Photography Exhibition : Aberfeldy

Through The Looking Glass : David Peat


If you've never heard of photographer David Peat here's your big chance. He has an exhibition of his street photography at the Watermill Gallery in Aberfeldy and the BBC website has a lovely slideshow of some of his images. Here's a link to the BBC slideshow ... link


11th June 2011 - 25th July 2011
Admission : Free

The Watermill
Mill Street
Aberfeldy
Perthshire
Scotland
PH15 2BG

Tel : 01887 822896

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

Alex Villar : Hansberg and Woolf


Alex Villar is a New York based artist and this month he has a solo show on at Hansberg and Woolf. The show includes video art, photography and installation.

Here's a link for more details ... link

Admission : Free

24 June 2011 - 15 July 2011

Tue-Sat -> 11:00 - 18:00

Hansberg and Woolf
49 Cochrane Street
Glasgow
G1 1HL
Scotland

Tel : 07580 287422

Photography Competition : Glasgow

6x4 Panoptic Challenge : Trongate 103


Here's a great chance to get involved in the Merchant City Festival, get out in Glasgow with your camera and get £100 in photography vouchers.

On Saturday 23rd July you receive 6 themes. Then go out, experience the festival, and take 6 photographs showing your interpretation of each theme. Your photographs will be printed and, on Sunday 24th, displayed in the atrium space at Trongate 103. The most original and inspiring photographs will be selected as winners and the best overall entry will win a prize of £100 photography vouchers.

Summary:-
Sat 23rd: Photographs taken at any time between 10:00 - 14:00
Sun 24th: Photographs will be displayed in an exhibition 14:00 - 18:00

Here's a link for more details ... link

Admission : Free

Trongate 103
Glasgow
G1 6HD
Scotland

Tel : 0141 276 8380

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

Lindsay Docherty : Highrise

On at the Hillhead Library (Glasgow) in June is a photography exhibition by Lindsay Docherty. Lindsay's dramatic black & white images form part of the West End Festival and Refugee Week. They document the lives of residents in Glasgow's high rise blocks.

3 June to 26 June 2011

Mon - Tue & Thu; 10:00 - 20:00
Wed; 10:00 - 17:00
Fri & Sat; 9:00 - 17:00
Sun; 12:00 - 17:00

Admission : Free

Hillhead Library
348 Byres Road
Glasgow
G12 8AP
Scotland

Tel : 0141 339 7223

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

The Glesga That I Used To Know : Scotland Street School


Scotland Street School Museum (in Glasgow) is a Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece. And from 3rd June 2011 until January 2012 it's giving you a chance to see Glasgow of the 1970's. Photographs taken during that decade will be on display and they show Glaswegians going about their daily lives as the city's landscape transforms around them. These are the kind of exhibitions I love. Here's a link for more details ... link

3 June 2011 to January 2012

Tues - Thurs & Sat > 10:00 - 17:00
Fri & Sun > 11:00 - 17:00



Admission : Free

Scotland Street School Museum
225 Scotland Street
Glasgow
G4 0RH
Scotland

Tel : 0141 287 0500

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

Business as Usual : Jenny Wicks

Jenny Wicks has an interesting exhibition on at the moment; it's on in The Arches in Glasgow. She is displaying a collection of photographs depicting moments in the life of 89-year-old identical twins and former mechanics Dick and Ted. Apparently they are considered local heroes in their home of Preston. Not superheroes mind; that would be Tom Finney.

Here's a link to the exhibition ... link


6 April to 23 May 2011

Mon-Sat > 10:00 - 23:00
Sun > 12:00-22:00
Admission : Free

The Arches
253 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G2 8DL
Scotland

Tel : 0141 565 1000

Photography Exhibition : Livingston

Analogue Decay : Alastair Cook

The Howden Park Centre in Livingston is a fantastic venue I recently discovered. At the moment it has an interesting photography exhibition by photographer Alistair Cook. In these days of sterile digital imagery it's refreshing to see images celebrating the imperfections of analogue photography. Alastair explores the natural decay of the chemical process and connections between people, land and heritage.

Here's a link to the exhibition ... link


8 April to 9 May 2011

Mon-Sat > 09:00 - 21:00
Sun > 11:00-18:00
Admission : Free

Howden Park Centre
Howden
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6AE
Scotland

Tel : 01506 777666

Photography Exhibition : Edinburgh

August Sander

Where do you start with the likes of photographer extraordinaire August Sander? By using some of the wordage about him from the National Galleries of Scotland website? Yeah why not?!?

"In the 1920s and early 1930s, a new approach to photography – use of close focus, a greater objectivity and a concentration on modern life – was pioneered in Germany. It closely paralleled the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement in painting, graphics and film, which included the work of Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz and Christian Schad.

One of the major figures of the new German photography and a key figure in the history of photography in general was August Sander. Best known for his portraits, which formed the basis of his commercial studio, he set out on an ambitious project to photograph all layers of German society from the farmers and country-people, through the workers, craftsmen, technicians and industrialists in the towns and cities, on to people who were sick and disabled".

