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Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010
Featuring some of the world’s best action and adventure sports photography, the Red Bull Illume photography competition is open to all photographers worldwide. Launched in 2007, the contest received over 7000 images from 2000 photographers and contest organizers expect an even bigger turnout this year. For 2010, the contest’s overall winner will receive equipment valued at approximately 30 000 euros including a Leica S2 camera. Categories include culture, playground, energy, spirit, close up, wings, sequence, new creativity, experimental, and illumination. The winners will be announced in May 2010. Contest deadline is February 28, 2010. www.redbullillume.com
Festival International de L’image Environnementale
Festival International de L’image Environnementale (FIIE) invites photographers, video, and multimedia artists to propose their work on the theme of environment. Work may be ecological, social, economical, political, abstract, or realist in nature. Selected participants will have the chance to present their work as a part of the FIIE global community; work may also be presented on the web site and with other media outlets. For details please visit www.fiie.fr
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2010 Anthropographia Competition
Creating new spaces for photojournalism, encouraging the promotion of human rights, exposing social injustice, and underlining the multiple realities of our current world, Founder, Matthieu Rytz and Managing Director of VII Photo, Stephen Mayes, have announced the shortlist results for the 2010 Anthropographia Competition of Photojournalism on Human Rights. From among many submissions worldwide, The Anthropographia Award for Photography and Human rights was awarded to Marcus Bleasdale from VII for his work The Rape of a Nation. Focusing on the human rights abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bleasedale documented this area of the world where an estimated 45,000 people die each month due to disease, malnutrition and neonatal problems. Honorary mentions for Photography and Human Rights includes Munem Wasif from Agence VU for his work in southwestern Bangladesh entitled Salt Water Tears and Marc Wattrelot for his work in Pakistan entitled Lost From Balochistan. All shortlisted series of images and text may be viewed at www.anthropographia.com. A multimedia screening will be presented during the Montreal Human Rights Film Festival on March 15 and an exhibition will take place in Montréal together with the World Press Photo 2010 from September 1 to 31, 2010.
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American Realities
The Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH), Ontario, presents Terrance Byrnes’ photographic series Springfield, Ohio: The End of the American Road until May 24, 2010. After photographing the people and places of Springfield for over 40 years, Byrnes has focused on subjects that may have been overlooked. He depicts the realities of American life and has captured the range of essential human emotions, on black-and-white and colour film, from 1966 to the present. Byrnes shows the evolution of people and place in terms of class and race, while representing a constant in the role of unbiased spectator. Originally from Montréal, Byrnes’ photographs have been exhibited across North America. artgalleryofhamilton.com
Do you see what I see?
“Mirrors are perception. Our eyes act as the sonar of our conscience. Objects, people, the slightest surface or plane that our eyes fall upon; all this is no doubt just a reflection of oneself.” In this translated artist’s statement from the exhibition Pareidolias, Nicolas Baier challenges photographic conventions through the collage of many hundreds of images of mirrors. In each “digital fiction” image, Baier reflects on the phenomenon of recognition. Scholars describe pareidolia as forging specific forms from vague suggestions and perceptions, from the root of cognition. Baier’s large-format photographs assemble images between the sensory and hallucinatory, drawing on issues of science and the paranormal. The exhibit is on at the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (CMCP) from February 5 to May 24, 2010. It was organized in association with Musée régional de Rimouski, in partnership with the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. cmcp.gallery.ca
The Thirteen Attributes of God
The AGH presents another recently acquired photographic series entitled The Thirteen Attributes of God until April 11, 2010.This is a collection of 13 silver-gelatin photographs by Simon Glass. Within each photograph there are layers, composed of lips, hands, and feathers, posed against images of lifeless birds. Reading from right to left, Glass has inscribed Hebrew text, found in the liturgy of the Jewish High Holidays, across the images. Through attributes traditionally invoked on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Glass presents a perspective into the collective questions of language, faith, history, and meaning. Associate dean at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Glass is represented by the IndexG Gallery. He has been the recipient of various grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and has exhibited his works across Canada. artgalleryofhamilton.com
Vancouver Art Gallery: 2010 Olympic Games
