09 Oct - 29 Oct - Preview on the 9th October at 17.00-21.00

Chapter 1 - Origins and Approaches

Annabelle Dalby, Lucy Steggals

This collaborative show at The 12 Gallery explores and questions existing modes of collecting & archiving.
These perpetual editing decisions are an intrinsic part of life and are very telling, exposing our desire to modulate our reality to project a preferred version.
Dalby & Steggals are appropriating objects and images from their own collections to create an alterior archive. Using their individual approaches; Dalby sensitively re-presents existing photographs to highlight that which we may have missed; Steggals appropriates and maniplulates imagery to weave alternative fictions. By combining the two they have made a series of works that resonate with compelling narratives.

06 Oct - 03 Nov

Carole Suety and Matthias Olmeta

Carole Suety, Matthias Olmetta

Carole Suety will be showing her latest work alongside her previous series ‘Globe de mariée’ (2009). Through her work she aims to deconstruct western ideologies and myths in order to reveal how they determine our relation to marriage, family, sexuality or death. While ‘Globe de mariée’ explores relationships through the appropriation of an old French tradition of keeping a bell jar to preserve the memories of married life, her new project examines the construction of the female identity using unsettling still-lifes.

MATTHIAS OLMETTA
An established photographer whose work has recently been shown in New York as part of a group show with agnès b. , ‘Certain French young photographers’ and after Photomonth moves to ‘Paris Photo’. Don’t miss in store at Spitalfileds.

It is there. It is always there; that desire to take a photograph - not a work of art - but a photograph. An object suspended with a future in view; an impassive precursor. The object is always recognizable, biographical, narcissistic and obsessive. Nothing eludes us in this already substantial body of work, because everything is here. After so many years it is part of him: psychiatric patients met in Cuba, transvestite friends, encounters with prostitutes, and finally most importantly - his family. Add to this list the phallus, the importance of which cannot be excluded, as its story integrates with that of his photography.
An object among other objects, an autonomous animal that binds together this little world as an essential hidden presence, dissolving and merging into a monstrous chaos. We are oblivious as to how it is done, but what results is a Photograph. Chemical and handmade, its very existence defies the industrial act and new technology. We catch a glimpse of elements which in the past have been regarded with disdain a love of texture, of the fusion and confusion between sensations and affects. These images subvert the discourse of contemporary critics. As the monochrome nuances of the substance-matter, essential to our perception, is a far cry from a neo-picturalism long gone.
The moment the people and objects are impregnated with this hazardous alloy straight from the 19th century we are confronted with an almost mystical feeling and forced to contemplate them, hieratic, the consequences of some mysterious recovery. The photographs cannot be categorized as aesthetic and ascribe little importance to reality. Constantly manipulated they are soiled and damaged, to ultimately become glorified. Above and beyond the filter of a machine, the photographic act enables a life experience to be assimilated and digested. François Cheval

18 Oct - 08 Nov

Amnesty International Media Awards 2011

Robin Hammond; Greg Constantine

Robin Hammond (winner), This Girl; Robin Hammond, The Price of Gold; Greg Constantine, Kenya’s Nubians Then and Now.
Robin Hammond’s ‘This Girl’ gives a new perspective on sexual attacks in the Congo by working with women to tell their stories. The Price of Gold highlights the dangerous and exploitative conditions of Gold mining in Mozambique. Greg Constantine worked to document the unrecognised and excluded Nubian community in Kenya.

18 Oct - 18 October, 7pm

Taking a Stance: Advocacy, Journalism and Human Rights

PANEL DISCUSSION

Is there a shift in photojournalism away from objective documentation towards involved activist participation? Are photojournalists becoming photo advocates- should they be intervening to create change or merely documenting? We are joined by an expert panel including photographer Gideon Mendel, Fiona Rogers from Magnum, Save the Children picture editor Jess Crombie, and others for a discussion to ascertain if we can trust photos with an agenda. The event is chaired by picture editor Colin Jacobson.

06 Oct - 16 Oct

Afghanistan: ten years on.

Guy Smallman

Photojournalist Guy Smallman has made numerous visits to Afghanistan in recent years. Working unembedded he has documented the effects of war and instability on the lives of ordinary Afghan people. His work has appeared in many different publications. He is the only western journalist to have visited the scene of the Granai massacre in Farah province.

30 Sep - 13 Oct

Even though I'm free, I am not

James Mackay

More than 160 former political prisoners from around the world, including inside Burma, were photographed and interviewed for this project, coming together to raise awareness for their colleagues who remain in jail. The work won several awards in 2009 including the ‘Prix de la Photographie”, Paris. Images from the project have been published in international magazines and newspapers including The New York Times and the British Journal of Photography.

01 Nov - 12 Nov

'Unrecognised'

Children of Wadi Al Na’am and photojournalist Silvia Boarini

A series of startling and moving images documenting the harsh reality of life for Israel's Negev Bedouins living in the unrecognized village of Wadi Al Na’am. The exhibition brings together the work of Israeli NGO "Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality" (NCF) which has been running a participatory photography programme for young people in the village led by designer Ilan Molcho, and London based photojournalist Silvia Boarini.

The photographs shed light on daily life in this harsh environment, documenting the unresolved status of the people, and the impact of government policies on their daily lives.

04 Nov - 7.00pm

Can participatory photography change lives?

The panel will discuss the way that participatory photography projects can empower disadvantaged communities, and will look at some of the challenges and tensions involved.
Designer Ilan Molcho has been running photography workshops in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi Al Na'am in Southern Israel for two years. By introducing children to the art of photography, the project nurtures their creative skills and allows them to share their view of their community, family and the daily hardships they face
Jane Martin, is programme manager for Photovoice, a UK based organization which has worked with partners to create 50 participatory photography projects in 23 countries worldwide
Photovoice photographer Ben Thomas has been working with Amnesty International in Paraguay with a community of indigenous people who face expulsion from their ancestral land
Janice McLaren (chair) is head of education & projects at the Photographers’ Gallery

16 Nov - 30 Nov

Amnesty International Media Awards 2010

Robin Hammond Kate Holt Giles Duley

Robin Hammond’s expose of the garment industry in Lesotho is a brilliant example of campaigning photojournalism. His exposure of the environmental and human destruction being caused by the processes of the garment industry caused Gap and Levi to make swift and wide reaching changes to their operations in the country. Kate Holt worked under constant police surveillance to document the struggle of elderly people to survive in Zimbabwe as the economy collapsed around them. Giles Duley documented the work of the Acid Burns Survivors Foundation in Bangladesh, highlighting the brutal reality of this crime to audiences in Dhaka and London.

23 Nov - 7.00pm

Does the Camera Ever Lie?

In 1906, Mark Twain wrote about the role of the ‘incorruptible kodak – the only witness that couldn’t be bribed’ - in exposing human rights atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since that time, photographers have played a crucial role in bringing to light many of the world’s unseen human rights tragedies, but how trustworthy are their images?

This discussion will question to what extent photojournalists are influenced to give a particular perspective on a situation by the organizations that commission them, whether NGOs or media organizations, and how far they allow their own personal views on a situation to dictate the images they produce.

Does the drive to find the iconic image result in the photographer misrepresenting what is doubtless a complex situation? And are the images which come to represent a whole country or moment in history giving a biased perspective to the viewer?

The panel includes:

Colin Jacobson, photo editor for major publications including the Independent Magazine; critic and founder of Reportage Magazine; author of books and articles on photography; professor of photojournalism at Westminster University.
Susan Schulman, freelance photographer specialising in editorial and documentary work; has worked for organisations, such as the World Food Programme and Red Cross; published widely in periodical and broadsheet publications; winner of this year’s Amnesty International Media Award for GQ piece ‘Congo: the horror’.
Sean Smith, staff photographer with the Guardian; was embedded with troops in Iraq and Afghanistan - work in Iraq won him a Royal Television Society award, the British Press Photographers' Association award for multimedia journalism and the British Press Awards digital journalist of the year prize.
Marcus Bleasdale, award winning photojournalist known for his work on human rights and conflict. His images have been published across the world in a wide range of publications - New York Times, Sunday Times Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, Le Monde, TIME Magazine, and National Geographic; author of two books "One Hundred Years of Darkness" 2002 and "The Rape of a Nation" 2009.

29 Nov - November 29, 7pm

True Defiance: What next for Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution?

In mid January, Tunisia's protesters forced the country's long time dictator Ben Ali into exile – the first expulsion of an Arab autocrat by a popular uprising in recent history. Photographers, film makers and citizen journalists played a key role in the revolution, using social media to communicate with each other and with the wider world. Dr Lotfi Kaabi will join photographer Ons Abid, film maker Yossera Bouchtia and other prominent figures to discuss Tunisia’s rite of passage to democracy and ask whether elections in Tunisia have delivered what the revolution demanded?

10 Nov - 30 Nov - Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm

True Defiance: Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution in Pictures

Wassim Ghozlani,Sameh Arfaoui, Amine Landoulsi, Hamideddine Bouali,Ons Abid

Five activist photographers – Wassim Ghozlani,
Sameh Arfaoui, Amine Landoulsi, Hamideddine
Bouali and Ons Abid – capture the essence of
Tunisia’s ‘Jasmine Revolution’: 28 historic days
of peaceful civil resistance sparked by Mohamed
Bouazizi’s self-immolation. These photographs
spread worldwide across social media platforms.
Curated by Dr Lotfi Kaabi, they are dedicated to
the people who faced down fear to demand their
human rights and freedoms.

21 Sep - 28 Oct

AOP Photographers Awards 2010 Exhibition

Various photographers

The AOP Photographers Awards are an annual celebration of the exceptional talent that exists within the Association of Photographers Full & Provisional Membership. This year’s exhibition showcases the best personal and commissioned images produced over the last eighteen months. The quality of the images reflects the growing creativity and diversity of the AOP membership.

05 Oct - 15 Oct

The AOP Photographers Awards 2010

The AOP Photographers Awards are an annual celebration of the exceptional talent that exists within the Association of Photographers Full & Provisional Membership. This year’s exhibition showcases the best personal and commissioned images produced over the last eighteen months. The quality of the images reflects the growing creativity and diversity of the AOP membership.

01 Nov - 06 Nov

The BJP International Photography Award

The British Journal of Photography’s International Photography Award is back, from 1 - 6 November. Open to submissions from any photographers, anywhere in the world, it attracts extremely high-quality work. This image, of an exercise yard in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, is taken from a project by Edmund Clarke, which one first prize in the body of work category last year. The single image prize was won by VII mentor Guilio di Sturco. Images from both categories in the 2010 award will be on show.

16 Nov - 25 Nov

The AOP Assistants Awards 2010

The AOP Assistants Awards annually showcases the best images from the next generation of professional photographers. It is accompanied by an exhibition showcasing the Assistants’ winning images.

Visit http://www.the-awards.com

22 Oct - 14 Nov - 7 pm

Overexposed City

Poulomi Basu, Briony Campbell, Marcia Chandra, Antonio Escalante, Kirstine Fryd, Charlie Hatch-Barnwell, Kalen Lee, Marta Moreiras, Freya Najade, Arnau Oriol Sánchez, Marco Pavan, Duncan Robertson, Francesco Stelitano, Valentina Schivardi, Brett Van Ort, Sisi Xiong,

Overexposed City
a 189collective exhibition

A church led by a man in army fatigues, a man obsessed with building a spaceship, a goat on a Haggerston estate… This collection of micro stories explores people, psychology and geography within London, revealing surprising and hidden visual anecdotes.

189collective is a group of emerging documentary photographers with distinct styles and a shared commitment to exploring diversity in their practice.

18 Nov - 01 Dec - 17 November 6-9pm - Private View

Come Meet the Strangers

Iulia Filipovscaia Jasmine Johnson and Marianna Simnett (Private View only)

Come Meet The Strangers Iulia Filipovscaia’s first solo show is the aftermath installation of the ‘O’ Project performance, which took place at Testing Ground: Live at 176, January 2010

Influenced by Jean Baudrillard’s writings, the ‘O’ Project objectified participants through the means of silence. CMTS aims to present the journey of a selected twelve participants, which were exposed to the gaze of the artist and the camera eye.

As part of the show, for the opening night, artists Jasmine Johnson & Marianna Simnett will present new work, a film based on the novel The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

01 Oct - 18 Oct

ON REFLECTION

NICK DYKES

Nick Dykes uses mirrors or bodies of water to create blurred and disturbing reflected portraits, producing atmospheric photographs that hover on the boundary between instinct and reason, reality and abstraction.

19 Oct - 09 Nov - private view 19 October 2010 at 6.30 pm

Katha: in the footsteps of George Orwell in Burma

Julio Etchart

To coincide with the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell's famous first novel, Burmese Days, I went to follow the original location in the remote town of Katha, in present day Myanmar. Orwell spent 5 years in the 1920s as a police officer in the Indian Imperial Police Force in Burma, then a province of British India. This experience inspired him to write the book, one of the greatest denunciations of imperialism ever created

02 Nov - 15 Nov

‘Now you eat it, now you don’t’

Camilla Broadbent

Food engages all our senses. It arouses strong emotions. Food can awaken the intense childhood memories of delight and disgust, as revealed in this playful collection of images. The series references the concerns of seventeenth century Dutch still life artists.

15 Nov - 23 Nov

UNCERTAIN TRUTH

Christian Kraatz

Uncertain Truth is a series of street photographs from all over Europe boldly presented as posters on plywood. It tends to show just daily life situations. Moreover there is some kind of mystery in the pictures which is difficult to grasp. A strong presence of something invisible. The way it is presented is an artistic approach reflecting anticipation of destiny. By doing that Christian Kraatz gives an additional layer to the photograph which is underlining it's ability to communicate more than just visual information.

03 Oct - 30 Nov - Opening night 2 October 6 -9pm

'Dress-UP London'

Suke Driver

Fun, colourful and a bit cheeky at times, ‘Dress-up
London’ is a celebration of the art of dressing up -
be it for leisure, fashion, protest, work or sport.

Inspired by events such as Andrew Logan’s ‘Alternative Miss World’, the exhibition highlights some of the eccentric
shenanigans ubiquitous in the capital and
Londoners ‘adventurous sense of style

01 Oct - 01 Nov

Exit/Enter

Hannah Slaney

A series of Urban Entrances.

06 Oct - 01 Dec

Evolving Photography

Evolving Photography is an exhibition of photographic work by the Students and Tutors of Tower Hamlets Lifelong Learning Service. Lead Photographic Tutor Michael Wayne Plant is curating an changing series of exhibitions at the Bethnal Green Centre.

Evolving Photography is an exploration of photographic work created by the Students and Tutors of Tower Hamlets Lifelong Learning Service.

20 Nov - 23 Nov - Sat 20th Nov 2 - 7pm Sun 21st nov 2 - 9pm Mon 22nd Nov - Opening evening with music - 5 - 9pm, Tues 5pm - 9pm

45 RPM

Catherine Holmes

45 RPM takes a fresh look at music, aiming to capture the art, ambience and atmosphere of performace and document music venues around London. Using long exposure to visually capture an entire song, the exhibition brings together contemporary colour prints, vintage framed, to command the Bethnal Green Working Men's Club. Music from Lewis Floyd Henry on the opening evening on Monday 22nd Nov 7pm onwards.

