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Trent's Favorite Things
Thursday 25 September 2008
Trent Parke
In the final talk of the series My Favorite Things, Trent Parke will be making a fascinating, personal exploration of the various elements of the photographic medium, giving us his own angle on this wonderful art form.
Trent will talk about his photographic experience, artistic inspiration and technical expertise, with reference to the images that have influenced him – both his own and other photographers’.
After the talk, you can join Trent for drinks and more discussion. Places are limited, so book early.
You can find out more about this series here.
Jeff Ladd's Books on Books
Wednesday 17 September 2008
Jeff Ladd has started an exciting new project, under the umbrella of his publishing company ‘Errata Editions’.
The ‘Books on Books’ series is an on-going publishing project dedicated to making rare and out-of-print photography books accessible once again to photobook enthusiasts.
Each edition presents the entire content, page for page, of an original master bookwork that has, until now, been too rare or prohibitively expensive for most of us to experience. These are not facsimiles, but complete studies of those original masterpieces. Through a mix of classic and contemporary titles, the series will span the breadth of practice as it has appeared on the printed page, allowing further study into the creation and meanings of these great works of art.
The first two-thirds of each book shows, page for page, every spread of the original. But Jeff has also commissioned some of the finest writers on photography to contribute a 3000-4000 word essay about each book. As well as discussing the photography, the essays also look at the book object itself, and its relevance in the history of the medium. Other chapters include a short essay on the original book’s production, as well as biographic and bibliographic information of each artist.
You can find out more at Jeff’s fantastic 5B4 website.
Marlow in Moose Mag
Thursday 15 May 2008
Issue 3 of Moose, the Rotterdam art magazine, features a portfolio of images by In-Public photographer Jesse Marlow.
A Very Odd Campaign
Sunday 20 April 2008
As street photographers, we naturally share the concerns felt by many in the photographic community about the recent anti-terror poster campaign from the Metropolitan Police in London.
The campaign has created considerable confusion, and not a little anger. But it’s important to remember that the law regarding filming and taking photographs in public spaces has not changed. There are no restrictions on taking photographs on public land and in public spaces in the UK.
However, the campaign highlights a shifting attitude towards photography in public spaces, and threatens to taint photographers everywhere. Of course public safety is a legitimate concern, but there’s nothing ‘odd’ or necessarily suspicious about taking photographs. And given the varying interpretations of ‘odd’ behavior different people will have, it’s difficult to see the campaign leading to much more than a slew of misguided reports, a lot of wasted police time, and increased harassment for innocent photographers.
Photographing in public places is a basic freedom. We need to monitor these sorts of developments very carefully, and when necessary speak out.
More reaction to the campaign here , here , here , here , here , here , here
Online Street School
Saturday 19 April 2008
Dan Epstein 2008
The web has spurred a revival of street photography, and now there’s a site devoted to students of this exciting and challenging approach to candid photography.
Friend of In-Public Mason Resnick has launched a new website, The World at Street Level, which promotes street photography by showing student work, and providing resources for aspiring street photographers.
The site is dedicated to the work of students of the Perfect Picture School of Photography online course, Street Photography: Finding Order in Chaos. It’s now showing photos by students who’ve completed the first session of the course.
The World at Street Level offers galleries featuring students who have completed Resnick’s street photography course, as well as information about street photography, and testimonials from students who have taken the course.
Mike Mackay of Lichfield, UK, says the class “has ignited in me a passion for photography that I’m finding difficult to contain. A great course!” Meanwhile, Gary Budke of San Fransisco, CA, says that the class “has opened my eyes to a whole new type of photography.”
The four-week course in street photography begins on April 25. Registration is now open here.
Streets of Gold
Monday 24 March 2008
Trent Parke
Street Photography of the Gold Coast
29 Mar 2008 – 11 May 2008
Jeff Carter, John Gollings & Trent Parke
Street life is our shared experience of common places.
The Gold Coast has a very particular street culture of holidaymakers, beachgoers, surfers, glamorous figures – and its fair share of lost souls.
By definition, the street is a very public space – but there are also private, unseen, transitory moments. Moments captured by the keen eye of the photographers in this exhibition.
Jeff Carter worked as a news and freelance photojournalist before coming to the Gold Coast regularly from the mid-1950s. John Gollings, now best known for his architectural photographs, made a study of Gold Coast street scenes in 1974. And Trent Parke has taken the most recent work in the exhibition, over the past year. Parke’s images may look like the results of chance, but they are the result of prolonged and careful observation and great patience.
Eyes on New York
Tuesday 29 January 2008
Jeff Mermelstein (New York 2006)
What’s the difference between someone taking pictures on the street and a “street photographer”?
At this event, Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at The Museum of The City of New York, will lead a panel discussion exploring the tradition of street photography, the skills that make a street photographer, and the contemporary issues affecting the way street photographers work today.
Sean will be joined on the panel by Gus Powell, Jeff Mermelstein and Matt Stuart.
Presented in conjunction with Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell.
The Museum of The City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029
Tuesday February 12th 6.30pm
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
$9 for General Admission
$5 for Museum members, Seniors, and Students
For more information please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395.
Welcome David Solomons
Saturday 26 January 2008
We are really pleased to welcome David Solomons, long-time chronicler of the London streets, to In-public. We hope you like his work as much as we do, and look forward to seeing some great new work from him soon.
Manhattan Noon
Friday 30 November 2007
Gus Powell
Manhattan Noon: Photographs by Gus Powell
Dec 15th 2007 – Mar 16th 2008
The Museum of The City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
New York, NY 10029
This, the first large-scale New York presentation of Gus Powell’s recent photographs, illuminates the midday meanderings of New Yorkers on their lunch breaks – famously captured by Frank O’Hara in his 1964 collection Lunch Poems.
The exhibition features some 40 color images, taken by Powell during his lunch hour, that capture the city’s inhabitants in, as O’Hara wrote, “the noisy splintered glare of a Manhattan noon.”
The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10AM to 5PM.
Jeff's Show at Eye
Thursday 29 November 2007
Jeff Ladd
The Eye Studio Gallery has an exhibition of photographs by Jeffrey Ladd, running from December 6th until January 26th 2008. The show brings together 24 photographs of religious festivals and ceremony in Mexico and Nicaragua. There will be an opening reception on Thursday December 6th from 6-8 pm.
You’ll find the Eye Studio Gallery in Manhattan’s Chelsea gallery district, at 526 West 26th Street. It’s in suite 507 on the fifth floor. Apart from specific event dates and the opening reception, you’ll need an appointment to get into the gallery. You can arrange one by calling (212) 242-1593.
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In-Public was set up in 2000 to provide a home for Street Photographers.
Our aim is to promote Street Photography and to continue to explore its possibilities, we are a non commercial collective. All the photographers featured here have been invited to show their work because they have the ability to see the unusual in the everyday and to capture the moment. The pictures remind us that, if we let it, over-familiarity can make us blind to what’s really going on in the world around us.
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