The Vancouver Art Gallery presents key collections of Canadian and international works for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The program features two major outdoor installations, two floors of works from British Columbia’s visual arts community, and an exhibition of drawings by Leonardo Da Vinci loaned by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II from the Royal Collection. The exhibit will continue until approximately May 16, 2010. Additional works presented include those of B.C. Binning, Emily Carr, Robert Davidson, Stan Douglas, Charles Edenshaw, Gathie Falk, Rodney Graham, Brian Jungen, Liz Magor, Susan Point, Bill Reid, Jack Shadbolt, Gordon Smith, John Vanderpant, Frederick Varley, Jeff Wall, Ian Wallace, Paul Wong, Jin-me Yoon, and many others. This exhibit, which includes a great diversity of artistic media, welcomes the world to Canada’s Western shores. www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
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| © Bill Peters, Courtesy of Willock & Sax Gallery |
Willock & Sax in Banff National Park
The Willock & Sax Gallery presents When Water Dreams by Bill Peters and Restoring the Flow by Robert Sandford during the month-long Calgary and Banff Exposure Photography Festival in February. Peters illustrates new photographic techniques and the dynamics of a shallow estuary in the south end of San Francisco Bay in his exploration of the connection between water and land. Sandford’s work is conceptualized in the form of a book on water management, supply, and quantity issues. A reception with the artist and author in attendance is scheduled for February 6, 2010, from 2 to 4 p.m. www.willockandsaxgallery.com
Posing Beauty in African American Culture
The Art Gallery of Hamilton presents Posing Beauty, a historical and contemporary photographic gallery of representations of African American Beauty in western media. Examining the relationship between beauty and art, this exhibition presents the racial context of beauty revealing notions and attitudes about class, gender, and aesthetics in popular culture. This exhibition features works drawn from public and private collections and will be accompanied by a book published by W.W. Norton. Curated by Deborah Willis; artists in the exhibition include Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Bruce Davidson, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Eve Arnold and Edward Curtis. The exhibition will run until May 9, 2010. www.artgalleryofhamilton.on.ca
Through The Lens
For more then 13 years, the Whyte Museum has given students, local and international, the opportunity to learn about the creative process of photography, building awareness in the community and encouraging individual experimentation in the medium of visual arts. In 2009, fellow Through The Lens alumni and photographer Erin Wallace, worked with these students on their craft and skills, while travelling through Novovolynsk, Ukraine. From February 6 to April 4, 2010, selections of photographs can be viewed together with photographs taken by students from Banff Community High School, Canmore Collegiate High School and Morley Community School in the Main Gallery. For more information please visit www.whyte.org
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Fabrications
The ViewPoint Gallery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, presents Diane Laundy’s latest photographic work Fabrications. Taking the pattern, colour, and shape of the modern skyscraper, Laundy captures the abstract beauty of the structures, creating a macro-micro effect. “I see architecture as a fabric that can be cut and shaped by my viewfinder, and patterned and embroidered by the world around it. Photographing a building is like cutting a length of fabric into a few simple shapes and piecing them together into a new creation.” Drawing parallels between the intricacies of sewing and those of designs in architecture, the patterns and rhythms of each appear in her large-format prints, on display from March 3 to 28, 2010. The ViewPoint Gallery, an artist run co-operative, promotes the artwork of photographers in Nova Scotia. Founded in July 2000, the centre also holds artist talks and open print reviews, where photographers are welcome to share their printed works for group discussion. For more information, visit: viewpointgallery.ca.
An Evening of Photographic Art
The Oakville, Hamilton, Trillium and Latow photography clubs of Canada are presenting an audio-visual and photographic prints exhibition at the Burlington Art Center on February 13, 2010. Doors open at 7pm. Registration and ticket information for the event may be purchased in advance. For more information please visit: www.oakvillecameraclub.com/Events.html
ACAD Student Photography Shows
Throughout the year, Albert College of Art and Design gives their students the chance to show off their end of semester work in cooperation with a team of student photographers and a few local art galleries in Calgary. This past December, fashion design students modelled their “wearable art” in an art show called Regalia and as part of the show the students’ work was photographed and showcased at OneBlueWall gallery. In March 2010, the ACAD Jewellery and Metal senior class will be having a photo exhibition at an Art Central gallery to accompany the book that they are publishing on their artwork. For more information on these events and more, visit www.acad.ab.ca.