14 Oct - 11 Nov - Opening 14 Oct 6-8 pm

“When I Grow Rich” say the Bells of Shoreditch

Dougie Wallace

Once synonymous with strip clubs, Shoreditch has become one of London’s most popular nightspots, attracting both locals and cultural tourists dipping into the scene for the night. Dougie Wallace has been photographing the area for a decade, capturing a wide gamut that runs from rampant exhibitionism to furtive drug taking. His street photography captures ironic, oblique moments in contemporary urban settings with a focus on youth culture and nightlife. His open and direct approach to documenting sets his work apart, giving it an autobiographical dimension and a candour that draws in the viewer. www.dougiewallace.com

29 Sep - 30 Nov - Preview 29 September 6-9pm

Phil Maxwell Forty Years On, A Retrospective

Phil Maxwell

Forty Years On is a taste of Phil Maxwell’s photographic journey from the 70’s to the present.
“As a visual artist photography facilitates my exploration and interpretation of class, culture, human relationships and society... I try to capture and celebrate the reality of life as it is for the majority of people rather than a minority of jaded ‘celebrities’…. ”
Celebrating 40 years of Phil Maxwell’s work and its archiving for public use by the Bishopsgate Institute. The exhibition will take you on a journey from his youth in Liverpool to his life and passion for the East End of London.
Housed in two venues - the Bishopsgate Institute & Rough Trade – you will experience the vibrant East End first hand through Phil Maxwell’s lens where the East End is his backdrop and canvass as you walk between venues.

30 Sep - 31 Oct

PYMCA Presents: Streetstyle by Ted Polhemus.

Ted Polhemus, Gavin Watson, Janette Beckman, David Corio, Paul Hartnett, Normski, David Swindells, Plus many more PYMCA photographers

Without the Hipsters, Teddy Boys, Beats, Rockabillies, Rude Boys, Mods, Surfers, Hippies, Punks, B-Boys, Ravers, Harajuku Girls - and all the other streetstyle originals – most of us would be left without anything to wear.

The Streetstyle exhibition and book launch will feature images from the book as well as showcasing a series of talks and discussions with Ted and guests about the past, present and future of Street Style and subcultural fashion.

Images from the new edition of streetstyle by PYMCA photographers

05 Nov - 30 Nov

Andy Willsher

Andy Willsher

Andy's work has captured the music culture of our times and this exhibition celebrates his 20 years in music and photography. www.andywillsher.com

16 Nov - 19 Dec - 10-18

x-ray

claire ashton

I live in Hove but was made in London.
I went to Norfolk and I love Scotland (largely cos my ex who 'doesn't love me' introduced me to its beauty..I suspect I knew it anyway as I always seemed to listen to Scottish singers in my teens) Being dumped for a fatty wasn't ideal (I already see the world backwards!)

I don't particularly like Hove apparently this is unusual.

22 Sep - 23 Oct

BIOLUMINESCENCE - fashion and still life photography

Mila Nesterova

On stage everything is exaggerated and lighting enhances the visual aspect of the performance, adding color and depth. I am fascinated by UV lights and how they transform everything into a dazzling explosion of colour. Everything looks more interesting, shadows and flickers of light give objects and people more depth.

01 Oct - 01 Nov

Surreal Series ...

Katarina Baliova

Surreal Series... is a selection of images studying female form and its connections with surrounding space and interlinking objects. The images, in black and white capture movements and shapes, which introduce mystery and reveal perspective visions in the mind of the viewer. They are sensual and mysterious, with the play of light and dark highlighting bodies in motion and in repose.

This work is influenced by surrealism, and symbolism in combination with abstract surfaces and connected with the live sculpture of body, giving a peaceful revelation of serenity.

14 Oct - 30 Oct - Preview 14 October 5pm

Someone I (don't) Know

Magali Avezou

How the other dwells in our imagination? With faceless portraits, this project explores how we interpret someone else’s world. Through traces of the subject’s private sphere, it conveys impressions and sensations that build a sensitive portrait and invite the viewer to create his/ her own story about the character.
www.magaliavezou.com

03 Oct - 17 Oct

FUTUREVERSITY PHOTO SHOW

Jason Bomford-Bromfield , Michelle Chong, Saba Hashmi, Adam Hussein, Henrique Josias, Masuda Khatun, Josephine Kibuka, Michael Knott, Hayley Lynch, Sana Mohamed, Asma Ravat, Zara Shaikh, Hetna Shah, Joanna Tang, Fiona Wong.

Images created by students on the Photomonth Futureversity course exploring street photography and portraiture with photographer Heather McDonough.

04 Oct - 30 Oct

A Dying Art & Open Air Photography

Mohiuddin Siddique

Due to digital technology the art of cinema banner painting in Bangladesh is dying. These banners were painted by hand from generation to generation.
The Open Air Photo Studio offered portrait photographs in five minutes. A plate camera was modified with a home-made wooden case with a darkroom inside. This exhibition can also be seen online at www.eyeculture.co.uk

25 Oct - 31 Oct

Coordinate

MAP 6 Collective:- Laurie Griffiths, Mitch Karunaratne, Chloe Lelliott, Heather Shuker, David Sterry, Paul Walsh

Coordinate: A group exhibition by the MAP6 photography collective, exploring the complex relationships between people and place.

Coordinate highlights the importance of place, as socialised inhabited worlds. Ideas of memory, belonging and displacement fill these psychologically loaded spaces to create tensions and new ways of seeing our relationship to the world in which we live.

02 Oct - 14 Nov - Vary

Brighton Photo Fringe

This year photomonth is linking with the Brighton Photo Fringe, a city-wide biennial festival of over 120 exhibitions and events spreading along the south coast of England as far as Hastings and Chichester. So take the train to Brighton and enjoy a day out exploring the shows and breathing in some fresh sea air. Details of the exhibitions can be found in the Brighton Photo Fringe brochure & map and on the website www.photofringe.org

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Of Mist, Windows, Flowers, Roads.

Katja Heber

Katja Heber has produced four sets of three photographs, each dealing with a different subject, but all work together to express thoughts on life and our part in it; 'Of Mist', which portrays London's Regents Canal shrouded in mist; 'Of Windows', images of lit windows at night; 'Of Flowers', pictures of flowers against monotone backdrops; and ' Of Roads', photographs of road markings in their various colours and conjunctions.

29 Sep - 16 Oct

The Hackney Mime School Presents

Richard Kolker, Kristy Gosling, Gillian Vaux, Jochen Klein

In this show the Hackney Mime School artists’ collective attempts to subvert photography’sdecisive moment. Working collaboratively they construct staged imagery that expands this moment from the purely visual to the conceptual, presenting and questioning pivotal moments within a continuing narrative.

07 Oct - 7pm

ASA collective projection evening

full list to be confirmed.

On Thursday the 7th of October around 19:00 join us at Cafe B @ Cable Street Studios, Limehouse, East London for an evening of projections of multimedia works curated by the 3 ASA collective founding members and a guest curator to be announced soon.

http://asacollective.blogspot.com

25 Oct - 25 Nov

INVITED

Christopher Gasgoine

INVITED - a series of intimate, narrative studies of ordinary people in extraordinary detail and beauty.

Photography has the unique ability to allow us to see into the lives and circumstances of others. Used with sensitivity it gives us a revealing insight and a shared experience, used with force and immaturity it gives us voyeurism. So if I want to capture openness and vulnerability and the raw edge of someone’s narrative then in return I need to offer listening without judgment, genuine interest and compassion.

I call the process ‘digital camera obscura’ that bears more resemblance to sitting for a

14 Oct - 16 Oct

Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair

Catherine Barrows, Jan Levy, Janie Pengilly, Joanna Burejza, John Armstrong Sinclair, John Maher, Petr Strnad, Pietro Rocchiccioli, Shona Clark

The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair is an established showcase for Artists and Designers to promote and sell their work. The whole event takes place at the Candid Galleries in Islington with each of the four weeks covering specific disciplines. The fair provides a platform for over 200 individual artists across the entire art and design spectrum to show their latest work.
With its dynamic mix of both emerging young artists and those with established reputations, the ICADF is a unique event. The ICADF provides the ideal opportunity to buy opportunity to buy directly from these innovative artists and designers.

07 Oct - 10 Oct

Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair

Claudia Colella, Gabriela Fabrowska-Poposki, Rupert Davies, Simon Goowin, Phil Murphy, Daniella Rizzi

The Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair is a unique event specially organized by the Candid Arts Trust for the promotion of up to two hundred artists and designers from the UK and Europe. The event takes place at the Candid Galleries in Islington with each of the four weeks covering specific disciplines. The second week will include photography. The fair provides a platform for over 200 individual artists across the entire art and design spectrum to show their latest work.

Candid Arts Trust is a registered charity and has been organising the ICADF for 7 years.

17 Oct - 07 Nov - Preview 17 October 6pm

Bio-Surrealism

Francesco Caiazza

Fantasy images depicting everyday life.
Surreal settings made by the Earth's elements evoking "bio-surrealism" concerning love, religion, culture, life and death.

06 Oct - 30 Nov

What's the Brief

Andrew Grainger

Andrew Grainger’s first solo exhibition is a selection of personal and emotive images taken in the last five years , a time of reflection after having removed himself of nearly a decade of photographing the fast paced industry of Fashion and Advertising , he has rediscovered his passion for photography by capturing the reality and the spontaneity of his surroundings.
“photography became pleasurable again, not working to anyone else’s brief and it wasn’t measured by success, free to be impulsive and creative without the constraints of an artificial set up..”
Originally from Hartlepool Andrew now lives in Whitechapel.

01 Oct - 30 Nov - Window display 24/7

Imago Corporis

Yvanne Teo

An exploration of our states of being through a series of snapshots of the body in various unique yet characteristically recognised demeanours exhibited as a window display.

01 Sep - 26 Nov

Mumbai – A Cricketing Temple

Emma Levine

Emma Levine’s photographs, taken in Mumbai in 2010, depict the city’s passion for cricket. This isn’t about the stars of the sport, and there are no photos of Sachin Tendulkar, or other superstar millionaires. It's about the ‘Sachin wannabes’, those who have a passion for cricket and play in backstreet, parks, open spaces and housing colonies, often with basic equipment. Scenes like this are to be found throughout the Indian subcontinent, but attention focused on Mumbai in order to see if the grassroots had been influence by the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League, infused with Bollywood glamour. Thankfully, it hadn’t!

25 Oct - 22 Nov - 28th October

‘Freezing Time Slowly’

Voytek Ketz, Prema Ronningen

‘Freezing Time Slowly’
by Prema Ronningen & Voytek Ketz

A collection of images,
Displaying precious & beautiful places around the world.
Taken in the early morning hours or during late night,
Recording nature as it spans over a period of time,
Creating Unique, Mysterious & Thoughtful images.
Showing us what even our eyes cannot do;
Freezing Time Slowly
*
10% proceeds from the exhibition sale will be donated to
Actionaid UK –End Poverty Together. Registered Charity 274467 www.actionaid.org.uk
www.visionandphotography.com

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Religion – work in progress

Nigel Barklie

This exhibition of photographs explores religion and is an experiment with the B/W printing technique called 'lithprint'.

Nigel Barklie is a photographer with thirty years experience. For the last ten years he has freelanced on the Daily Mail regularly filling the role of Night Picture Editor.

"With this exhibition I am trying to figure out how my life experience fits with the doctrines of the Catholic Church. It is work in progress so the pictures are far from complete. I would love to hear your reaction by email."

Contact nigel.pictureline.co.uk.

11 Nov - 13 Nov

The Space In-Between

Clare Lewis

Clare Lewis’ photographs and film consider the threshold or in-between place of change between two intermediate states. This ‘Liminal’ area is characterised by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy.
Focusing on particular places and moments in time, this exhibition evokes an experience of the Liminal for the viewer and offers a reflection on the flux and flow of life, its beauty and fragility and the possibility of transcendence.

06 Nov - 08 Jan

Spice of Eden

Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury

Indian spices and vegetables are explored as monumental and archaic forms, by Fine Artist & photographer, Cinnamon Heathcote-Drury. Designed as a site-specific installation for the Anglo-Indian fusion restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen, the adjacent Anise bar also hosts two intriguing portraits that celebrate genetic difference without defining specific cultural identity.

The theme of 'Eden' underlies all the works - a hint of danger and plenty of questions left unresolved. The spices and vegetables often resemble fossilized ancient relics, stone or carved wood, and force the viewer to engage with the forceful microscopic intensity presented before them.

07 Oct - 19 Oct

Dead On Holiday

Andrea Dicenzo, Tess Thackara, Konrad Buczek

Dead on Holiday

Through a darkly comedic lens, this photography collaboration explores the seduction and anxiety of tourism. Breaking the mould of the traditional holiday snap shot, the series aims to poke fun at the relationship between photography and tourism, as well as the suggested danger of visiting any foreign place.

Remaining faithful to the constructed artificiality of holiday photos, we have departed from them in all other respects. Our settings are unidentifiable and relatively mundane, the subjects are anonymous and the images are records not of life, but death.

28 Oct - 09 Nov

On a Night Like This.....

Vickie Parker

'On A Night Like This' is a collection of images from Vickie Parker as she spends a year following party Shake It in warehouses in and around East London.

The collection shows the vitality and energy of a place where people regularly come together to share a common bond - their love of the music and in the process have formed friendships, spent time with each other and possibly even had the night of their lives!

11 Oct - 11 October 6.45pm

David Levine - on portrait photography.

David Levine

"I love photographing people - it's never dull and never without a challenge"
David's work in the fashion, advertising and music industry has enabled him to live and work in many countries over the years. His photographs have been published in magazines world-wide including Vogue, national newspapers and on millions of record sleeves for artist's including Culture Club, ABC and Kyle Minogue.

Photo is Bradley Moore taken by David Levine.

01 Nov - 1 Nov 6.45pm

Peter Marshall on photographing protest on the streets of London.

Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall of My London Diary http://mylondondiary.co.uk/ talks about photographing protest on the streets of London.

Peter has published a number of books and is a photographer, writer and a member of the NUJ.

In Search of Atget: Paris 1984 http://is.gd/oRLosu

Still Occupied: A View of Hull 1977-85 http://is.gd/GwtO3o

Before the Olympics: The Lea Valley 1981 - 2010 http://is.gd/dp02K

20 Oct - 05 Nov

RUST x RUST and FAINTLY ILLUMINATED MEMORIES

Geoff Chaplin; Rust x Rust, Hisao Asano; Faintly Illuminated Memories

Both photographers are based in Hokkaido, Japan.

Geoff Chaplin presents new gum prints on watercolour sheets 22”x30” and also colour photographs in the “Moon Star” series.

Hisao Asano’s evocative pinhole images recall his memory of his family and of Hokkaido and its history.

06 Nov - 14 Nov

Printmaking: new directions

Ryuta Suzuki & Erica Donovan

Ryuta Suzuki’s technique, ‘water colour photo woodcut print’, indicates a unique depiction of woodcut prints and photographs. Erica Donovan’s screen prints and photo works explore everyday situations and the changes that we face through social interaction and the advances of technology.

25 Nov - 09 Dec

Opus 7: two Portfolios

Geoff Chaplin & Yasu Suzuka

Geoff explores different interpretations of the same photographic image using “alternative” printing techniques on whole sheets of watercolour paper. Yasu’s work is world renowned and this display includes examples of his pinhole sunrise images and new work.

