News
BPPA member Pete Millson has been working on a new project baseda round a local barter and trading scheme in West Dorset. The exhibition will run at Bridport Arts Centre from the 24th of June until the 18th of July. For more details please go to http://petemillson.wordpress.com/lets-project/
Membership fees for 2009/10
For the first time this year we are offering a discount to any member who pays before subscription actually becomes due on the 1st of July.
The cost of full membership remains at £75.00 for the year for the sixth successive year but for those who pay by the 30th of June 2009 that will be discounted to £50.00. Members on a low income can apply for a 50% discount on the full membership, which makes their annual subscription £37.50.
Membership subscriptions are our main source of income and if they are paid promptly we can budget for our activities for the following year. If everyone renews, we would cover all of our running costs and leave a surplus to spend on projects. If you can also persuade your press photographer colleagues to join or re-join us, then we will be able to do even more.
BPPA joins the British Photographic Council
The association has become a member of the new umbrella body created to campaign for the wider photography profession with a single, stronger voice. The NUJ, AoP, CIoJ, EPUK, BAPLA, NAPA, PI, Redeye and BFP will be meeting with government on a series of issues ranging from copyright and orphan works to police harassment and changes to privacy rules.
Newsletters available for download
Members who have missed any of our newsletters can now download PDF versions of them through the members download area. If anyone is regularly missing newsletters then they should contact info@thebppa.com and let us know.
UK09: Documenting post codes
The deadline for the project was may 18th. We have a large number of submissions and we are now looking through them so that we can see where there are any gaps. The project will be published as a web gallery once it has been edited and designed.
BPPA AGM 2009 - 28.05.2009
The date for the BPPA's 2009 AGM was announced in April and the venue is the Johnson Bar at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on London's Fleet Street. The agenda was circulated to members in advance through the newsletter and a report on the meeting will be published shortly after.
The waiting is almost over... The books are printed, bound, wrapped in plastic , boxed and loaded onto pallets. They have arrived in the UK from the presses in Italy and will be on sale from Wednesday 25th March 2009.
About UNSEEN
In 2004 our ground-breaking retrospective book and exhibition Five Thousand Days underlined our commitment to bringing outstanding photography to the public. Since then we have been constantly working on new projects, and new ways to showcase our members’ work. UNSEEN is the culmination of one such project. It highlights one of the Association's every day frustrations: that huge numbers of brilliant pictures never see the light of day through too tight deadlines, design limitations or editorial indifference. The images in UNSEEN were selected by a jury of BPPA members, and offers a glimpse of the variety and extraordinarily high standard of the members work.
After spotting that the author Jilly Cooper had written a letter to The Times in June 2008 highlighting the lack of proper photographers bylines, the Association wrote to her to ask that she write a foreword for Unseen, and was delighted when she accepted. Here is an except:
"Thank goodness for Unseen. "The sweetest songs,” wrote Shelley, "'sing of the saddest thought", and these photographs are so beautiful yet compassionate that, despite their appalling images of death, loss, mutilation and destruction, one feels an overwhelming elation and relief that someone has drawn attention to such suffering. Without photographers invading the worse troublespots, armed only with their cameras, so much tyranny and brutality would go unrecorded."
Unseen - Photographs from The British Press Photographers' Association is published on 25th March by Skateboarding Duck and the project was sponsored by Canon.
It is a cloth bound 170x240mm book with 176 pages and 108 photographs (both colour and duotone) and was designed by Stuart Smith (Five Thousand Days - The BPPA, Personal Best - Elliot Erwitt, Inferno - James Nachtwey) the ISBN is 978-0-9561801-0-0 and has a RRP £19.95
We have now uploaded a slideshow of the work of Richard Mills. The Photo Forum event on the 14th of August 2008 will feature a longer showing of his images.
It is with deep sadness that we have to let BPPA members know of the death of Richard Mills whilst on assignment in Zimbabwe for The Times. Richard was, without doubt, both one of the most likeable people and one of the finest photojournalists currently working for the British news media and his passing represents a huge personal loss for his family, friends and colleagues.
A full obituary appeared in The Times on Monday 28th July and his funeral will take place at 3pm on Tuesday 29th of July at Roselawn Crematorium in Belfast - 129 Ballygowan Road, Belfast, BT5 7TZ.
Richard's parents, Mr & Mrs Mills have spoken to Paul Sanders, The Picture Editor at The Times and they are very happy for any of Richard's friends and colleagues to attend the service.
