Friday, 17 April 2015

L5. 9 Photography Show, Format Festival, Photo London

Photography Show

This is a link to the photography show website http://www.photographyshow.com

Screen Print of the photography Show 2015

The photography show is an event that has been held for the past few year, produced by Future, who is an international media groups and world leading photography publisher. 
The photography show opens their doors to thousand of photographers and up coming photographers and people who are enthusiastic about photography. Providing these guest with all the unto date industry brands like Canon, Nikon, Hasselblad, Olympus, and many others. Together there are over 200 exhibiting brand offering a view into their newest and coolest equipment.
The opportunity to go to this show is opens the eyes to everyone and is shows how the photography industry is changing all the time and though the technology and tip you can pick up from this opportunity. 
This event not only officers you specialist equipment but it also get photographers and other companies to give talks to the viewers (at a price- cheap - price). 
this year i wanted to go to this photography show due to the fact that Don McCullin was doing a talk about him as a photographer and his work, but unfortunately i did not manage to get to it. I have always been interested in this photographer and the genre of photography he does, i enjoy it that much i am basing my dissertation on war photography and this is why i wanted to go and see him. 
Unfortunately this year photography show has finished but it will be back next year. 

Format Festival 

This is a link to the Format Festival Website http://www.formatfestival.com

Format Festival an an international festival for photographers, it was established in 2004. 
This festival is a leading inter nation contemporary festival that focuses on photography and related media. This festival organises commissions , open calls, conferences and collaborations from all over the world. 
format is a festival that offers a large amount of encouragement for upcoming photographers and professional photographers, overing developing opportunities, debates, contributes and participates in what the best of photography is. As many opportunities in todays society Fomat offers a portfolio review to those who  want one, using professional photographers who are working within the industry today to analyse these photographers work and give them crucial feedback. 
Screen Shot of Format Festival Page 

As someone who practices in photography i haven't actually been to this festival, due to not being able to go to it this year, but i feel that it would offer a large amount of information relating to the photography industry and from what i have read about it i feel that this festival is a good one to go to, as it offers critical examination of your work and other opportunities to look at equipment and what is going on in the world of photography. 

Photo London

This is a link to Photo London website http://photolondon.org

Screen Shot of photo London Website page 

Photo London as you can tell is situate in London, it is an international photography event that takes place May 2015. 
This photography event features an international photography fair with 70 outstanding leading galleries of the photography industry and also the support of LUMA foundation. This festival offers the audience showcases, emerging talents and it promotes photography as a whole. Not basing on one genre, Photo London offers a vast amount of genres of photography from vintage to contemporary.

A quote i took of the Photo London Website by mayor of London Borris Johnson


'At a time when so many of us are using our smartphones to capture images of the people and sights around us, we shouldn’t forget photography’s significance as a long-lasting art form. There is an incredibly rich variety of photography, both historical and contemporary and it would be wonderful to see a new international photo festival in London. It would add to the other art and design festivals that draw visitors from across the UK and around the world.’

I personally have never been to this event but i feel like this is an extremely brilliant one to go to as it is in the heart of the country and all of the big photographers who either love in London or are associated with it will know about it, and i feel like it will have a lot of contacts and just the opportunity to go to London to view or exhibit your work. 

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