07 Oct - 15 Oct - Friday 7th October 2011 (Monday to Saturday 10am - 4 pm, detailed opening times contact 020 8980 2092) to Saturday 15th October

South West Graduate Photography Prize 2011

The South West Graduate Photography Prize returns to PhotoMonth with FOTONOW bringing a show of six emerging artists (recent graduates) from the South West to reveal distinct areas of practice that informs lving and working in the region.

07 Oct - 09 Oct - Mon to Fri, 10am-4pm

South West Graduate Photography Prize 2011

Emma Walker Fabio Blaser Ibolya Feher Louis Little Luke Archer Rugile Zukaite

South West Graduate Photography Prize returns with six recent graduates from SW higher education institutions selected for a group exhibition and book launch; Emma Walker, Fabio Blaser, Ibolya Feher, Louis Little, Luke Archer and Rugile Zukaite show will open at Create Place in London on 7th October with preview drinks reception at 5pm.

26 Oct - 05 Nov

Late Fragment

Pippa Healy

Which objects will surround you in the final years of life? And what might they say about you ; about who you are, and who you were? What would you choose to take when moving from a house and home into just one room?

‘Late Fragment’ is a series of photographs taken in resident’s rooms in care homes. The project explores what residents keep with them, whether through necessity or comfort.

You can’t take your possessions with you, but some of them you take to the very end of the very end.

13 Oct - 28 Oct

Perspective

Iulia Filipovscaia Andrew Sawyer Roxanne Grant David Jones

Be curious. Change your perspective

On the 13th of October at 6pm, venture to Whitecross Street where Curious Duke Gallery will be launching their second exhibition. Perspectives showcases photography and painting that explores the idea of viewpoints and perception of the human psyche. From desolate landscapes to raw and intimate portraits, you are invited to see the world through the eyes of an artist.

Premiere Art's goal is to revolutionise the traditional gallery experience- enabling gallery goers to interact with rather than merely view the artwork. This private view will host an installation that will blur the boundaries between viewer and subject.

14 Oct - 25 Oct - Monday - Sunday 11am -7pm and by appointment

Young Masters Revisited

Young Masters Revisited is the final show of the Young Masters Tour 2010 which over the last year has toured an excerpt of The Young Masters Art Prize 2009, sponsored by AXA UK internationally.
The exhibition features emerging and newly established artists whose work is inspired by Old Masters. Through painting, photography, sculpture, and installation, each artist references an element of the established art historical canon, either through technique, imagery, or subject matter, whilst establishing an undeniably contemporary spin on highly revered paintings.

13 Oct - 01 Nov - Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5pm Saturday & Sunday 10am - 4pm

Façades

Carita Laamanen

‘Façades’ is an intimate depiction of urban life in London. The result of a two-and-a-half year project, it portrays London from the perspective of photographer and writer Carita Laamanen.

“This city is a myth. Its streets are lined with images. These are images of fantasies, made of even the simplest of dreams.”

Photographed on black-and-white 35mm film, Laamanen’s work confronts photography itself as much as it does her subject matter. The intrinsic fleetingness of the photographic image is used to incredible effect in this series of works that question and challenge the commonly perceived façades seen to represent the city we know.

04 Oct - 29 Oct - Opening Night: 5 October 7-9pm

Mescolanza

Angus Ferguson, Carmen Hughes, Caroline Lee, Diane Shillito, Charlotte Mann, Ilhelm Oubaiche, Leo Hoang, Lisa Denton, Lynne Roberts, Micha Wells, Matthew Watson, Robert Woodward, Tim Waterfield,

Mesocolanza is a collaborative show created to give unknown
photographers the opportunity to show their work, many for the first time. Anchoring the show is ‘365 Days’ by Charlotte Mann; presented as a slide show, the work acts
as a journal for 2010, showing pictures of her everyday life, one day at a time.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

The Thames Tamed

Stuart Koenig-Roach

Scenic photography of the Thames from its tidal reaches to the Docklands, Pool of London and Embankment.

03 Nov - 01 Jan

'Cut Out & Keep'

Christian Tagliavini

The work of Christian Tagliavini can be experienced in many ways. Its duality of expressive artistry & meticulously controlled portraits, display a beautifully curated world of sitters posed within the handcrafted clothes made by the artist himself. Set against the backdrop of art history, referencing movements such as the Renaissance & Cubism, he wields his lens after the long complex process of designing, building & making to
create his mise en scène.

05 Oct - 29 Oct

Prix Pictet Commission Prize: 'Ushirikiano' by Photographer Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan

The Prix Pictet Commission, awarded by the Partners Of Pictet & Cie, is an invitation to a photographer selected from the Shortlist to undertake a field trip to a region where the Bank is supporting a sustainability project.

For the third Commission Pictet supported the work of the Tusk Trust, specifically the Nakuprat Conservancy, a new community-led initiative in Northern Kenya.

Shortlisted photographer Chris Jordan, who visited Northern Kenya in July says, “The killing of elephants is what happens when we forget our interdependence with the natural world, and the higher purposes of our life and our own human dignity.”

12 Nov - 21 Nov

HOMELESS GALLERY - off limits

If you are a photographer by day or night, if you are a professional, a student or just a hobbyist and would like to share your view of the world with others through your work this is a show for you. For anyone who would like to participate in the exhibition all you have to do is come to Dilston Grove on Friday November 12 (9-4pm) or Saturday November 13 (9-12pm) with your photographs and hang them yourself.

07 Oct - 03 Dec

Empty Bottles

WassinkLundgren

DMB Space presents Wassinklundgren’s Prix du Livre Award winning project Empty Bottles, previously unseen in the UK. The exhibition will present both traditional photographs and pages removed from the book.

Empty Bottles chart the daily rituals of 24 refuse collectors as they go about their business. Each picture, set against the backdrops of Beijing and Shanghai captures the extraordinary combination of roles played out by the men and women – part scavenger, part collector and part cleaner.

06 Nov - 15 Nov - Launch 2pm 6 November

Nevermind at Reading (1991)

"I thought that I might be gay or something because I couldn't identify with any of the guys at all. None of them liked art or music, they just wanted to fight and get laid. It was many years ago but it gave me this real hatred for the average American macho male." Kurt Cobain.

A series of images shot just prior to the release of the pioneering Nirvana LP 'Nevermind' at Reading Festival by Charlie Hallinan.

Charlie worked as a pro music photographer during the 1980's and 1990's; two defining decades of music in the UK and Ireland.

14 Oct - 16 Oct

AOP OPEN AWARDS 2011

The AOP Open is run by the Association of Photographers and is the only competition where professionals and amateurs compete on equal terms. There are no categories or themes in this competition so the choice of work submitted is entirely up to the photographer. The competition has been running for 11 years and each year it attracts approximately 1,500 entries from around the world, with a public vote that in 2010 attracted over 4000 voters.

05 Oct - 18 Oct

Peaches & Cream

Alan Powdrill Brendan Baker & Daniel Evans Judith Lyons Laura Stevens Luke Pajak Lydia Panas Neil Craver Nicholas Wiesnet Richard Tuschman Roberta Murray Zoe Plummer

Millennium Images , Milim Gallery and Crane Kalman Brighton present the inaugural exhibition of a new photographic competition Peaches & Cream.

Peaches & Cream has offered all photographers the chance to win a three-year contract with Millennium Images and the opportunity to see their work published on the front cover of a best-selling novel. Both cash prizes including £500 and the Special Graduate Award £100 will be announced on the night of the private view.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Photomonth At Drop East

Rebecca Philio Robert Hind Carol Marin-Pache Paulina Czyz

Rebecca Philio looks at how our perceptions to hair can change once leaving the body. Robert Hind looks at how urban areas still have a participation in nature. Carol creates ‘painted’ pictures from water reflections and Paulina takes us on a quirky story through a small Polish village.

12 Oct - 26 Oct - 6 - 9 pm

Wild Places

Robert Pereira Hind

When we think of the wilderness we often imagine it lurking many miles from central London. Well perhaps not, ‘Wild Places’ is my attempt to draw our attention to the natural beauty of the wild, literally overlooked on our city streets.

The writer Stephen Graham makes the point in his book of 1923 ‘The Gentle Art Of Tramping’, that “the wild is ubiquitous”.

Behind this urban facade the wild lurks only a few inches away, between paving stones, behind dumped fridges, along the edge of a curbstones, pushing it's way through the cracks into the light of our lives.

02 Nov - 16 Nov

Studies

Carol Marin-Pache

Carol Marin-Pache new work stems from an extensive study that captures ‘traces’ left and found in her surroundings. These images have a painterly quality, the subject is ambiguous and the scale of the actual object is unspecified. MP is drawing the attention of the viewer to the making, and viewing, of photographic images more than the things they depict. The transformation of the objects offers the observer a wide range of opportunities to add their own imagination to the print.

16 Nov - 01 Dec

Tits Village Adventure

Paulis

Imagine the greatest, cutest and quietest middle of Nowhere, where everybody, not even can, but has to forget all gloom and dark sides of its short live and let be taken high up by dreams…

Went as usual to get a bottle of red, when we stopped by a box filled up with tacky toys…and there it was! Starring at us and pointing with its sharp nipple right at my nose – The Tit – a hero of my photo story. So, from that day Tit stayed in my hand and followed us everywhere we went to, done what we did.

21 Oct - 23 Oct

London Instagram Exhibition

A selection of iphoneography from a London collective of Instagram photographers, covering a range of street, formalist, abstract, experimental and architectural photography. Instagram is a worldwide community of over 5 million photographers who produce and share their iphone photos using a wide range of different apps to produce photos in a variety of effects and styles.

02 Nov - 09 Nov

"It’s a thin line between Heaven and here"

Ian Atkinson, Simona Ciobotariu, Mustafa Batibeniz, Emma Brennan, Victoria Kovalenko, Gemma Wyer, Ceyda Nielsen, Antonio Giorgio, Michele Clement-Delbos, Solmaz Tahvilzadeh, Andrew Kennedy, Mohsen Zarei, Digby Washer, Hannah Richardson, Daniel Imade, ian_Farrant, Michele Cremona, Spencer Rowell.

"It’s a thin line between Heaven and here", offers an intimate yet unsettling exposé of some of London’s brightest emerging photographers.
Falling to that middle ground, the works sit on a knife edge between surreal and distressing, uncomfortable and intriguing. The Sir John Cass School of Art and Design MA photographic show running as part of Photomonth,

"It’s a thin line between Heaven and here" is curated by The Butchers Fridge

10 Nov - 19 Nov - Pvt View. Invite only. Thursday 11th Nov

UncertainStates 2010

Recognisable and new work from the UncertainStates collective. Including Fiona Yaron-Field, David George and Spencer Rowell.

A celebration of a year in print. UncertainStates, a photographic collective with work steeped in nostalgia, memory and obsolescence, commemorates its first major milestone with an exhibition of new works as well as the best of the past year. Curated by The Butchers Fridge

03 Nov - 08 Nov

SO THE WIND WON'T BLOW IT ALL AWAY

Gavin Bambrick, Maeve Berry, Tim Burrough, James Hardie, Inbal Mizrahi, Jayne Taylor, Sam Taylor, David Wilkinson.

...encompasses themes of memory, intimacy and escape. Diverse in style and approach, from the abstract to the cinematic, to stereoscopic, all 8 exhibitors share the common history of being Photography graduates from the University of Westminster. The show represents the first group outing of this recently-formed photographic collective.

06 Oct - 12 Oct - Preview: 6 October 6.30pm

UNCERTAIN STATES 2011

Artist include: Susan Andrews, James Russell-Cant, Kerry Clark, Damian Gillie, David George, William Head, Mich Karunaratne, Roy Mehta, Spencer Rowell, Eti Wade, Mick Williamson, Aviv Yaron, Fiona Yaron-Field,

'Uncertain States' is an artist led project which promotes New British Art Photography. After another successful year in print Uncertain States will present an exhibition of new works produced by their artists/photographers.

02 Oct - 31 Oct

Images on the Line

Heather McDonough & Rod Morris

The Photobooth Project Photographers Heather McDonough and Rod Morris have been working with the London Transport Museum, setting up temporary photobooths in locations along the line and taking portraits of passer-by. A selection of images taken in East London will be exhibited on the platforms of the four new Overground stations at Dalston Junction, Haggerston, Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street. You can see the full collection of portraits at the London Transport Museum www.ltmuseum.co.uk
With thanks to TfL, LOROL and the London Transport Museum.

05 Nov - 25 Nov - Private View // 4th November - 6.30pm to 8.30pm

States of Recollection

Jason Pietra

States of Recollection is the collaboration of Annette Masterman and Jason Pietra.
The Photographs, still life assemblages with allusions to the work of Joseph Cornell and traditions of Memento Mori in European art.  In their juxtaposition of texture, animate and inanimate, flourish and decay, the images suggest subtle connections that link memory,stages of life and the passage of time.

27 Nov - 18 Dec

FIELD WORKS: Photographs from East Anglia

JUSTIN PARTYKA www.justinpartyka.com

Field Works: Photographs from East Anglia

For almost a decade Justin Partyka has been photographing the agrarian community of rural East Anglia. In this first London solo-exhibition of these photographs, he reveals the strong sense of place this region, and how the land intimately shapes the way of life. Often melancholy in feel, Partyka’s work shows a world that is rooted to the past and its memories. His photographs may suggest that this is a way of life that is passing, but for now they tell the story of the small-time farmers who are reluctant to disappear.

14 Oct - 30 Oct - Preview 13 October 6.30 pm

So Close but So Far

Mariona Otero Ibáñez

I always observe the same everyday actions within different cultures. This way the atmosphere captured in a picture is just as valuable as the acts taking place. And through the depiction of these universal acts I show the true personal identity of the places.

‘So Close but So Far’ is a collection of photographs mostly taken in Manchester (UK) and Chennai (South India).

My images are of everyday moments in a regular lifestyle; these are common to the human experience, and for this reason they deserve to be shown to a wider audience.

05 Oct - 10 Oct

FUTURE-HOPE + FASHION-ART EXHIBITION LONDON

Paulina Otylie Surys , Sarah Vo , Emilie Lindsten , Morgan O'Donovan , Francesco de Villalboa , Antonio Patrizio , Charles Moriarty , Stephane Penkhoss

Mutimedia - Fashion-Art Exhibition + Visual Sound Art, Installations and Performance
five day pop up show of avant-garde and conceptual nature, various artworks transport in an interactiive way to a surreal enviroment.., simple/or complex ideas of the universe and world we live in present and future evocations are fused together, representing the vision, talent and creativity of a group of up and coming designers & artists based in the city of London, curated by Mariana Abella

designers , performers and photography installation,
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130866000342442 check event link here for more information, hope to see you there! please RSVP only event!!

02 Oct - 13 Nov

Home Sweet Home

Anna Batchelor, Sarah Colson

Home Sweet Home is a guerilla exhibition of portrait photography and cross-stitch samplers that tell the story of a dispersed community. The community are the remaining residents of the Ferrier housing estate in south-east London, which is being gradually demolished. With emphasis on the human experience of regeneration, photographer Anna Batchelor has taken portraits of the remaining residents in the context of the changing estate. Designer Sarah Colson has fused cross-stitch embroidery with quotations from Ferrier residents and imagery from the estates environment. For this exhibition the images are posted onto the boarded up fronts of the Ferrier's empty houses.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Fishing Boats and Fishermen.

Bob Dawson

Artist Bob Dawson exhibits a selection of photographic images, captured in Morocco and Scotland, that express the enduring aesthetic of fishing boats and the men who work them.

