Photography (w)here?: symposium and portfolio reviews
Symposium Friday 12th March, 2pm – 6pm.
Portfolio Reviews : Saturday 13th March, 9.30- 2.30
Our first major event: 2 days of talks, discussion and portfolio reviews. Explore some of the pressing issues facing contemporary photographers and share some of your ideas with our panel of leading curators, editors and practitioners . What new opportunities exist for photographers? What are the pitfalls and how can we sustain our professional practices in the current economic climate? How are new photographic practices being supported and disseminated? Opportunities for informal and formal networking in a fabulous historic setting!
Photographer Sarah Pickering will be our key-note speaker on Friday 12thMarch. Round-table discussion chaired by Alessandro Vincentelli, Curator, Baltic.
(Image credit: Sarah Pickering Glue-sniffing Kids, 2007, Fire Scene series)
Portfolio Reviews, Saturday 13th March: An exciting opportunity for one-to-one conversations with reviewers of your choice Each review will last approximately 20 minutes and booking is essential.
Cost: £5 per portfolio review session. You may book up to a maximum of 4 reviews. When booking, please select reviewers most appropriate to the needs of your practice.
Reviewers:
Camilla Brown, Senior Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Malcolm Dickson, Director Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow.
Patrick Henry, Director, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Greg Hobson, Curator of Photographs, National Media Museum,
Marc Prüst , freelance photography consultant and curator, Paris (www.marcprust.com)
Alistair Robinson, Programme Director, NGCA, Sunderland
Venue: The Mining Institute, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 1SE
Admission to the symposium is free, but booking in advance is essential.
Portfolio Reviews must be booked in advance: cost £5 per review.
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