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The Berlin Olympic Games
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre presents an exceptional series of 150 photographs on Canada’s participation in the 1936 Winter Olympic Games in Berlin. One of the first Olympic ceremonies presented on live television worldwide, the images document the controversy of the international boycott of the Berlin Olympic Games. The photographs presented in More Than Just Games offer insight into Canada’s participation in the games, the politics surrounding Nazi Germany’s camouflaged militarism and racism, as well as the experiences of the individual athletes. The second exhibit, Framing Bodies: Sport and Spectacle in Nazi Germany, explores the relationship between athletics, politics, and visual culture during this period of time. Research for these exhibits was done by Canadian scholars Professor Richard Menkis and Professor Harold Troper. Both exhibits will be open until June 18, 2010. A 90-minute interactive tour is also available for the public. www.vhec.org
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Now Open: The Art Gallery of Alberta
After nearly five years in the making, the new Art Gallery of Alberta (formerly the Edmonton Art Gallery) has opened its doors to the public. The new state-of-the-art gallery features a three-floor, 30,000 square foot space for national and international exhibits, a dedicated gallery space for the AGA`s permanent collection of over 7000 works of art, an expanded Education centre, a restaurant, a gallery shop, and a 150-seat theatre. Designed by Randall Stout Architects Inc., the 85,000 square foot centre represents a new standard of excellence for the visual arts community of western Canada. The premiere line-up, launched on January 31 2010, includes major works by Edgar Degas, celebrated Canadian Photographer Yousuf Karsh, and internationally-renowned artists Janet Cardiff and Georges Bures. www.youraga.com
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The End of Fujifilm Professional Quickload Films
Announced in by Fijifilm Professional UK, FujiFilm Japan will cease to manufacture its Quickload professional film in April 2010. Due to a significant drop in Quickload sales, the company has decided to consolidate the professional range films in order to support their remaining lines. The Quickload film, known for its durable quality and flexibility, will now be sacrificed to enable more popular formats to be produced and marketed. However, for those endeared by the film, Fujifilm correspondents say there should be enough stocks of the Quickload Pro 160S, Provia 100F, Velvia 100 and Velvia 50 to last for another 12 months, depending on demand. For fans of medium to large format photography, Fujifilm also announces that it will continue its production of sheet film. From early Summer 2010, purchasers of the 5X4 inch and 10X8 inch films will be able to buy 20 sheet boxes instead of the current 10 sheet packs. www.fujifilm.ca
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PMA 2010 International Convention and Trade Show
In its 86th year, the annual PMA International Convention and Trade Show has landed in California at the Anaheim Convention Center, USA, from February 19 to 23, 2010. The event features six distinct member associations hosting 150 educational sessions with 300 speakers, business, and professional photographer boot camps, hands-on computer labs and software tutorials, information on international framing designations and archival processes, as well as education for photography educators. Tradeshow floor highlights include DIMA innovative digital product awards, DIMA photo book showcase, DIMA photo kiosk and digital printer shoot-out competitions, PIEA 2010 student-teacher photo exhibitions, competitions and portfolio reviews, international supplier and merchandise pavilions, PPFA international open and print-framing competition, and a Photo Application pavilion. The complete schedule and registration forms are available on-line at www.pmai.org/pma2010.
Adventure Photography Show & Sale at the Whyte Museum
From January 18 to April 7, 2010, The Whyte Museum is giving patrons the opportunity to purchase contemporary photographs by regional photographers including Will Gadd, Mark Gallup, John Gibson, Jerry Kobalenko, Pat Morrow, Marc Piché, Brad White, and Gery Unterasinger. The adventure photographs capture the rocky mountains and the men and women who enjoy the diverse number of activities available including hiking and ice climbing. All proceeds will go directly in support of the artists and the Whyte Museum’s exhibitions and programming. Show & Sale opening reception: February 6, 2010 from 7 to 9 p.m. This event is also presented in organization with EXPOSURE 2010. www.whyte.org
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Exposure 2010
Exposure is an annual Calgary, Banff and Canmore photography festival, which features Canadian and international photography work in various galleries throughout the three cities. It runs from January 30 to February 28, 2010. Festival highlights in Calgary include new works shot in large format 8 x 10 negatives by award-winning photographer David Burdeny featured at Herringer Kiss Gallery. Polaroids of studio models taken by celebrated artist Attila Richard Lukacs are presented at Illingworth Kerr Gallery - Alberta College of Art & Design. At Newzones Gallery is a solo show by Joshua Jensen-Nagle, a photographer who uses experimental materials and techniques to create unique images. The Triangle Gallery is showcasing conceptual photography from Japan in an exhibition titled Counter-Photography: Japan's Artists Today. In the Bow Valley participating galleries include Banff’s Whyte Museum showing photographs by Bill Anderson; a master of film-based photography, he takes a fresh look at natural beauty using digital technology with stunning results. And The Banff Centre hosts From Head to Toe: Portraits by Nina Raginsky, a collection of photographs taken of the residents of Victoria and Vancouver that she encountered while riding her bicycle. In addition to the many gallery events and exhibitions, viewers can also look forward to panel discussions, lectures and other special events. For more information, please visit www.exposure2010.ca.
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Learn how to Self-Publish
Learn how to Self-Publish is a two-hour workshop with John Marriott, wildlife and nature photographer. Participants will be given an in-depth look at how to self-publish their work and products for the market place. John Marriott has self-published three Canadian titles and sold more than 25,000 books and 130,000 greeting cards across North America. The workshop runs on February 27, 2010 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Calgary at the Gary Campbell Studio. On-line registration is available at www.thecamerastore.com/events.
February workshops at Luz Gallery
- Adventure Travel: two-day travel photography workshop with Quinton Gordon focusing on image subjects, travel logistics, equipment choices, how to get your work published, and how to manage your archives. The workshop runs on February 17, 6 to 9 p.m. and February 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Limit of 9 participants.
- Making Digitally Enlarged Negatives: One-day workshop focusing on how to prepare and output digital files from scanned film or digital capture for enlarged negatives that are suitable for contact print processes. February 20, 2010, from 12 to 4 p.m., limit of six participants.
- Alternative Processes / Platinum & Palladium Printing: One-day photographic processing and developing workshop with Dave Aharonian. February 21, 2010, limit of six participants.
- The Expressive Landscape: Two-day coastal landscape workshop with Quinton Gordon, February 26 and 27, 2010.
www.luzgallery.com/workshops
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