so be sure you ll keep yourself updated.

http://www.urbanprojections.com/#!projects

Interesting life of Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier seems to be a recent "wow" in the photography world.

"An American of French and Austro-Hungarian extraction, Vivian bounced between Europe and the United States before coming back to New York City in 1951. Having picked up photography just two years earlier, she would comb the streets of the Big Apple refining her artistic craft. By 1956 Vivian left the East Coast for Chicago, where she’d spend most of the rest of her life working as a caregiver. In her leisure Vivian would shoot photos that she zealously hid from the eyes of others. 


Taking snapshots into the late 1990′s, Maier would leave behind a body of work comprising over 100,000 negatives. Additionally Vivian’s passion for documenting extended to a series of homemade documentary films and audio recordings. Interesting bits of Americana, the demolition of historic landmarks for new development, the unseen lives of ethnics and the destitute, as well as some of Chicago’s most cherished sites were all meticulously catalogued by Vivian Maier."


Website about Vivian Maier: http://www.vivianmaier.com/

Cockpit Arts Twenty-Fifth Birthday Open Studios at Cockpit Arts Holborn

This weekend Cockpit Arts Studios in London opened its gates to public. Many amazing craft makers were present in there studos open to talks about their artworks.

You can check their webpage for more info about the studios and artist on: http://www.cockpitarts.com/

Photos from the event:

Free Range London 2011 - Design Week 2

The second week of Free Range held the topic of Design. This week exibition was a bit smaller then the first one but I found a couple of interesting things anyway.
I am def heading next week when the first photography exibition will be shown.
So stay tuned. :-)

Photographer Jeff Wall discusses his artistic process.

Free Range London 2011 - Design Week 1

Free Range Art and Design event is UK largest graduate art show. This year it take place in Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane  (LDN). With presentation of more then 3000 graduates and lot of  talks, show and meets Free Range is def the best place to spot new talents and trends.

Website of  the event : http://www.free-range.org.uk/

photos by Coco shoots

Fotofestiwal in Lodz

Every year is Lodz welcoming all photography fans on it famous Fotofestiwal. What I found very interesting is that this year is also included a video artist, which in my honest opinion confirms how a video is becoming even more important tool to creative artists.

Just like slightly disturbing video Night in white satin by Ange Leccia 

Preview over here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo3hp_ange-leccia_creation

Fotofestiwal webpage : http://fotofestiwal.com/2011/en/

Fotofestiwal Lodz

5-15.5. 2011

MULTI-ENTRANCE TICKET: 30 PLN

SINGLE-ENTRANCE TICKETS: 
Willa Grohmana: 10 PLN (5 PLN – students)
Centralne Muzeum Włókiennictwa: 10 PLN (6 PLN – students]
Muzeum Kinematrografii: 8 PLN (5 PLN – students)
Galeria FF: 1 PLN

Photo by Anna Linderstam

Photo Opportunities by Corinne Vionnet

Conducting online keyword searches for monuments, Swiss/French artist Corinne Vionnet culled thousands of tourists’ snapshots for her series Photo Opportunities. Working with a hundred photographs of a single monument, the artist weaves together small sections of the appropriated images to create each layered, ethereal structure. 


Check it here :  http://www.lensculture.com/vionnet.html?thisPic=3

Audio interview with Nadav Kander

Nadav Kander is one of  worlds most celebrated portraitists. He is talking about his project Obama's people, that was shot when a new US president was elected.

Audio interview : http://www.lensculture.com/kander.html#

Egg Pinhole camera

I found interesting article about how to create your own egg pinhole camera.

Check it here:  http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2011/04/23/the-pinhegg-my-journey-to-build-an-egg-pinhole-camera