This exhibition is really really a must-see! Here's a link to it ... link to it

12 February to 10 July 2011

Open Daily; 10:00 - 17:00

Admission : Free

The Dean Gallery
75 Belford Road
Edinburgh
EH4 3DR
Scotland

Tel : 0131 624 6200

Art Exhibition : Edinburgh

Auld Reekie : Jamie Primose

Edinburgh I love. Monochrome ink drawings I love. Monochrome indian ink drawings of Edinburgh I adore. Jamie Primose has such an exhibition on at the Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh.

He layers delicate shadowed images of the Old Town, Southside, Marchmont and the Meadows in a timeless journey of contempory art. Jamie has many sell-out collections to his name; you really must see this exhibition. Here's a link for an on line gallery of Jamie's images : link

11 March to 19 March 2011

Mon - Sat > 10:00 - 18:00

Admission : Free

Dundas Street Gallery
6a Dundas Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6HZ
Scotland

Tel : 0131 558 9363

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

The Peroni Collection : Trongate 103

Trongate 103 continues to impress with this exhibition entitled Italian Style on the Silver Screen. The images on show explore the relationship between Italian fashion design and its influence on cinema. The exhibition features rare and never seen before images and costumes from the cinematic world. It's not on for long. Here's a link to the exhibition : link

10 March 2011 to 13 March 2011

10 March > 17:00 - 20:00
11 March - 13 March > 10:00 - 20:00

Admission : Free

The Foyer
Trongate 103
Glasgow
G1 5HD
Scotland

Tel : 0141 552 2151

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

Kurt Tong : In Case It Rains In Heaven

I guess you've all heard of Pete Tong. Yeah? Well Kurt Tong is no relation. Kurt was born in Hong Kong (the birth place/surname rhyme is purely accidental and I only mention it by way of a cheap joke); he is now based in the UK. His work is largely influenced by Chinese traditions and history.

This exhibition shows a series of photographs of items made of joss paper to be burned as offerings for the dead. Originally, coins and animals were buried with the dead, but when that proved too expensive for commoners, they began burning joss paper decorated with seals, stamps, silver or gold paint, as offerings to the spirits to ensure they lived well in the afterlife. In the last 50 years offerings have become more and more elaborate. Objects are molded from the paper, some reflecting traditional culture, but many reflecting the consumer culture which is taking over China. Here's a photography exhibition link to Kurt's photography exhibition : link

4 February 2011 to 3 April 2011

Mondays Closed
Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00

Open until 21:00 on the first Thursday of the month.

Admission : Free

Street Level Photoworks
Trongate 103
Glasgow
G1 5HD
Scotland

Tel : 0141 552 2151

An Act Of Gradual Civilisation

Lorna McParland/The Arches

The Arches in Glasgow has a new photography exhibition (starting in March 2011). The images on show "... were created between 2008 and 2010 as part of a workshop at the Sookinchoot Youth Centre in Vernon, British Columbia. The young people involved were asked to create images based on a simple brief: to create a self portrait without showing their physical likeness. Using their photographs as inspiration, Lorna constructs her own visual response – the photographs in this exhibition and an accompanying book containing both hers and the workshop participants’ photographs."

"The title of this project was taken from the Act to encourage the gradual civilization of the Indian tribes in this Province and to amend the Laws respecting Indians, commonly called the Gradual Civilization Act, a bill passed by the 5th Parliament of the Province of Canada in 1857".

A link to Lorna McParland's exhibition is here : link

9 March 2011 - 4 April 2011

Monday-Sunday : All Day

Admission : Free

The Arches
253 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G2 8DL
Scotland

Tel : 0141 565 1000

Photography Exhibition : London

London Street Photography : The Museum of London

Starting today (February 18th, 2011), the Museum of London has a new exhibition of photography. It's called "London Street Photography", it brings together the works of 59 photographers and I'm guessing it has something to do with street photography in London. If you can't make it down to the "the smoke" you can see some of the images on the BBC website. Here's a link to the BBC website : link

18 February 2011 - 4 September 2011

Monday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00

Admission : Free

Museum of London
150 London Wall
London
EC2Y 5HN
England

Tel : 020 7001 9844

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow

China Through The Lens Of John Thomson : Burrell Collection

John Thomson (1837 - 1921) was a (Scottish) pioneering photojournalist. From 4th February 2011 the Burrell Collection, in Pollok Park, have a major exhibition of his images taken in mid-19th Century China; its landscapes, culture and people. The subject matter is fascinating alone but consider Thomson's importance in the history of photojournalism and you have a significant exhibition.

