Black & White Photography - September 2015 UK

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Plans are underway to celebrate B+W

the bicentenary of one of the

most innovative photographers

of the 19th century.

Julia Margaret Cameron was

born in 1815 and became a bold

and experimental photographer

whose portraits helped define

the Victorian age.

The V&A in London will

celebrate her work with an

exhibition, Julia Margaret

Cameron, featuring more than

100 pictures, including portraits

of Alfred Lord Tennyson and

Charles Darwin plus some of

her most experimental work.

The exhibition runs from

28 November to 21 February.

Meanwhile the Science

Museum’s Media Space hosts

Julia Margaret Cameron:

Influence and Intimacy from

24 September to 28 March. The

show features 94 images Cameron

compiled for her friend, the

astronomer Sir John Herschel, as

well as rare pictures and objects.

A series of events will also be

held at Cameron’s former home,

Dimbola Museum and Galleries

on the Isle of Wight.

PIONEER HONOURED

Pictures by the UK’s first

female press photographer are

on display at the Museum of

London Docklands.

Christina Broom became

the family breadwinner when

her husband was injured in a

cricket accident in 1903. She

photographed newsworthy

events in London and sold them

as postcards. By the time of her

death in 1939 she had taken

around 40,000 pictures.

The exhibition features

photographs of suffragettes, First

World War soldiers, royal events

and sporting occasions, as well as

letters, notebooks and a cuttings

album. Sharon Ament, director

of the Museum of London, said:

‘This retrospective gives Broom

© Christina Broom/Museum of London

French photographer Claude

Iverné has been named winner

of the €35,000 HCB Award 2015.

The biennial prize is given by

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

to fund a photo project. Previous

winners include Chris Killip, Josef

Koudelka and Vanessa Winship.

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Life Guards S. Raper, Sidney Crockett and William H. Beckham,

13 September 1915 by Christina Broom.

Christina and Winifred Broom,

unknown photographer, c.1915.

Whisper of the Muse by

Julia Margaret Cameron, 1865.

LOMO ART LENS

Lomography has launched a

Kickstarter campaign for the New

Petzval 58 Bokeh Control Art Lens.

The lens has a 58mm focal length

and an aperture range of f/1.9 to

f/16. It will be available in Canon

and Nikon mounts and is expected

to be released in December.

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OVERLAPPING

Pictures that explore the overlap

between photography and the

moving image are on display at

the Wapping Project Bankside in

London until 21 August. Work by

Lillian Bassman, Elina Brotherus,

Deborah Turbeville and Thomas

Zanon-Larcher are on show.

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IN CELEBRATION

UNDER THE BRIDGE

This black & white picture by Indian photographer Bhar Dipayan won

him the Atkins CIWEM Young Environmental Photographer of the

Year 2015. An exhibition of winning pictures from the competition is

at Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre in Cumbria until 7 September.

Families are Living Under the Bridge by Bhar Dipayan. © Bhar Dipayan

PAPERS REPLACED

Permajet has withdrawn its Fibre

Based Warmtone and Double

Sided Portrait papers. The two

papers have been replaced by

Fibre Based Gold Silk 315gsm and

Double Sided Portfolio 230gsm.

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FUNDING

FOR PROJECT

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

ON THE PHONE

DxO has unveiled a high quality

camera that attaches directly to

the iPhone. The DxO One features

a 20.2Mp sensor and f/1.8 lens.

It offers full manual mode and

uses the iPhone display as the

camera’s viewfinder. Price: £499.

dxo.com

the exposure she deserves.’

Soldiers and Suffragettes: The

Photography of Christina Broom

runs until 1 November.

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