01 Sep - 25 Sep

Father and Son

Richard and Pablo Bartholomew

Indian Photographer Pablo Bartholomew opens his personal archives in a tribute to his late father Richard. Never exhibited during the father's lifetime the pictures are a tender portrait of family and the burgeoning Boheme of the newly independent India of the 1950s. The son's photography stands in a direct contrast to the classic composition of the father and draw in a wider circle of subjects. Friends and lovers, parties and the backstreets of 1970s Delhi and Bombay.

17 Sep - 09 Oct

Native

Mona Kuhn

In these photographs, Kuhn encapsulates the emotions of living in Brazil through her memory of the landscape’s green, yellow and pink palette, as well as her intimate reconnection with its people. By contrasting the vitality of the dense Brazilian countryside with the sparse interior of an abandoned apartment, Kuhn establishes her own fantasy of time and place. Within the portraits, the artist develops a trusting relationship with her subjects, allowing her to portray the complexities of human nature, both tempting and provoking the viewer’s imagination. Kuhn delicately intertwines these disparate aspects, culminating in her most mature work to date.

17 Sep - 09 Oct

Hungry

Julia Curtin Kelly Hill Tom Lovelace Marcia Michael Kate Owens David Plummer Zhao Renhui

Rhubarb Rhubarb & Arts Council England photography bursary winners exhibition.

13 Oct - 13 Nov

Yangtze, The Long River

Nadav Kander

Nadav Kander's series Yangzte, The Long River is simultaneously poem, travel journal and visual odyssey: we are made to witness the journey from the river's mouth to its source at a time of tumultuous social and environmental change. Kander draws us into the charged landscape through his images; photographic odes to the disquieting and arresting metamorphosis of a nation's spatial and temporal ballasts, distilling human-scale intimacy within scenes of monumental transformation.
Kander was chosen as the winner of the prestigious Prix Pictet award in 2009.
A new publication will accompany this exhibition.

15 Oct - 14 Nov

Guantanamo: If the light goes out

Edmund Clark

‘When you are suspended by a rope you can recover, but every time I see a rope
I remember. If the light goes out unexpectedly in a room, I am back in my cell.’

Binyam Mohamed, Prisoner #1458

This is a study of home, of a very particular idea of home at a very particular time in our history.
These are all objects, spaces, documents, instances connected to the lives of men held in detention at Guantanamo Bay.

25 Nov - 01 Jul

Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf

Flowers will present Michael Wolf’s first solo exhibition in the UK. Wolf’s photographic work tackles the complexity of city life through observations of how vernacular architecture and public space are used.This exhibition will be constructed from the following groups of work:

Architecture of Density
Tokyo Compression
Transparent City

14 Oct - 19 Nov - Preview 13 October 6pm

We English

Simon Roberts

"Initially, I was simply thinking about Englishness and how my upbringing had been quintessentially English. How much of this was an intrinsic part of my identity? In what ways was my idea of what constitutes an ‘English life’ or English pastimes (if there are such things) different to those of others’? My own memories of holidays, for example, were infused with very particular landscapes; the lush green-ness around Derwent Water or the flinty grey skies – and pebbles – of Angmering’s beaches. It seemed to me that these landscapes formed an important part of my consciousness of who I am."

01 Oct - 10 Dec

WORKSHOPS

YOUNG PEOPLES PHOTO WORKSHOP
Four Corners are running a series of workshops for young people, every Saturday from 1 October until 10 December, 2-5pm.

STUDIO LIGHTING WORKSHOP with Spencer Rowell
22 October 10.30am-5.30pm
An alternative look at the studio portrait.
With hands on experience of tungsten, Kino and flash lighting.
Spencer Rowell will take a non traditional look at the studio and self, portrait.
After an initial introduction to tungsten flash kino in the studio environment a practical hands on approach so bring your film or digital camera.

5x4 PINHOLE CAMERA AND COLOUR PRINT WORKSHOP with Lisa Byrne
29 Oct & 5 Nov 10.30am-5.30pm
a two day practical workshop showing you how to make a 5x4 pinhole camera, shoot on 5x4 colour negatives, make prints and assess results.

CYANOTYPE PRINT WORKSHOP with Tony Cairns
12 Nov 10.30am-5.30pm
This one day workshop will cover the basic processes and materials used in Salt and cyanotype printing processes.

DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY with 5D DSLR with Simon Minett
26 Nov 10.30am-5.30pm
A one day workshop led by award winning Cinematographer, Simon Minett, exploring the latest in digital 35mm technology, paying close attention to the Canon 5D and 7D DSLRs. This practical workshop will explore issues around shooting moving image on a DSLR, and will look at relevant accessories.

PINHOLE PASSPORT BOOTH - OPEN DAY with Chloe Edwards
3 December 10.30am-5.30pm
Pinhole Passport Booth - Open Day. Drop in and have your passport photo taken on a 4 hole pinhole camera and receive your pictures one week later.
NB: Pinhole passport photos not valid for passports.

06 Oct - 6.45pm - 9pm

Photoforum

Quarterly arts forum, where selected artists and photographers present and discuss their work in an informal and supportive environment.

29 Oct - 11 Dec

Salon'10

Four Corners Photo-Imaging Network presents an exhibition of affordable photographic artworks produced by award-winning artists/photographers.

21 Oct - 17 Dec

Closer to Something

Nick Abrahams Isha Bohling Lisa Byrne Tony Cairns Kalev Erikson Walter Hugo Natalia Skobeeva Eva Stenram Geraldine Swayne

An exhibition that celebrates chance and the accidental. The ‘something’ so often missing from contemporary digital practice where mistakes and imperfections can be so easily corrected.

The work ranges from large format pinhole photography, found archival images, antiquarian print processes, sound installations and home processed super 8 film.

06 Oct - 27 Nov - Opening 6 October ALL WELCOME

London World Class City: Mythical Jerusalem to Olympic Capital

Max Reeves

Max Reeves’ photographs use London as a setting to investigate the intersections and interstitials between life and myth, revealing the complexity of London’s psychological terrain. The actuality of the city morphs into a documentation of personal mythology populated with curious characters, palimpsests, cityscapes, crows, protestors, children Apophenia and aphorisms. Control and authority versus the freedom of the individual and transcendence emerge as themes through layered and often ambiguous images. ‘London is a World Class City’ embraces a poetic critique of the metropolis superseding its geographic locality and political straightjacket.

04 Nov - 30 Nov - 6PM

What They Want, What They Get: The Irish Travellers of Dale Farm

Unmanageable TV

This selection of images follows the lives of a group of Families on Dale Farm, Essex. Dale Farm is currently the largest traveller site in Europe and has for the past eight years been constantly under the threat of eviction by Basildon Council.
I first visited the site in 2002 and since that first day I have felt welcomed into what is a warm and vibrant community - one large family that although existing under the extreme stress that facing eviction brings, loves and supports all its members; whilst trying to maintain as normal a life as possible.

04 Oct - 30 Nov - Preview 4 October 6.30 - 8.30pm

Relics

Bill Jackson

Walking down a street Bill Jackson came across a gold podium and took it home. Later he saw a hatter's modelling head. Thinking it would go well with the gold podium he took that home too.

Bill has a fascination for the found object. Keeping each discovered treasure, Bill has formed a museum of curios. Rummaging in his boxes he selected objects he could stick onto the hatter's head; bits of leather, bones, drawing pins, plasters, syringes. Each one chosen to create both a verbal and visual pun, skin head, leather head, pin head, plaster head...made just for the camera.

13 Oct - 22 Jan

London in Detail

Sean Pines

Sean Pines takes us on a personal journey of his native London. Rich with textural narrative, the work seeks a re-engagement with the urban environment that challenges preconcieved notions of the city of London.

London In Detail builds on Sean Pines personal work featured in PhotoMonth 2007 which celebrated the found object. This year Gallery 320 presents an exhibition that cunningly delves into the minutiae of London, renewing a curiosity of our familiar and beloved city.

01 Oct - 31 Oct

After Dark in London Town

Bob Dawson

Inspired by a Murakami novel, Bob Dawson exhibits images that celebrate the magical, vibrancy of a city at night and others that point to a darker social reality.

01 Nov - 29 Nov

Somewhere Else

David Barette

'Somewhere Else' is an exhibition of photographs by David Barette, reconfiguring the everyday to make it strange, in cities such as Budapest, Lisbon and elsewhere. The photographs were taken between 2007 and 2009 in less ‘iconic’ cities to avoid the obvious and capture the surreal (an abiding interest) in the commonplace. An eclectic range of intuitive shots include a derelict communist factory on the outskirts of Budapest, Lisbon walls and a postcard rack of literally faded Hollywood stars in Bologna.

17 Sep - 21 Oct

BEHIND BARS

Hugh Elphick (UK) Gunnar Knechtel (Spain) Sye Williams (USA)

BEHIND BARS explores life on the “inside” with this photographic group show. Three artists come together to offer a unique glimpse into the coveted world behind prison walls. Knechtel’s images, taken within one of Spain’s most forward-thinking prisons, Madrid VI, allow us a rare glimpse into the living spaces of a baby and parent unit. American photographer, Sye Williams, takes us inside California’s Valley State prison for women. Meanwhile recent graduate, Hugh Elphick, traces the boundaries of London’s Victorian prisons and the spaces they inhabit within our community.
Through these three projects we are afforded a thought provoking discourse on captivity.

15 Oct - 30 Oct

Shifting Landscapes

Srinivas Kuruganti Liz & Max Haarala Hamilton

China and India are the fastest growing economies with the biggest populations in the world. Srinivas Kuruganti and Liz & Max Haarala Hamilton's work deals with the themes of rapidly changing landscapes in these countries.

Srinivas’ work focuses on India's coal industry that has through rampant and unregulated mining converted forests into wasteland and made the land uninhabitable for the local population of Adivasis.

Liz and Max's work looks at how, as well as the economic changes, China is also absorbing cultural influences from the West. It is this mix of new and old that is captured in these photographs.

10 Oct - 29 Oct

Colours of Pakistan

Faseeh Shams

The exhibition highlights the facts about Pakistan which are not shown in the news. Faseeh exposes the rich life and culture of people from different backgrounds in Pakistan.

Each picture depicts an in-depth analysis of the strong rooted hospitable lives which is unknown to the international media and so world ant Large.

07 Nov - 24 Dec

Highland Highs

Sean Pines

Portrait and Fashion Photographer Sean Pines has been exploring the Scottish Highlands for 20 years.

Through his personal photographs we get a real sense of the deep affection that has built up for this spectacular, remote, somtimes savage, but always beautiful landscape.

www.seanpines.co.uk

19 Oct - 19 Nov - Preview 19 October 6pm

Trans

Laura Cuch

The life-changing experience of having an organ transplant has an impact on senses of identity. Some individuals have experienced taste, personality, or behavioral changes after an organ transplant, which they sometimes relate to the traits of their donors. Trans considers these new identities and how they are woven into personal narratives by the recipients. Trans is the third part of a trilogy following Sleepless (about people who sleep very little) and No Ma (about women who know for various reasons that they will never be mothers). In all three projects, the details of each image are arrived at collaboratively.

5 November
NEGOTIATING SUBJECTIVES: Photography, Health and the Body Symposium. Contact laura@lauracuch.com

01 Oct - 31 Oct

URBAN ABSTRACTS - SERIES 1

Peter D Kyte

Photography celebrating all that makes up the urban environment. This exhibition focuses on light, reflection, colour and form. www.fotog.info for more information.

01 Oct - 17 Oct - 30 September 7 30pm

Folk Off

Danny Wilder Laura Alvarado William Edward Head

GREEN LENS STUDIOS is a newly opened photographic studio, project space and art gallery. This group show will be focusing on the issues of the environmental sustainability, exploring the subject in the context of modern day storytelling to re-connect with the age old tradition of passing on information through a narrative.

03 Nov - 07 Nov - Thursday 6.30PM

Family

Ian Atkinson Nadine Attzs Annalisa Falcone Abi Hart Kishan Panchal Rebecca Perry Anna Taylor

Ian Atkinson curates his first group exhibition at Ground Floor Left, Hackney. Atkinson has brought together a group of seven photographic artists whose work relates to the family album. Each artist brings their own unique perspective of their personal attachment to the family and through the medium of photography explores their past, present and the connections to the memories contained within their own images and those of the family photo album.

Atkinson’s work has been shortlisted and exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize and the 2011 Gallery Huit Salon prize, Arle

19 Oct - 23 Oct - Opening & Participatory Event on 20 October from 6.30pm

Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Dean Todd, Giovanna Del Sarto

You are all invited to participate in an once in a lifetime experience:
Portraiture with a twist.
Come and take part in an evening of entrainment and enlightenment from 6.30 pm on Thursday 20th October.

Shooting Fish in a Barrel is a collaborative event featuring the work of photo-artist Dean Todd and documentary photographer Giovanna Del Sarto.
Portraiture is the theme which links these two very different artists.

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Tradewinds

Alix Edwards

Feel the tropical winds that create the lush and stunning tropical carribean climate. Exhibited close to the site of the original Loddiges nursery, Hackney, which was during the 18th Century, the largest hothouse in the world, these vibrant macro images of flowers, spices and fruit which this family collected, celebrate Black History Month and the richness that having the insight to import these plants has brought to contemporary culture - not to mention our kitchens!!
www.artographylondon.com

01 Oct - 30 Oct - Mon, Tues, Thur: 9am - 8pm, Wed: 9am - 6pm, Fri: 10am - 8pm, Sat: 9am - 5pm, Sun: closed

Permanent Exposure

Fabrizio Stefanoni

A stunning collection of urban landscapes and environments. On Saturday 23 October Fabrizio will be running a FREE workshop from 11am to 1pm as part of Family Learning Week. He will open your eyes to the creative aspects of urban and street photography. Bring your own camera and explore the local area. The first ten under- 16s will be given a disposable camera for the day.

01 Nov - 30 Nov

OUTSIDE-IN

Alix Edwards

What does it feel like to present one face in public and another in private? What is it like to feel faceless, dismissed and diminished…or to have no identity at all? OUTSIDE-IN explores identity and isolation in the community and asks which side of the picture you are on.

FREE drop in workshop for parents and children on 27th November 2-4pm exploring the themes of the exhibition

24 Nov - 24 November 7pm-9pm

HACKNEY OBSERVED

Tom Hunter, Stephen Gill & Jenny Matthews

Tom Hunter, Stephen Gill and Jenny Matthews,patrons of photomonth, renowned photographersand residents of Hackney, are amongst the list of invited photographers to show their work on the big screen. Others include Gesche Wuerfel, David George, Laura Braun, Alan Denney, Chris Dorley Brown, Colin O’Brien,
Dean Hollowood, Heather McDonough, Rod Morris, Patrick Dalton, Toby Smith, Lee Milne, Stefano Giorgetti.
All photographs are of Hackney.
Come and enjoy an evening of extraordinary imagery.

05 Oct - 11 Dec

Capture Hackney

With the Olympics on the horizon, Hackney’s landscape is changing. Capture Hackney invited Londoners to submit photographs that caught the spirit of Hackney as the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games approach. A selection of images chosen will now be exhibited and archived at Hackney Museum and Archives for future generations to look back on in wonder.

Capture Hackney is part of wider project, Mapping the Change, which involves a number of projects that encourage Hackney residents to reflect on how they feel about the current changes taking place in the borough.