Here's a link to the exhibition : link

4 February 2011 to 12 June 2011

Monday-Thursday & Saturday 10:00 - 17:00
Friday & Sunday 11:00 - 17:00

Admission : Free

Burrell Collection
2060 Pollokshaws Road
Glasgow
G43 1AT
Scotland

Tel : 0141 287 2550

The Renfrew-Yoker Ferry, Glasgow

Photographic Exhibition of Own Work

At the moment I'm preparing 16 images for my upcoming photographic exhibition; "40 Days To Go : The Renfrew-Yoker Ferry" (working title).

On Friday 19 February 2010 I spent the whole day photographing the death-sentenced Renfrew-Yoker Ferry in Glasgow (Scotland). The ferry service is over 200 years old, at the current site. I photographed the ferry once every hour from when it opened at 06:30am until when it closed at 09:30pm. A long day but the results were well worth it.

The initial venue for my exhibition of 16 images will be the Renfrew Inn (the Inn overlooks the Renfrew side slipway); the date is the last day of sailing (the 31 March 2010).

Here's a few of the images to be featured in my new photographic exhibition.


I have other venues interested in displaying the exhibition. So if you can't make it down to the Ferry Inn, in Renfrew, there will be other places in Glasgow to catch it. I'll keep you posted.

Photography Exhibition : Stirling

37 Steps : Gillian Cooper

This exhibition, on at The Changing Room in Stirling, has me intrigued; artist Gillian Cooper took a photograph of her surroundings after every 37 steps during a single day. There's plenty of reasons for visiting Stirling and this looks to be another. Here's the link to Gillian's exhibition link to Gillian's exhibition.

13 February 2010 to 28 March 2010
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 18:00
(Closed Easter Friday, 2 April 2010)

Admission : Free

The Changing Room
Tolbooth Jail Wynd
Stirling
FK8 1DE
Scotland

Tel : 01786 274005

The Renfrew-Yoker Ferry, Glasgow

Photographic Exhibition


The Renfrew-Yoker Ferry service in Glasgow (Scotland) is over 200 years old, it's the last operational crossing this far upstream, the closest Ferry service to Glasgow City Centre, is only 200 metres wide and it will end on 31 March 2010 (due to SPT budget cuts).

As tribute to this historic service I'm planning a photography exhibition. The venue will be the Renfrew Inn (which overlooks the slipway on the Renfrew side) and the date will be 31 March 2010.

I'll post more details of my new photography exhibition just as soon as they are finalised.

Photography Exhibition : Manchester

Don McCullin : 75th Anniversary Exhibition

If you're thinking of becoming a reportage/documentary wedding photographer the first thing you must learn is you must drop the names of Henri Cartier Bresson and Don McCullin at every opportunity. These names are photographic viagra amongst self-styled (so called) wedding photojournalists.

The Imperial War Museum North is marking Don's 75th year with the largest ever UK exhibition of the great man's work. The exhibition contains over 200 photographs, objects, magazines and personal memorabilia, and shows how war has shaped the life of this exceptional British photographer. Here's a link to the exhibition link

The exhibition starts on February 6th 2010 and if you can't wait until Saturday here's a link to an on line slideshow of his images on the BBC website link to slideshow

Personally I dislike name droppers and name dropping... in fact I was saying this to Don McCullin only the other day.

6 February 2010 to 13 June 2010
Daily 10:00 - 17:00 (until February 28)
Daily 10:00 - 18:00 (from March 1)

Admission : Free

Imperial War Museum North
The Quays
Trafford Wharf Road
Trafford Park
Manchester
M17 1TZ
England

Tel : 0161 836 4000

Photography Exhibition : Glasgow


Current/Upcoming : The Mitchell Library

The Mitchell Library, Glasgow, (the largest public reference library in Europe) has a photographic exhibition of Israeli and Palestinian photographs on at the moment, in the rear foyer.

Starting on 4th February 2010 until 27th February 2010 there will be a photography exhibition by Jean Marc-Milliere entitled "Beautiful Glasgow". Definitely worth a visit. This also will be in the rear foyer (Granville Street). Here's a link to Jean's exhibition link to Jean's exhibition

Mon-Thurs 09:00-20:00
Fri & Sat 09:00-17:00


The Mitchell
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Scotland

tel : 0141 287 2999
email : lil@csglasgow.org

Photography Exhibition : Dundee

Iain Macmillan : From Dundee to Abbey Road

Here's a must-see exhibition for your diary. Iain Macmillan (1938-2006) is the photographer responsible for one of (ok THE) most iconic images of popular music. The Beatles Abbey Road album. This is an overdue retrospective of a forgotten Scottish photographer. The exhibition of Iain's photographs has five themes - the Abbey Road image, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, portraits of 60's celebrities, Dundee tenements in the 1950s and his personal photographic work. Here's a link to the exhibition link to exhibition

27 February 2010 to 3 June 2010
Mon to Sat : 10:00 - 17:00
Sun : 11:00 - 17:00

Discovery Point Cafe Gallery
Discovery Quay
Dundee
DD1 4XA
Scotland

Tel : 01382 201245