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HIGH CONTRAST

Two high profile novels published

this year look at the lives of

fictional photographers.

The Illuminations by Andrew

O’Hagan (Faber) tells the tale of a

soldier returning from Afghanistan

alongside the story of his

grandmother’s pioneering work as a

British documentary photographer.

Sweet Caress by William Boyd

(Bloomsbury) follows a female

photographer as she travels to Berlin

in the 1920s, New York in the 1930s,

then on to London and France during

the Second World War.

bloomsbury.com faber.co.uk

Pinhole photographer Justin Quinnell

will discuss the science, history and

fun of pinhole photography at Bristol

University Union on 24 March at

7.30pm. On World Pinhole Day

(26 April) he will be based at the

visitor centre of Clifton Suspension

Bridge in Bristol, helping people

make pinhole cameras.

pinholeday.org

Calumet have announced a series

of photography workshops at

their stores around the UK. The

workshops are in April and cover

street photography, an introduction

to studio photography, a guide to

DSLRs, intermediate portraiture

photography and Hasselblad art

nude photography.

calumetacademy.co.uk

Lightroom mobile is now available

for Android phones. The app, which

allows users to organise, edit and

share pictures, is already available

for the iPhone and iPad. It’s now

available from Google Play on

a 30-day free trial.

adobe.com

Get your entries in for the Fujifilm

Student Photographer of the Year

2015. The competition is open
      to all UK students and entry is
      free. All images must be taken on
      Fujifilm film. Prizes include £
      worth of film from Fujifilm plus a
      professionally produced folio of
      prints. Deadline: 31 March.
      fujifilmstudentawards.co.uk

NEWS NEWSROOM

News from the black & white world. Edited by Mark Bentley. [email protected]

Pictures from one of the earliest

photography studios in the

world go on show at the Format

International Photography

Festival in Derby.

Glass plate negatives

discovered behind a brick wall

in the basement of photographic

studios WW Winters have been

restored and will be exhibited

at the festival, along with the

studio’s portraits of German

POWs from the First World War.

More than 200 photographers

from around the world are

featured in the festival, which

runs in venues in and around

Derby from 13 March to

12 April. Among the highlights

are Evidence (the seminal 1977

work by Larry Sultan and Mike

Mandel), plus Eternal London

by Giacomo Brunelli (featured

in B+W161) and black & white

work by David Fathi and

Swen Renault.

Louise Clements will curate

work on the theme of evidence

and a one-day conference will be

held on the theme on 10 April.

Other attractions include

exhibitions, portfolio reviews,

talks and masterclasses.

formatfestival.com

Thousands of people are

expected at the Photography

Show at the NEC in Birmingham

from 21 to 24 March.

More than 200 exhibitors will

be there, ranging from the big

camera manufacturers to smaller

independents. Pro photographers

will demonstrate how to shoot

portraits, weddings, travel, street

and wildlife photography.

Other attractions

include advice from Adobe

experts, the best emerging

photographers under 30

years of age and a garden

provided by the International

Garden Photographer of the

Year competition along with

photographers giving advice and

tips on garden photography.

A new app is available which

provides the schedule for the

show, a map, a list of speakers

and exhibitor listings.

photographyshow.com

READY FOR FESTIVAL

JANE

BOWN DIES

GEARING

UP FOR

SHOW

Acclaimed portrait photographer

Jane Bown died last December,

aged 89. She joined the Observer

in 1949 and worked there for

more than 50 years. Editor John

Mulholland described her as

‘part of the Observer’s DNA’.

Her first commission was to

photograph the philosopher

Bertrand Russell. She went on to

take memorable black & white

images of – among many others

• the Beatles, Michael Caine,
  Anthony Blunt and Bjork, as
  well as the defining image of
  Samuel Beckett.
  The National Portrait Gallery
  holds 72 of her pictures. She
  was interviewed by B+W
  Photography in issue 107.

© George Hallett

Godfrey Street D6, 1968, by George Hallett – from Residual: Traces of the

Black Body, a group exhibition shown at the New Art Exchange in Nottingham

from 13 March to 7 April as part of the Format festival.

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