01 Oct - 01 Dec

Playground

Ali Richards

The ‘Playground’ series explores the pursuits of teenagers and their engagement with the environment; vehicles are stolen, displaced and disfigured by fire. Young people increasingly engage in activities of theft, violence and destruction often fueled by boredom and disenfranchisement. Our social structure has somehow failed them and they seek satisfaction through things that challenge the system, cause damage and ultimately have some kind of effect. The majority of the perpetrators are from deprived areas, which lack facilities to entertain and stimulate young minds.

28 Oct - 30 Nov

metropolis

Rob Macdonald

A dynamic show of images shot in cities including Tokyo, Madrid, New York, Budapest and San Francisco. Our ideas of a metropolis are formed through imagination and cinema as much as through experience. This exhibition takes as its subject the cityscape – its centre and its margins, exploring the idea of a city rather than representing specific places. This body of work is also featured in the accompanying book – ‘metropolis’

This is the first exhibition at the new Hackney Picturehouse and forms part of a series of special opening events in November.

www.robmacdonaldphoto.com

22 Oct - 24 Oct - 10am-10pm

This Is Not A Gateway

EMMA BURLAND, HENRIETTA WILLIAMS, IGNACIO ACOSTA, JUAN DELGADO, MARISA GONZALEZ, SACHIYO NISHIMURA, SERGIO CRUZ

A 3-day festival investigating cities including a number of exhibitions, film screenings, artist-led walks, discussions and soap-boxes. A key theme in the festival this year is an investigation of Central Business Districts. There will be over 60 events in Hanbury Hall, with artists from Bucharest, London, Zagreb, Hong Kong, Istanbul.

01 Nov - 26 Nov

Prisoners, Pastimes and Pine

David O' Shaughnessy

The work is about taking objects to another place through recycling and fabrication. The image content evokes emotions enforced by the starkness of the objects against the clinical white surroundings. The narrow depth of field focuses on seemingly random yet insignificant and deliberate areas of the objects. The careful use of focusing as a tool guides the viewer through the shapes and forms within. Fire has many positive and negative effects, whilst it can provide a comfort it can also alter, resulting in catastrophic consequences. The photographs document the process of the re appropriation of the objects

01 Oct - 30 Oct

Hackney's Living Past

What does Hackney mean to you? What about the area inspires you? Is it fashion, shopping, architecture, street names? What pictures do you have that capture the borough of Hackney’s racial identity?

A selection of photographs of Hackney life in the 1970s and 1980s from the collections at Hackney Archives will be on display at Homerton Library and Hackney Archives during Black History Month. Do you have photos you could add to our collections? Your photos will be added to Hackney Archives to become a part of their permanent collection. Contribute to history, bring in your pictures.

Photographs can be donated to the Archives at any time during their opening hours, see www.hackney.gov.uk/archives . Scans can be made so that you can keep your original photos. Please ring the Archives on 0207 241 2886 in advance to arrange this. Photos can also be handed in at Homerton Library for redirection to Hackney Archives.

Homerton Library in collaboration with Hackney Archives

27 Oct - 12 Nov

Historia

Peter Bennett, Michael C Hughes, Elini Maria Frangeskou, Gregory Reuben Levitt, Jon Santa Cruz, Tobias Slater-Hunt, Lindsey Smith, Barbara Taylor, Christopher Torry, Michael Vogt, Lynn Weddle, Lewis Williams, Emily Young, Sophia Zapiti

Photographs record the world - but they also offer a medium for telling stories about it. In this sense all photographs partake of the imaginary. The photographers represented in this show are all bound by a desire to tell extraordinary stories. They may be stories prompted by experiences as diverse as a remembered landscape, a collection of bookmarks, a reading of Dante, or a walk through city streets - but each of these bodies of work began with a photographic encounter and developed into something much more sustained – a proposal about the world – a series of Historia.

16 Oct - 13 Nov

Les Amants

Noemie Goudal

This solo show by French fine art photographer Noemie Goudal examines the role of narrative in the still image. The exhibition will present a number of large scale works which portray photographed set designs containing an array of strange objects and materials.

The works are meticulously set up so as to recount specific tales or events; either from the artist's personal life or from imagined utopias. The viewer will find themselves immersed in a make-believe space, not childishly illustrated, but instead wittily and brilliantly interpreted.

11 Oct - 27 Nov

Other I

Viviane Sassen, WassinkLundgren, and more. Curated by Aaron Schuman.

Faced with legitimate criticism during the latter half of the twentieth century, photography shifted from a medium often used to explore, explain and express the foreign/unfamiliar, to one used to examine, reveal and define oneself. In 1984, Andy Grundberg noted a shift occurring specifically within documentary practice, ‘…towards recording the “I” instead of the “Other”…’. This exhibition features several contemporary practitioners who cleverly redress this balance by turning direct encounters with the ‘Other’ into forms of self-exploration and subtle autobiography, equally emphasizing what's in front of the camera – ‘Other’ – and what's behind it - 'I'.

01 Sep - 31 Dec

Walking London 2

Peter Kyte

The 2nd 'Walking London' exhibition will contain more imagery from Peter's initimate travels around his home town. In addition, Peter will be leading a team of no more than 12 early to mid stage photographers on a number of walks throughout October, going through to Photoshop advice, print and showing some images at the Hoxton Furnace. Join us for a great experience, inc. hanging & curating your very own mini-exhibition!!! For details and joining fees: info@fotog.info and state 'Hoxton'. See www.fotog.info for details

01 Oct - 31 Oct

Walking London - Series 1

Peter Kyte

This exhibition sees London as a place, a historic and modern city and a home.

06 Oct

AOP ASSISTANT AWARDS

Exhibition and workshops

The AOP Assistants Awards showcases the best images from the next generation of professional photographers. Winners from the AOP Assistants Awards regularly go on to win at the AOP Photographers Awards and success in the Assistants Awards often results in making the leap into professional photography. The standard of entries was high and it was a difficult task for the judging panel to select the final 80 images that forms the 2011 exhibition.

11 Nov - 16 Jan

Mick Rock: Rock Music

Mick Rock

Celebrated as ‘The Man Who Shot the 70s’, Mick Rock’s images define rock n’ roll. Rock launched his career in 1972 with his portrait of an unknown David Bowie and spent the next four decades capturing the most fascinating and exciting characters in rock music.

This exhibition will coincide with the publication of Rock’s new book Exposed: the Faces of Rock n’ Roll, which includes previously unseen and unpublished images, as well as rare and unexpected portraits including those of Debbie Harry, Karen O, Michael Stipe, Syd Barrett, Queen and Lou Reed.

07 Oct - 16 Oct

Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Jones photographs eccentricity, excess and the
social whirl. He photographed parties for the Tatler magazine through the eighties, until moving to New York in 1989 to work for the New York Observer and Vanity Fair magazine. He then moved back to London in 1996 at the moment of its renaissance as the centre of the fashionable world. The exhibition will explore Dafydd’s extensive archive of photos taken at exclusive art world private views and parties from the sixties right through to the present day, and offer a snapshot of the debauchery found within.

21 Oct - 13 Nov

Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson

Storm Thorgerson returns to Idea Generation Gallery with a new exhibition, this time taking a conceptual look at the difference between vinyl and digital. As with Storm’s 2009 exhibition at IG Gallery, you can expect a series of ambitious installations and an interesting series of events.

Storm Thorgerson is the man behind some of the world’s
best loved album artwork, having produced album sleeve
designs for the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Biffy Clyro and Muse.

30 Sep - 02 Oct

IdeasTap Photographic Award in association with Magnum Photos

PierreFrancesco Celado, Hayley Louisa Brown, Nazare Soazes Stuart Matthews, Ed Thompson, Sam Seager, Sarah Amy Fishlock, Max Downer, Nic Scaife

This is an exhibition of emerging photographers who have been shortlisted for the first round of the IdeasTap Photographic Award in association with Magnum Photos. The photographers are exhibiting essays covering three categories, Photojournalism, Conceptual Art and Environmental.
Apply online to attend www.ideastap.com

07 Oct - 24 Oct

A State of Separation

Emma Filipsson, Holly Gilbert, Rachel Jones, Marcus Jonsson, David Kendall, Lanis Levy, Rebecca Locke, Daryl Waller, Daniel Wescott.

‘A State of Separation’ explores concepts of ‘solitude’
as a state of mind that creates or regains spatial perspectives or social conditions, which in turn offers constructive engagements with contemporary urban
and rural environments.

15 Sep - 15 Oct

ID:id

photographer and teacher: Francesca Sanlorenzo artists: students from the Art & Design department of Abbey Manor College over the last three years

This unique exhibition presents a series of photographic portraits of 16 year old young people from Abbey Manor College, a Centre of excellence based in Lewisham that offers vocational qualifications to students outside mainstream education. The photographs are my attempt to capture a glimpse of their personality at this point in their life as they are going through an important transformation into adulthood. The images also become a memory for us all before they leave the College. Alongside the photographic exploration of youth identity, large format self-portraits produced over the years by my former students are also exhibited.

11 Oct - 26 Nov

Passing By

Anne Clements

Old buildings, whether ramshackle or restored, have a strange power of fascination. They question our own permanence as much as the built environment that surrounds us. Just as we move on and change, so do they. In ‘Passing By’ Anne Clements preserves a precise moment in the life of the buildings she has chosen to photograph, when man and architecture come together for one split second in time, to represent an era.

03 Oct - 25 Nov

The Bullfighters

Travis Hodges

Portraits from Praca De Campo Pequeno, Lisbon. Capturing the people and traditions of Portuguese bullfighting.

"He hollered, 'Touro Touro' and waived a red cape, prompting the bull to charge. His feet firmly planted on the ground, he pivoted away at the last second, the bulls horns barely grazing his heavily sequined tunic."

10 Nov - 24 Nov

Gomez de Villaboa

Francisco Gomez de Villaboa

Based in a Religious Spanish family, Gomez de Villaboa photography tries to reinterpret different icons mixing fine art and fashion photography. There is a big diversity of styles and projects developed during the last years including a collection of different styles and characters of the Joiners arms, regulars and friends.

06 Oct - 03 Nov

Living East

Estefania Araujo

Living East is a series of portraits that explores the connection between the human being and the space they live in. These images look into the relation between people and space; especially the way people adapt to new environments when changing countries, cities or neighbourhoods.
These portraits show people that live around East London. Each person is presenting himself in front of the camera and letting the viewer see places that are part of their everyday life.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Photomonth Live

Love taking photos with your mobile? Want to have them seen by tens of thousands? Photomonth Live is the perfect opportunity!

Simply send us your mobile photos via photomonthlive.com. The best will be displayed in our custom-built, interactive iPhone slideshow in Leon in the heart of Spitalfields Market. Our panel of photography experts will hand-pick their favourites, with prizes to be announced on photomonthlive.com.

Photomonth Live is an Elastik Mobile project. Elastik makes sophisticated apps for discerning people. elastikmobile.com

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Denise Felkin

Denise Felkin

Images from Mutoid Waste Company and Wrekon artists’ installations and individual pieces that feature mutated, mutilated creatures made from found objects, recycled metals/materials, and animal carcasses.
Mutoid Waste Company’s twisted imaginations first captured the publics attention in the early 80’s when they organised illegal raves in Kings Cross . After over a decade spent in Europe, Mutoid Waste Co have made a come back in the UK. Since their return Denise Felkin has documented their work and followed them to Glastonbury Festival, Rocket Festival, Spain, Brighton

19 Nov - 28 Nov

In Light Of

Bea Haut

An installation using a series of photographs referring to and re-creating the optical illusion of cinema or the zoetrope. The photographs sit as stills yet there is a movement or force that travels through them. This is not only created by presenting them in series, but within them are fluent threads of activity and disorder. This is often only visible by the scatterings left behind and is also delicate evidence of a more interior experience.

06 Oct - 16 Oct - Opening 6 Oct 6-9.30pm

Metapocryphal Chimera

Pascal Ancel Bartholdi

The title reflects the play of interlocking layers within the imagery itself. Each work is a tableau, a visual pun and a mythical narrative .This project comprises three series. 12 Nights and a Queen, History Beasts, and Mythological diaries, all 12 by 16 prints. Linear time is deconstructed through the superposition of spaces as well as through the direct association of people and environments in whose presence real time plays a subordinate part. The memento mori pervasive to portraiture allied to the broken narrative of unidentifiable history lie at the root of this project.

08 Oct - 30 Oct

Dhaka rickshaw riders at work

Kristian Buus

Cheapest mode of transport in Dhaka, Bangladesh is the rickshaw. Traffic in Dhaka is fierce and the heat is excruciating and riding a rickshaw is hard work. All rickshaw riders in Dhaka are men and most do not own their rickshaws but pay a daily rental fee out of their modest daily income. The exhibition is a series of close-up shots of concentrated men pushed to their limits in the midst of Dhaka traffic, all caught in moments of powerful determination.

16 Sep - 06 Oct

Dear Clare magazine - Exploitation of workers in the garment industry in India

Claudia Janke

Photojournalist Claudia Janke looks at the exploitation of garment workers in India, the world's second largest producer of textiles. She raises questions about consumer power and our attitude towards shopping.
The exhibition is in connection with Dear Clare , Janke's self-published, free human rights magazine. http://www.dearclare.com

01 Nov - 30 Nov - Workshops every Thursday in October: 6th 13th / 20th / 27th

TRY FILM!

Workshops Lomography invites all interested analogue lovers to a selection of workshops during Photomonth under the title ‘Try Film!’ Where: The Lomography Gallery Store East London 117 Commercial Street London 020 7426 0999 eastlondon@lomography.com When: 1pm each Thursday in October Pop into the store or phone to book into a workshop 6th October – 1pm La Sardina Try the newest wide angle camera from Lomography. Be shown the ropes by our resident Lomographic experts into the ways and how’s of this little sardine can of delights and then take a walk around the neighbourhood to shoot some east end delights. Tickets are £15 and include a presentation, lend-a-camera, a roll of film, 10% discount on processing and a ‘winning shot’ printed, mounted and exhibited at in the gallery store throughout November and as part of Photomonth! 13th October – 1pm Meet Diana Now a classic amongst the Lomography stable…meet the Diana and be given a peek into the tricks and tips of her trade. Shoot around the area in medium format and have a whole lot of lunchtime fun in the process! Tickets are £15 and include a presentation, lend-a-camera, a roll of film, 10% discount on processing and a ‘winning shot’ printed, mounted and exhibited at in the gallery store throughout November and as part of Photomonth! 20th October – 1pm Lomography Market Come along and take your pick from a whole selection of Lomography cameras. Our in store experts will set you up with whatever takes your fancy and get you snapping like an old hand. Tickets are £15 and include a presentation, lend-a-camera, a roll of film, 10% discount on processing and a ‘winning shot’ printed, mounted and exhibited at in the gallery store throughout November and as part of Photomonth! 27th October – 1pm Young People Need To Try Film! If you are 25 an under please come and take part in a discounted ‘Welcome to Lomography’ workshop. Learn the basics across a selection of our classic cameras and be shown the ropes by our Lomography experts. Tickets are £10 and include a presentation, lend-a-camera, a roll of film, 10% discount on processing and a ‘winning shot’ printed, mounted and exhibited at in the gallery store throughout November and as part of Photomonth! Parties Each Thursday evening during November from 5 – 9pm Lomography UK would like to invite along all Photomonth fans, enthusiasts, photographers and anyone with an interest in analogue photography to a PARTY! Come along and have a beer or two on us, take a look at the exhibition, find out more about Lomography, our cameras, workshops, films and processing and meet some interesting and creative people at the same time.

Exhibition

Try Film!
A panel of Lomography experts will select one image from each workshop participant’s efforts to exhibit during Photomonth throughout November. These large format prints will be available to be collected by the photographer at the end of the exhibition.

Where:
The Lomography Gallery Store East London
117 Commercial Street
London E1 7BG
020 7426 0999
eastlondon@lomography.com

When:
1st – 30th November
Every day from 10 – 7, Thurs 10 - 9

Thursday night parties in november!

Where:
The Lomography Gallery Store East London
117 commercial street
London
E1 6BG

When:
3rd Nov: 5-9pm
10th Nov: 5-9pm
17th Nov: 5-9pm
24th Nov: 5-9pm

03 Oct - 22 Nov

Short Courses and Workshops

Two professional photographers, Spencer Rowell and David George, will teach these classes. They will be run at a reduced rate for Photomonth 2011.
All classes will be held in The Photography Department, Sir John Cass School of Art, Media and Design, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street E1 7PF Aldgate East tube. Booking Essential. Email Spencer Rowell S.Rowell@LondonMet.ac.uk or David George david@david-george.co.uk
YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA A beginners guide to digital capture and image processing with David George
The course will enable you to make the most of your camera and digital technology. Includes some basic Photoshop. Bring your camera with you.
2 weeks: Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, 3 & 10 October
Total course cost: £40, Concessions £35 Limited to 15 places
LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY with Spencer Rowell. A 4 week evening course introducing 10x8 and 5x4 photography. Using large format cameras. Studio work, bring a manageable still life/portrait idea.
4 weeks: Tuesdays 6pm-8.30pm, 4, 11, 18, 25 October
Total course cost: £85, Concessions £60. Limited to 12 places
ALTERNATIVE PRINT PROCESSES FROM DIGITAL FILES with David George
This course will take you through the process of converting digital files into negatives for printing in the black and white darkroom. It will focus on using alternative print processes e.g. Cyanotypes, Van Dyke Browns and silver gelatine. You will make prints in the darkroom. Bring digital files to the first class. Inclusive of materials.
6 weeks: Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, 17, 24 31st Oct & 7, 14, 21. November
Total course cost: £110, Concessions £80. Limited to 12 places
BLACK AND WHITE PROCESSING AND PRINTING FOR BEGINNERS
with Spencer Rowell
This course will take you from film processing and into the black and white darkroom to make silver gelatin prints. Bring an exposed black and white film with you to the first class. (NOT XP2 or any similar C41 process)
4 weeks: Thursdays 6pm-8.30pm, 20, 27, oct 3rd and 10 nov
Total course cost: £85, Concessions £60. Limited to 15 places
IMPROVE YOUR BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING with David George. Intermediate printing to archive presentation level. Silver gelatin prints and lith printing with toning. Bring a negative of any format. Materials supplied.
4 weeks. Tuesdays 6pm-8.30pm, 1, 8, 15, 22 November
Total course cost: £85, Concessions £60. Limited to 10 places
STUDIO LIGHTING AND SHOOTING TETHERED, Beginners /Intermediate.
With Spencer Rowell
This course will take you through aspects of studio lighting and how to shoot tethered in the studio. It will reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of the practice.
4 weeks: Tuesdays 6pm-8.30pm, 1, 8, 15, 22 November
Total course cost: £85, Concessions £60 Limited to 12 places
BEHIND THE IMAGE
With Spencer Rowell
A course of self-expression; bring an object of significance, a found picture, a childhood heirloom. We will examine the significance and produce a self portrait. An psychological discussion followed by image production.
Email for details. 4 weeks: Times and dates tba. Total course cost: £85, Concessions £60. Limited to 6 places

04 Oct - 23 Nov - See Info

Short Courses and Workshops

Spencer Rowell and David George.

SHORT COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Two professional photographers, Spencer Rowell and David George, will teach these classes. They will be run at a reduced rate for Photomonth 2010. All classes will be held in The Photography Department, Sir John Cass School of Art, Media and Design, 59-63 Whitechapel High Street E1 7PF Aldgate East tube. Booking Essential. Email Spencer Rowell info@spencerrowell.co.uk or David George david@david-george.co.uk

Your Digital Camera: A beginners guide to digital capture and image processing with David George.
This course will enable you to make the most of your camera and digital technology. Includes some basic Photoshop. Bring your own camera with you. 2 weeks: Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, 4 & 11 October. Total course cost: £35, concessions £30. Limited to 15 places.

Large Format Photography with Spencer Rowell. A 4 week evening course introducing 10x8 and 5x4 photography. Using large format cameras. Studio work, bring a manageable still life/portrait idea. 4 weeks: Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, 4, 11, 18, 25 October. Total course cost £80, concessions £60. Limited to 12 places.

Behind the Image with Spencer Rowell. The image looked at a deeper level. Your personal journey beneath the image. Bring in an object/photograph/idea that can be (re) photographed, discussed and analysed. Small group sessions involve discussing your personal relationship with the object, photographing and producing an image and/or text of personal worth. 4 weeks: Tuesday 6pm-8.30pm, 5, 12, 19, 26 October. Total course cost: £80, concessions £60. Limited to 8 places.

Alternative Print Processes from Digital Files with David George. This course will take you through the process of converting digital files into negatives for printing in the black and white darkroom. It will focus on using alternative print processes e.g. Cyanotypes, Van Dyke Browns and silver gelatine. You will make prints in the darkroom. Bring digital files to the first class. Inclusive of materials. 6 weeks: Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, 18, 25 October & 1, 8, 15, 22 November. Total course cost: £100, concessions £75. Limited to 12 places.

Black & White Processing and Printing for Beginners with Spencer Rowell. This course will take you from film processing and into the black and white darkroom to make silver gelatin prints. Bring an exposed black and white film with you to the first class. (NOT XP2 or any similar C41 process). Total course cost: £80, concessions £60. Limited to 15 places.

Improve you Black & White Printing with David George. Intermediate printing to archive presentation level. Silver gelatin prints and lith printing with toning. Bring a negative of any format. Materials supplied. 4 weeks: Tuesdays 6pm-8.30pm, 2, 9, 16, 23 November. Limited to 10 places.

Studio Lighting and Shooting Tethered, Beginners/Intermediate with Spencer Rowell. This course will take you through aspects of studio lighting and how to shoot tethered in the studio. It will reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of the practice. 4 weeks: Tuesdays 6pm-8.30pm, 2, 9, 16, 23 November. Total course cost: £80, concessions £60. Limited to 12 places.

04 Oct - 28 Oct

MA Photography, Foyer Gallery

Spencer Rowell, Ian Atkinson, Digby Washer, Mustafa Batibeniz, Victoria Kovalenko

A selection of wall-based work from some of the graduating students on the MA Photography course. A more extensive exhibition of work, "It's a thin line between heaven and here" will be on show at East Gallery in November.

01 Nov - 26 Nov - Private View Thursday 4th November 6p.m. - 8p.m.

Family Photographs

Robin Grierson

Grierson feels that family photographs are "an attempt to preserve love and life, to wrap it up in cotton wool so that nothing can damage it." In Grierson's work the viewer certainly gets a strong sense of the photographer really "seeing" those whom he photographs and that his gaze is wholly connected with his subjects. These photographs are strangely ageless in the sense that one finds it difficult to pinpoint the era when they were taken. Their framing makes little reference to the contemporary and the colour palate is subtle; these photographs are a timeless commentary on family life.

21 Nov - 16 Dec - PRIVATE VIEW Thursday 1st December 6-8pm

Photographs from the London Metropolitan University East End Archive

Including work from the following: Gemma Wyer; Mick Williamson; Paul Trevor; Rod Morris and Heather McDonough’s Photobooth project; Richard Hamilton; Brian, Steve and Don; Susan Andrews

The exhibition will show photographs from the London Metropolitan University East End Archive, which is currently in the process of being constructed as an online digital, educational resource. The archive will consist of bodies of work from photographers/artists who have made work concerning the East End (understood as both a conceptual and geographical place) as well as work generated by the students and staff of the University, reflecting their research interests.

21 Nov - 16 Dec - Preview: 1 December 6-8pm

In Translation ..

Maria Begasse, Sofia Borges, Michele Clement-Delbos, Ian Farrant, Andrew Kennedy, Amin Kojoori, Kasia Kosaka, Karin Manunapichu, Antonio Rizzello, Santa Piterniece

"In Translation .." is a selection of work by some of the London's newly emerging photographers, graduates of MA Photography at Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design. Originating from different countries and with diverse skills they all share a love of photography: issue-based, documentary, aesthetic and photography's potential to be
so many things. Visit www.intranslation.co.uk for more information.

21 Nov - 17 Dec - Private View 1st December 2011 6-8 PM

Shadows of Doubt

David George, Spencer Rowell

Shadows of Doubt: A Psycho-geographical Journey Through Hitchcock’s East End Childhood

The images in the exhibition exploit the ambiguity that arises out of doubt and uncertainty about Hitchcock’s early life. Many people see the origin of Hitchcock’s work in his childhood, but what do we really know about his childhood experiences?

The photographs of David George and Spencer Rowell enquire into Hitchcock’s early memories and the possibility of them being the catalyst for his imagery, charged with childhood fears and anxieties. George looks at the exterior and Rowell the interior.

SHADOWS OF DOUBT: A SYMPOSIUM
24 Nov 2-6pm
Speakers include Dr Nick Haeffner, acedemic and writer on Hitchcock. David George and Spencer Rowell will discuss their work, plus other speakers. Afternoon Tea. Tickets and further information from:- info@UncertainStates.com

06 Oct - 19 Nov

Strange Bedfellows 1 & 2 - off limits

Alissa Alberne, Chris Bucher, Chan-Hyo Bae, John Ferguson, Darlaine Honey, Lea Golda Holterman, Lydia Goldblatt, Sue Golden, Karen Kapoor, George Kavanagh, David Knight, Ginger Lui, Georgina McNamara, Sukey Parnell, Judah Passow, Russ Quackenbush, Claudio Rasano, Alessandro Saponi, Ilya Van Marle, Sophia Wallace plus others

In 'Strange Bedfellows' 1 & 2 the tapestry of life is exposed in all its fragmented complexities. Here the quotidian mixes with the topical, the enigmatic with the provocative. This conceptual, eclectic mix of international photographers’ images, chosen by an artist, presents unions exploring the contrasts and disparities, the illusions and realities of the Zeitgeist. It forms a striking exhibition, in two parts, that reveals the poignant, the paradoxical and the absurd.

Images have been selected from the fine art, commercial and established photographers’ collections at the London Photographic Association and Gallery 1839.

09 Oct - 11am - apprx 3pm

Overground Uncovered Flickr Scavenger Hunt

The new Overground extension on the east London Line runs from Dalston Junction to West Croydon. Here’s your chance to explore! In a race against time teams of photographers will unlock cryptic clues in order to snap transport treasures and local gems. Prizes will go to the first team home (with the most correct answers) and bonus goodies will be awarded for best pictures uploaded to Flickr. You can choose from 2 photographic scavenger hunts - either at Dalston Junction or West Croydon. Contact Michelle Brown at communities@ltmuseum.co.uk with your Flickr ID to book your place. The event may involve travel so have your Oyster Cards ready.

At the museum you can see the exhibition of Overground Uncovered: Life along the Line, which explores over 160 years of history and innovation behind the building of the new line and brunel's Thames Tunnel. www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whatson

04 Nov - 05 Dec - Preview 3 Nov, 7pm

Blink

Natasha Cantwell Jon Bergman Jo Galvin Mikel Krumins Greg Falski Tim Hill Johnny Egdell Rosie Riggir

Light striking the retina burns an image into the viewers mind. Light striking film captures an image. A human can blink and miss it, a camera can blink and capture a delicate moment forever.
It is the artists eye we showcase in Blink, a group exhibition featuring London based photographers and talent from abroad.

15 Oct - 31 Oct

A Visual Ride.

Diego Marando

A visual journey in two wheels. Riding along an autumn Critical Mass in London, the backstreets of Copenhagen and the canals and bridges of Amsterdam, the lenses capture the joy and freedom of Cycling, the artistic view of the bike in an urban context and how pedal power can create an astonishing change in our lives, the change to independence. Close ups also to be found

04 Nov - 17 Nov

The Donhou Bicycles Workshop.

Hal Shinnie

An exhibition of Tom Donhou's award winning bikes accompanied by photography from the workshop by Hal Shinnie, documenting the building process.

01 Oct - 30 Nov - Reception 5 Oct 6-8pm

Burlesque Dress

Maria Coletsis

Burlesque Dress is a collection of portraits taken in the backstage dressing room of a burlesque show, only moments before performance. The images capture a glimpse of the intimate moments of transition to become someone else. The trance- like concentration of this process of change is what inspired this series. The dressing room explores how we socialize, transform our personas and reflects upon what we do to escape the daily routine. My work investigates issues surrounding identity and sexuality.

03 Oct - 31 Dec

Brick Lane Strangers

Rachael Ward

Brick Lane Strangers celebrates the diversity and variety of cultures in one of my favourite areas of London. My passion for people comes alive through the style of portraits, often close-up and captures the essence of London’s edgy and artistic crowd.

01 Oct - 31 Dec

Behind the Whip: Dominatrix Portraits

Maria Coletsis

Behind the Whip is a series of photographic portraits and interviews taken on location in the city and dungeon of each participating global Dominatrix. The photo essays provide an intimate look at the women and the dungeons which make up this fast-growing subculture community and reveal an element of our society which is manifest in the lives of these women. Coletsis invites the viewer to experience the rich and varied sexuality of a multi-racial group of strong, adventurous women.

01 Oct - 31 Dec

Girls UnScene

Heather Shuker

Girls UnScene, deliberately taken without the consent of the subjects, reveals the hidden details of, and the exchanges and interactions between, females in night-club toilets, showing them in unguarded moments when behind closed doors.

14 Sep - 21 Oct

The Black Chronicles

Wayne Miller, George Rodger, Chris Steele-Perkins

Exhibition presented in partnership with Autograph ABP. Curated by Mark Sealy and Renee Mussai.
5 October 6.30pm Autograph ABP Talk 'Race, rights and representation'.
For more information contact: magnum@magnumphotos.co.uk

15 Sep - 13 Nov

Elliott Erwitt - Platinum Prints and Classic Snaps

Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt’s presents four of his most iconic images as editioned, large format platinum prints, in an exhibition of fine photographs spanning Erwitt’s distinguished career. Produced using cutting edge technology these 30”x40” platinum prints feature Erwitt’s photographs of racial segregation in North Carolina, 1950; a kiss reflected in the wing mirror of a car, California, 1955; Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1956 and one of his best loved pictures, Felix, Gladys and Rover, 1976.

Included alongside the platinum set are signed silver gelatin prints of some of Erwitt’s most well-known images from famous portraits to his classic dogs.

01 Oct - 30 Nov

Matchbox Gallery Pop-Ups

Toby Smith, Robert Hackman, Wendy Pye, Marc Schlossman,

Containing nine images from new or ongoing bodies of work, the Matchbox is a high quality mini portfolio that allows the viewer to appraise the work at their own leisure. Due to its unobtrusive size the Matchbox is a pocket gallery on the move. Originally developed in 2009 by Robert Hackman the now 4 Matchbox Photographers will be posting/hosting/bombing a series of miniature pop-up exhibitions. Working in synergy with the timing and locations of major Photomonth '10 events, improvising on the urban space on the fringe of galleries without intruding on the formal space.

01 Oct - 15 Nov

La Donna - Light Paintings

Antonella Fabiani

This exhibition is one of the artist's ongoing projects that evolved from a passion to create intrigue from the ordinary. Antonella's creative philosophy is based around her art as something that continuously develops without a definitive beginning or end. The series includes images for sale in a limited editon of 8. www.antonellafabiani.com

12 Oct - 08 Nov

Torn

HEATHER BLOCKEY

Heather Blockey exhibits accidental art, as seen on the streets. Abstracted colours and shapes giving life to that which is being destroyed and renewed. Unknowingly created by the billboard guys.

09 Oct

Goodbye London

Take part in a photographic adventure that asks you to imagine a London on the brink of apocalypse. Join Shoot Experience at the Museum of London to explore the streets of London in teams, returning with your findings to create one collective artwork, documenting the last days of our dying city. Costumes are very welcome - think end of the world/futuristic (Mad Max, Children of Men, 28 days later...) £12/£8 concs. See http://www.shootexperience.com/goodbyelondon for more details. Pre booking essential.

14 Oct - 25 Oct

Streetmuseum

Streetmuseum lets you glimpse moments in London’s history from the Great Fire of 1666 to the present day. With hundreds of images from the Museum of London’s extensive art and photographic collections, Streetmuseum gives you a unique perspective of old and new London whether you’re discovering the capital for the first time or revisiting favourite haunts.

Select a destination from our London map or use your GPS to locate an image near you. Hold your camera up to the present day street scene and see the same London location appear on your screen.

07 Oct - 31 Oct

TraceScape

Tuomo Rainio

TraceScape (part of: Alice in Wonderland, European Capital of Culture 2011) is a video Installation work on social structure in the public space.

30 Sep - 10 Oct

Where do you think you are going? - photographic gaps

Kairo Uza Jeannette Petrik

Product designer Jeannette Petrik and entomology student Kairo Uza explore the imaginary lives of the objects that surround us, and of the people that appear equally object- like to us in our everyday encounters. Drawing on this observation, they present a series of photographs that challenge our intuitional causal thoughts by exposing their deep grounding in prejudice. Reflecting on this hegemony of pictorial representation, its claim to truth so to say, they fill the gaps their photographic sequences deliberately leave open through the ruthless narrative intervention of other media.

14 Oct - 24 Oct - Private view Thursday 14th October 6-9pm.

The Hermit and The Sleeping Beast

Martin Lau

Intimate portraits of behemoths. A groundbreaking collaboration between the photographer and electroacoustic artists Cos Chapman and Isnaj Dui, who have composed a soundtrack specially for the images, and are performing it live at the private view and the closing day. Limited edition photo book/CD available from opening night.

On one hand the industrial vehicles featured here are “purely” utilitarian objects, but by virtue of the complex and exposed nature of their working parts, they take on an almost Baroque intricacy. It’s because of my deeply felt personal response to these machines that I consider these photographs to be intimate portraits.

28 Oct - 07 Nov - 1 - 6 pm

Reduction

Martin Bardell, Manuel Capurso, Jochen Klein, Richard Kolker and Gillian Vaux

Reduction features new work by five lens-based artists, seeking to experimentally prune that which is potentially not required, as well as explore the merits of a downsized group exhibition.
All five artists are recent alumni from the London College of Communications’ MA Photography course.

11 Nov - 21 Nov

Two hours before.

Arantxa Alcubierre

There is no more important moment for them during the day than those minutes just before the show. Anticipation, concentration, expectation. They are the Cuban National Circus. www.arantxaalcubierre.com

29 Sep - 29th September - 7:30pm

ASA collective slideshow

Various curators and photographers to be confirmed

ASA collective is a non-profit photography collective founded in August 2010 by London based photographers, Armando Ribeiro, Arun Nangla and Srinivas Kuruganti.
ASA believes that visual storytelling can be used as a vehicle to promote reflection and discussion on local, national and global issues. Since founding, its members have worked together to devise and produce a series of educational and photographic projects of which their monthly slideshow events are the most widely recognized. Since 2010 they have presented projects showcasing the work of both established and emerging contemporary photographers.

07 Oct - 31 Oct - 6 october 6-9pm

Cold Blooded

Eline van den Boogaard

Eline’s focus in Cold Blooded is on the alienation of the role of nature in the modern urban environment; she looks at the need to fill the ensuing gap, with increasingly detached and abstract references that are recontextualised to suit our purposes.

Eline works solely within a carefully set studio space, borrowing elements from the tactile world and repositioning them alongside her subjects as fetishised objects.

Shooting on transparency film so as to bring out a vibrant sense of colour, these images also serves to juxtapose natural colours with the artificial, again problematising our awkward relationship with nature and beauty.

30 Sep - 12 Nov - Private View 30th Sept 6- 9 pm

Muniments: Iran

Afshin Dehkordi

Muniments is the first UK solo show of the photographic and text installation work of the Iranian born British artist Afshin Dehkordi. Focusing on the tangled and contradictory relationships between Iran and the West, Muniments peels open the subtle layers of public and private ownership in contemporary Iranian society.

The works display the underlying drama and construction of the ‘story’, inherent within the language of journalism and an important concern within Muniments. A shift in awareness occurs as the mix between migration, architecture and borders reveals seductive social and personal ideals or longings that are sharply displaced from focus.

29 Sep - 10 Oct

Shoot Nations

A selection of project photos from the annual Shoot Nations youth project which aims to present the views of young people to the highest form of government, the United Nations. Following an exhibition in the UN lobby, this year's theme is CITY LIVING and will see submissions from young people (11-25) from all over the world.
See shootnations.org for more info.

14 Oct - 25 Oct

Photomonth Photo-Open

Sponsored by theprintspace, curated by alternative arts. photography show open to all kinds of photographers, the aim is to exhibite a wide range of subjects and approaches, all images will be screened and a selection printed. Entry forms may be obtained from info@alternativearts.co.uk or download at www.photomonth.org The exhibition will include images from the photomonth youth programme and youth photography award.

14 Oct - 17 Oct

Photomonth Photolounge

Melissa Aherne, Suelan Allison-Modrzejenski, Dilan Bozyel, Annalisa Brambilla, Christopher Burrows, Jon Cardwell, Kerry Clark & Gemma Donovan, Natalie Dybisz, Kaitlyn Elphinstone, Brian Galloway, Duncan Godfrey, David Handley, Paulo Henrique, Alex Grace Hopps, Tracy Howell, IdeasTap, John Matthews, Alex Rankin, Steve Schofield, Paula Smith, Andy Spain, Miki Takahira, Graham Vaughan, Sarah Wilson.

An exciting new project introducing emerging photographers each with their own independent exhibition in the photomonth photolounge. For full information on all exhibitions see the photolounge listings (http://2010.photomonth.org/listings/photolounge). To hire space in the photolounge contact tamsin@trumanbrewery.com

15 Oct - 21 Oct

PHOTOBOX - The Worlds Biggest Photobook

Amazement knows no age, gender…or species!

How about turning into an ant for a day and getting a different perspective on the world?

Come and join us at the Old Truman Brewery and be captivated by the sheer size of the biggest photobook known to man.

This 4.2m x 6.2m beast, a ‘Honey I Shrunk the Kids’ experience, will leave you speechless. Look up and admire the nation’s snappy handy work, who raced against the clock to capture in photos every nook and cranny of our beautiful world in just 80days.

You Must Never Leave This Place online

Linda Duffy

You Must Never Leave This Place is an ongoing project that has developed out of a series of conversations over the last ten years. It is the outcome of a process of listening, looking and learning. Of collecting stories and taking photographs.

The stories are of life experience and interests pursued with enthusiasm; of home, family, ancestors and local lore. The photographs, taken in and around the family home, are an attempt to capture a sense of time and place.

This exhibition includes an edited selection of images from the series.

Lush online

Alix Edwards

Can't afford to go to the Caribbean? LUSH brings the tropics to you with a bright, vibrant colour infusion of the flowers and spices that awed the traders who 'discovered' them and are now an integral part of Hackney life.

Luminous online

Nirmala Savadekar

Images printed in alternative processes with platinum and gold

Inside online

Mandy Williams

‘Inside’ is a series of still video images. The work, which was shot from the street at dusk over a period of two months, explores the idea of home as a sanctuary, retreat or cell. It captures people, self-contained in their routines at the end of the day, as similar repetitions play out across the city. It is inspired by Bachelard’s Poetics of Space and the lit house as a beacon, hut, and refuge and Derek Jarmans’ video ‘Journey to Avebury’ where a lyrical approach to landscape highlights the mystical and ritual elements of place.

Paul Trevor Online Book Launch online

Paul Trevor

Online book launch of Paul Trevor's EYE POD, a book dummy capturing his experience on the iconic London Eye. Undertaken in the Eye's first year of operation, the complete project can be seen for the first time. The launch coincides with the 10th anniversary of this new London landmark.

http://issuu.com/paultrevor/docs/eye_pod

Paul Trevor can be contacted at paul.trevor@gmail.com

Shit London online

Patrick Dalton

Shit meaning – unspecified item(s), ‘stuff’, ‘thing(s)’.

NOT, ‘London is shit’. I love this city.

These are photographs of the unintentional human comedy that surround us in the city. It’s the flotsam and jetsam of city life , the overlooked minutiae, the tragic, the grotesque and the basest of base. It’s the adapted posters, the dirty joke on the back of a van, the mispelt signs, the glory hole in the public loo, that weird shop down the end of your road and the knob graffiti strategically placed for maximum effect.

Out of the Loop online

Graham Barker

‘Out of the loop’ is a series of photographs of plastic waste in the Regent's Canal, Hackney.

These images have been carefully selected for their an ‘ambiguous’ appeal – looking surprisingly life-like, more like strange organisms discovered in the barren depths of our deepest oceans than plastic bags affected by the harsh conditions of the canal.

‘Out of the loop’ refers to waste material that has escaped recycling and which cannot compost or safely biodegrade into the natural environment.

Backyard Magazine online

Jonathan Goldberg, Katherine Green, George Plemper, David Solomons, Paul Tucker, Graeme Webb

The first issue of Backyard Magazine launches on the 5th November! It showcases the work of photographers who love to explore and capture their neighbourhoods. For the first issue we’ve kept it close to home and have selected work based in and around London.

It has been curated by photographer Mark Burton and features fantastic work from Jonathan Goldberg, Katherine Green, George Plemper, David Solomons, Paul Tucker and Graeme Webb.

Backyard focuses on projects close to a photographer’s heart and home. We feature photography with an international flavour, but by the photographers and artists who live and work there.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): a homage to you in Hackney online

Alix Edwards

This exhibition is inspired by mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd each year. In Mexico friends and family gather together to celebrate and pray for family members and friends who have died. Alix Edwards documents what we do in East London to celebrate and let go of our loved ones when they have died, particularly in unexpected or tragic circumstances and she hopes these images will inspire us all to ask what we can do as individuals to prevent such deaths from happening in the future.

Imago Corporis online

Yvanne Teo

An exploration of our states of being through a series of snapshots of the body in various unique yet characteristically recognised demeanours.

Fugitive Images/In Wait online

Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Lasse Johansson, Tristan Fennell

“In Wait” is a visual essay on the Haggerston West & Kingsland estates in Hackney, east London, in the process of demolition and re-building. The 56 photographs document the spaces left behind when people were moved out. Despite residents living in limbo for over 30 years as refurbishment plans were continuously proposed, shelved and re-proposed, the images highlight their innovative solutions to the difficulties of continuing to live while an idea and a set of buildings were being abandoned around them.

Immerse online

Mandy Williams

An online exhibition of video stills of the sea located close to where the photographer lived as a teenager. The images are a visceral response to the physical landscape, an exploration of place through emotion and memory.

06 Oct - 02 Nov - Preview 6 October 7pm

Mother Africa

Pierre Vannoni (France)

"Mother Africa" illustrates 15 years of african journeys & memories where the artist Pierre Vannoni experienced magical moments, discovering and sharing the roots and traditions that are characterizing the motherland Africa.
From Mali to Senegal, via Chad and Burkina Faso, Pierre Vannoni leads the visitor through an African journey & history with striking color and black&white instants and portraits.
The exhibition at Open The Gate in Dalston is the opportunity to engage dialogue with local residents, sharing their journeys and stories about our African Roots. Pierre Vannoni will be realizing a photo documentary in complement of the exhibition from 22nd October.

24 Nov - 31 Dec - Opening 24 November 7pm - 12am, Live music

KENYA - Fundraiser Photographic Exhibition

Michael Antoniou

Photographer Michael Antoniou will launch his first solo exhibition at Open The Gate in Dalston, displaying photos taken on a recent trip to Kenya. The exhibition will highlight life in the slums of Nairobi including the devastating dumpsite in Dandora, as well as the beautiful landscape and wildlife present in this amazing land.

With 10% of all image sales going towards the Kenyan charity Anno's Africa, the charity will use this income to teach children art and photography in the slums, we are calling on everyone to donate any old camera equipment you may have to help this cause.

30 Sep - 22 Oct

Black Britannia

John Ferguson

Black Britannia features a selection of striking portraits taken by John Ferguson, Fleet Street's first black photographer in the 1980's, of some of the most well known – and less familiar - inspirational black men and women who have risen to the top of their chosen fields.
The exhibition aims to highlight the achievements of these individuals, by promoting a positive image of black Britons and raise peoples awareness of the contributions made to UK culture, economy and life by black Britons.

03 Nov - 23 Nov - 3 November 7-9pm opening

Santeria : Afro-Cuban religion

Julio Etchart

Santeria is a syncretic religion of West African and Caribbean origin. Julio Etchart visited Cuba many times to follow established santero priests on their visits to the faithful to capture the charged atmosphere of the sessions, with people falling in trance and being possessed by the spirits of dead relatives and beloved ones.

02 Oct - 01 Nov - 8pm

Atrocities of the brave people who dared gaze directly into the face of The Monkey God

Michael Marks, Helen Howard and Dan Avenell

…Exhibiting rare archive atrocities of the brave people who dared gaze directly into the face of The Monkey God Of Rock & Roll, and lived to tell the tale. Well, some of ‘em.
A one-off visual history of onstage extremes, from early Cramps/Sonic Youth/Hole and so on, through Gallon Drunk, Nick Cave & all the rest, up to the present day, in Hell; D-66/Deptford Beach Babes/Lux Condo/Nick Marsh/Birds Of Paradise/Rasp Thorne And The Briars/Tropics Of Cancer/Hot Gothic & more… The Horror Continues.
Likely that some of you lot might have been there. Or even played.

04 Oct - 30 Nov - Daily 12-6

The Outside World Presents ...

Phil Clark-Hill, C.A.Halpin, Justin Westover, "TAKE AWAY", Michael Hesz, Camilla Broadbent, Dougie Wallace,

A series of over six shows taking place during Photomonth, these will range from weekly shows by Phil Clark-Hill (Made In Coorg, Documentary),C.A.Halpin (Painter/Photographer & The Outside World Director), Justin Westover ('Untitled' Portraits),'TAKE AWAY' (Open Submission group show), Michael Hesz (Bingo & Social Club, Documentary), Camilla Broadbent ('My Better Angel' Documentary), Dougie Wallace (Reflections on Life, Documentary) and several other supporting exhibitions.
Satellite shows will run from one to four days encompassing a wide range of artists and photographers. There will also be competitions, submissions and several POP-UP shows.

01 Oct - 30 Sep - 24/7

Overlay Project Hackney

Various including Alix Edwards

Alix Edwards is one of the first four artists to have her work on show in THE OVERLAY STREET GALLERY.

Comissioned by CIDA the Cultural Industries development agency, these pictures are displayed on the hoarding which surrounds the new 'Arthaus' building in Richmond Road, Hackney.

The artists will be rotated every 3 months giving 28 Artists the opportunity to display their work on a rolling period. Arthaus presents 69 apartments and 2 town houses as well as studio space for artists, designers and media professionalswill be in place for about 12 months so get down to Hackney and

03 Oct - 29 Oct - Oct 6 7pm

Control

Pablo Allison Ann-marie Conlon Garry Cook Clare Danek Sian Gouldstone Peter Mearns Dave Rawlinson Petra Stridfeldt Gemma Thorpe

Nine photographers examine the theme of Control - how our lives and environment is controlled.
Part of the London Photomonth Festival

Control is a collaborative project by photographers with strong connections to the north of England. The project brings together nine photographers under the mentorship of book publisher Dewi Lewis, to create a unified body of work under the theme of control.

Each photographer has set out to explore aspects of control, or indeed lack of control, through a variety of subjects from the architecture of educational institutions, to individuals seeking to regain control over their own lives, the human lack of control

03 Oct - 29 Oct - Preview 6 October 7-9pm

Control

Pablo Allison Garry Cook Ann-marie Conlon Clare Danek Sian Gouldstone Peter Mearns DaveRawlinson Petra Stridfeldt Gemma Thorpe

Control is a collaborative project by nine photographers with strong connections to the north of England, brought together under the mentorship of publisher Dewi Lewis.

Each photographer has set out to explore aspects of control, or indeed lack of control, through a variety of subjects,: the architecture of educational institutions; individuals seeking to regain control over their own lives; questioning areas of 'wilderness' and human impact on them; exploring the controlling factors which impact on people’s everyday lives in China, and perhaps the most powerful act of self-control, a study into vows of silence.

29 Sep - 12-8pm

AOP PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARDS 2011

Exhibition and Workshops

There are a lot of photography competitions out there for professionals but the AOP Photographers Awards is still regarded as the original and the best - a celebration of exceptional work by the industry’s elite. This competition is only open to Full & Provisional Photographer Members of the AOP. It is regarded as THE awards competition for professional photographers and being selected for entry into the book and accompanying exhibition is considered one of the highest accolades available to photographers around the world.

03 Nov - 30 Nov

Past Perspectives

Colin O'Brien

Colin O’Brien was born in London and his pictures record the passing decades in this great capital city. His black & white photographs look back over sixty years. The urban landscapes capture people off guard in run-down buildings and streets which have now been cleaned up or demolished.

The commonplace is so often overlooked but it could be argued that these images are an important documentation of a way of life that has long since ceased to exist.

This unique personal archive allows us to look back at our recent past.

29 Sep - 09 Oct

Space Perception

Mageli Avezou David Calverley-Morris, Alex Davies, Christine Donnier-Valentin, Gabriela Fabrowska, Alexander Page, Jo Phipps, Martin Robinson, Eva Roovers

SPACE PERCEPTION

Group show by recent Central Saint Martins graduates and current MA students from London College of Communication.

The interest towards construction of spatial identity and the interaction between people and their surrounding, are at the base of the works included. The output is an interesting result of working methods; from documentary, research style to conceptual and abstract approaches.

PRIVATE VIEW: THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 18.00 – 21.00

Open: 29 september – 9 October: Thursday till Sunday 12.00 – 18.00
extra: 29 September (opening) + 6 October (1st Thursday) 18.00 – 21.00

03 Sep - 09 Oct

Hackney Revisited: 1985 to 2011

Berris Conolly, and Alex Pink.

A collaboration by two urban photographers who have each photographed the London Borough in different decades. Berris Conolly lived in Stoke Newington until 1988 and over the course of several years built up a unique collection of medium format black and white documentary images from all over the borough.
Alex Pink lives, works and photographs in Hackney and East London. He has revisited the places where Conolly once stood, and photographing in colour has documented the differences, presenting an intriguing and fascinating insight into the changeable nature of urban spaces; some locations are almost unrecognisable whils others remain surprisingly similar.

08 Oct - 27 Nov

Last of the Real High Streets

Colin O'Brien, Jane Egginton

Words and images gathered over the last year tell the story of Chatsworth Road. Situated in Hackney this high street, filled almost exclusively with independent shops,
is a rarity in modern Britain. The butchers ‘Mighty Meats’ and the ‘Chatsworth Tyre Service’ have been run by the same family for decades. A deli, juice bar and coffee shop have recently
opened each playing their own part in keeping alive this peculiar and wonderful street. The Olympics (a stone’s throw away) and the revival of the street market, once Hackney’s biggest, could see this fascinating stretch of road change beyond all recognition.

PHOTOCHATS WORKSHOPS
10, 17, 24 Oct & 7, 14, 21 November 1pm-5pm
Introduction to Black & White Printing and Film Processing courses. Open to all. £40. Contact peteryoung@yahoo.co.uk or call 020 8986 9283. Traditional colour and black & white darkrooms available for hire throughout each week.

23 Sep - 19 Nov

JOACHIM FROESE: Archive, and ANDRE PENTEADO: Dad's Suicide

JOACHIM FROESE ANDRE PENTEADO

This exhibition brings together two photographers whose work is concerned with the death of a parent. Taking different approaches to a very sensitive subject, the making of the projects were a type of therapy for the photographers as they dealt with the sense of loss and grief.

30 Sep - 20 Nov

ARA

Sunara Begum

Ara is a new exhibition by the contemporary visual artist and filmmaker Sunara Begum that explores the world of a mythical figure and icon called Ara. The exhibition includes photography, film and installation, which opens a dialogue between the old world and the new.

Ara is a symbolic character who lives between worlds and embodies the journey of displacement from homeland to the diasporic experience. She is an illusive figure who moves through time and space with a shadowy presence of a bygone era. Reflecting on her beginnings through dreams and memories, Ara travels the path that lies beyond tradition.

01 Oct - 26 Nov

Guantanamo: If the Light Goes Out/ Letters to Omar

Edmund Clark

Edmund Clark is best known for his powerful, thoughtful and beautiful images exploring the consequences of control and incarceration. "Guantanamo: If the light goes out" illustrates three experiences of home: the naval base at Guantanamo, the complex of camps where the detainees have been held, and the homes where former detainees now find themselves trying to rebuild their lives. "Letters to Omar" is a selection of cards and letters sent to Brighton resident Omar Deghayes during his five years of captivity. Together, these two projects create a sense of the hardship and isolation these innocent men endured.

06 Oct - 8pm

Voyage: A Retrospective

Phil Maxwell & Hazuan Hashim

Filmakers Phil Maxwell and Hazuan Hashim and muscian Lola Perrin present a retrospective of works created over the past five years and performed around the world.

11 Oct - 24 Oct

Thames Barrier to Teddington

Various - documentary project running from end of July-end of September on http://londonist.com in partnership with Shoot Experience. Open to all. Best pictures will be picked for exhibition.

Documenting the river from Thames Barrier to Teddington: The Second Londonist Photography Challenge.

We will create an interactive map of the photos along the banks of the river and capture a diverse composite snapshot of the River Thames in 2010, as seen through Londoners' camera lenses.

Run by Londonist in partnership with Shoot Experience

http://londonist.com

16 Oct - 30 Nov - Monday - Sunday 11am -7pm and by appointment

Young Masters at the Courtauld presented by The Cynthia Corbett Gallery

LLuis Barba

Lluís Barba modernizes the Old Masters by displacing the original narrative with contemporary characters simultaneously shocking and delighting the viewer.
The exhibition coincides with the 2010-2011 exhibition Exhibitionism.

20 Oct - 31 Oct

London Independent Photography 22nd Annual Exhibition

Various photographers from London Independent Photography (LIP)

London Independent Photography is a community organisation for amateur and professional photographers with more than 500 members. Our activities are designed to bring together photographers with different interests and levels of expertise who wish to develop their personal approach to photography, improve their skills and gain recognition for their work.

The LIP Annual Exhibition provides a platform for members to exhibit their best work from the previous year.

Our exhibition selectors this year come from the very heart of London's photographic community: Lucinda Chua (Proud Central) and Paul Ellis (Photofusion).

22 Oct - 23 Oct

Room 16: A Place to Stay

Sayed Hasan

Where do you go if you need a place to stay in the city? There is no one around to put you up or you want your own space, would like your own key. For the short time you are in the city you want to come and go as you please.

'Room 16: A Place to Stay' is a temporary installation of photographic work based on Sayed Hasan's experiences of living in a South East London hostel, the New Cross Inn. This intimate exhibition is situated in the very room he occupied.

06 Nov - 12 Nov

PHOTOMONTH PHOTOWALKS

A programme of history walks for photographers has been specially devised with professional guides and photographer to assist. Each walk will last approximately 2hrs 30mins and there will be ample opportunity to explore the areas chosen and create original images. Each walk costs £20 and booking in advance is essential. info@alternativearts.co.uk

Sunday 6 November 11am – 1.30pm
THE PORTER’S PATH
Walk Hackney’s ancient Porter’s Path from the Town Hall to Regent’s Canal, taking in the buildings, shops and people connected with the route, through London Fields to Broadway Market. Using historical photographs from Hackney Archives, learn about the trades of Broadway Market, past and present. Find out about the people who lived and worked here in Victorian and Edwardian times. See how much the area has changed, be inspired to photograph buildings, architectural details and help create a new record of this fascinating area as an archive for future generations to enjoy. Led by Emily Jost from the Hackney Museum and photographer Heather McDonough. Meet at 11am on the steps of Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street E8. Tickets £20 payable in advance. Booking essential info@alternativearts.co.uk
Saturday 12 November 10.30am-1pm
STOKEY – PAST & PRESENT
For centuries this hidden London village was home to dissenters and radical writers such as Daniel Defoe and ‘gothic’ Edgar Allen Poe. This varied tour provides a variety of photogenic spots including a ‘castle’ two churches, Clissold Park, The local shops and street life of Stoke Newington Church Street and the natural beauty of Abney Park Cemetery. Led by Blue Badge Guide Rachel Kolsky and photographer Heather McDonough. Meet at 10.30am outside Manor House tube Station Exit 3. Tickets £20 payable in advance. Booking essential info@:alternativearts.co.uk

11 Oct - 16 Oct

Collection 2011

Anne Clements, Daniilas Galickis, Chris Mammone, Steve Schofield, Gisela Torres, IdeasTap

Photomonth presents a selection of fine photographers
ANNE CLEMENTS Images from the series 'Facing the World'.
DANIILAS GALICKIS Work from three different projects ‘A Place to Be’, ‘Year of the Ox’ and ‘Burgers, Chips and Pizza’.
CHRIS MAMMONE Candid compositions of an English seaside town and a street documentary on the day of the royal wedding.
STEVE SCHOFIELD Hyper-real images reflecting the sitters desire to create a utopian existence.
GISELA TORRES ‘Virgin, Bride, Whore, Widow’ from the series ‘Faces of Eve’.
IDEASTAP Photographic Award in association with Magnum Photos
Open to UK-based photographers aged 16-30 in the categories of Photojournalism, Environmental and Conceptual. The 12 shortlisted applicants will be exhibited and 6 category finalists from two different age groups will be selected to create a multi-media photo essay with the final 2 winners awarded a Magnum internship in London or New York. www.ideastap.com

05 Oct - 7.30pm

PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Sarah Moon

Sarah Moon

Texture, surface, seeing, believing, dreaming, it is difficult to summarise Sarah Moon’s fantastical photography which after almost thirty years of image-making has made her a legend in her own lifetime. Working extensively in photography and film, she has also published over a dozen books.

Sarah will be giving a rare insight to the thoughts and motivations behind her films and photography. Tkts £10 in advance www.photovoice.org

10 Nov - 19 Nov

PhotoVoice Public Training Courses

BOOK NOW for 1 day and 3 day PhotoVoice workshops in participatory photography held in Dalston, London E8. www.photovoice.org

One-day course -November 10 for people with a photographic background keen to gain an overview of the processes, principles and key elements of participatory photography methodology, with a focus on participation and facilitation.

Three day workshop November 17,18 &19 for photographers, social change practitioners and other professionals interested in an overview of participatory photography methods and the key elements of designing, running and facilitating a participatory photography project.

11 Nov - 7.30pm

PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Mary McCartney

Mary McCartney

Mary McCartney's work has spanned the worlds of portrait and fashion photography. Her style lies in finding a moment that gives us a new insight on the subject.
She took the first official photographs of Tony and Cherie Blair with their newborn son, Leo and was invited into the private world of the elite Corps De Ballet. Mary will be talking about her colourful career and ‘From Where I Stand’ a retrospective book of her photographic work to date. Tkts £10 in advance www.photovoice.org

23 Nov - 6pm

PhotoVoice Auction of Exceptional Photographs

The auction showcases editioned and signed prints by photography legends and future masters. Contributors include Massimo Vitali, Herb Ritts, Larry Fink, David Hurn, Susan Meiselas, Simon Roberts and Anastasia Taylor-Lind. All the prints are auctioned in aid of PhotoVoice, an award winning international charity whose projects provide participants with self-confidence, an outlet for self-exploration and self-expression, an opportunity to raise awareness of their situation and to advocate for change and transferable IT and media skills. Tkts £20 in advance www.photovoice.org

02 Dec - 7.30pm

PhotoVoice Lecture Series - Anastasia Taylor Lind/Marcus Bleasdale

Anastasia Taylor Lind Marcus Bleasdale

Anastasia Taylor Lind studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales Newport and the London College of Communication and is currently based in Syria. She is represented by the VII Mentor program.
Anastasia won the Guardian photography award for her portrait of a Kurdish female fighter.
As one of Britain's emerging talents in photojournalism Anastasia will be in conversation with Marcus Bleasdale sharing and comparing experiences of front line photography.
Marcus Bleasdale has received much acclaim for his work and is widely published. He spent eight years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and has won several major awards from international organisations including Amnesty & UNICEF.

Tkts £10 in advance www.photovoice.org

16 Nov - 18 Nov

PhotoVoice Training Workshops

Drawing on PhotoVoice’s award winning expertise and the extensive learning gained from running participatory photography projects with marginalised communities around the world, experienced trainers deliver fast paced, participatory workshops that create a forum for questions and discussions within the field. Photographers, social change practitioners and other professionals are invited to this three day PhotoVoice workshop in designing, running and facilitating a participatory photography project.
Please see website for pricing. Places are limited, so book early.

14 Sep - 18 Nov - 14-16 Sept 2011 & 16-18 Nov 2011

PhotoVoice Training Workshops

Designing & Running Participatory Photography 3 Day Training Workshops 14-16 Sept 2011 & 16-18 Nov 2011

The 3-day course provides a comprehensive introduction to understanding, designing, managing and facilitating a participatory photography project.
The course covers key aspects of participatory photography including practicalities, methodologies, ethics, participatory tools, facilitation and participatory frameworks.

Please follow the link to our website, for more information and to book!

http://www.photovoice.org/whatwedo/training/training-workshop