Member Downloads
We have started to add some new downloadable items for BPPA members which can be accessed from their member log-ons. We will keep adding useful and interesting items as we come across them. Amongst the new content is; this month's newsletters, the PCC code of conduct, the BPPA/CIoJ/NUJ Met guidelines and the UNSEEN 2008 rules and technical guidelines
Archived News
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BPPA member Tim Smith's latest book "Coal, Frankincense and Myrrh: Yemen and British Yemenis" will be launched with an illustrated talk by Tim. He will speak about the book, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing, and the stories behind it on Thursday 27 November 2008 6pm to 7.30pm in the Studio, Impressions Gallery, Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1SD - Free entry. Drop in.
For more details call the gallery on 08450 515 882
E-mail: enquiries@impressions-gallery.com
www.impressions-gallery.com
External link:http://www.impressions-gallery.com
Brighton Photo Biennial
Brighton Photo Biennial bills itself as "an ambitious celebration of international photographic practice committed to stimulating critical debate on photography in all its forms." The 2008 Biennial, entitled, Memory of Fire: the War of Images and Images of War, is curated by Julian Stallabrass and explores photographic images of war, their making, use and circulation, and their currency in contemporary society. Stallabrass presents photography, film and online material produced and circulated in times of war, and explores how images have been shaped by the changing social and political conditions from the early twentieth century to the present. The ten exhibitions, presented at leading visual arts venues in Brighton and across the South East, include both historical and contemporary images produced by photojournalists, artists and non-professionals.
As part of it’s closing weekend, Brighton Photo Biennial 2008 Memory of Fire: the War of Images and Images of War is celebrating with two events:
1.BPB 2008 Conference
MEMORY OF FIRE: THE WAR OF IMAGES AND IMAGES OF WAR
Saturday 15th November
Sallis Benney Theatre
University of Brighton
Grand Parade
Brighton
A one day conference programmed by Julian Stallabrass, Curator BPB 2008, organised by BPB 2008 and with support from the University of Brighton exploring the production, distribution and engagement with images of war
through photojournalism, contemporary art photography, architecture, and the media through referencing newsprint, publishing and online spaces and the art gallery.
Date: Saturday 15th November
Time: 09.30am – 5.45pm
Admission: £30 £15 (concessions) includes tea/coffee
To book contact: Dome Box Office, 29 New road, Brighton
T: 01273 709 709.
W: www.brightonticketshop.com
Details see ’conference’ www.bpb.org.uk/2008/events/
2. Post Up: The War of Images - Brighton Photo Biennial and photographer Anthony Lam are staging a public event with veterans and year 9 pupils from Patcham High School in Jubilee Square in the centre of Brighton on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 November, 10am – 4pm (free). Using material held by the Mass Observation Archive (held at the
University of Sussex), BPB exhibitions and personal experiences as a starting point, Lam and the participants have been considering the way in which memory of war and media images affect modern day understanding of conflict. This event is a public opportunity for comment, contribution and participation and will include a peace wall, parade, balloon give away and speakers corner. Come along and have your say. Supported through Their Past Your Future 2 (TPYF2) programme funded by the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council.
External link:http://www.bpb.org.uk/2008/events/
There will be an exhibition of Pete Millson's black and white images centered around the ways people manage to find moments of stillness and quiet for themselves. at The Original gallery, Hornsey Library, Haringey Park, N8 9JA from the 16th to the 27th of September with a Private View on the 17th between 7 and 9 pm. There is also a book of the images available by following the link above.
External link:http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/333456
On October 7th BPPA member Jason Dodd will have an open evening of his work on display in the nave at Canterbury Cathedral, the exhibition will be open from 6.15pm-9.30pm and will have on display over 80 black and white portraits of some of the 900 people that work at the Cathedral, the exhibition will then be running for a further two weeks in the Chapter House at the Cathedral. The exhibition is in conjunction with the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral's annual open evening (in its 15th year) where they have on average 2500 visitors come along to view the cathedral and the exhibition is generally the centre piece of the evening..
External link:http://www.jasondoddphotography.com/gallery_11531.html
Congratulations to Spencer Griffiths on being named as Photographer of the Year in the weekly newspaper section of the Regional Press Awards. Spencer won the award for his work on the Ilford Recorder and has since gone freelance. The Daily title was won by Colin Lane of The Liverpool Daily Post and Echo whilst the Sports Photographer of the Year titles were won by The Nothern Echo's Stuart Boulton (Daily) and The Craven Herald's Stephen Garnett (weekly).
External link:http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41420&c=1
The Press Photographer's Year is unique. It is the only competition that
showcases the outstanding press photography taken for and used by the
UK media. Designed for press photographers by press photographers and
sponsored by Canon cameras, the acknowledged industry leaders, it is a
not for profit venture that aims to restore photography to the heart of
photographic competitions.
Now in its third year, the competition’s aim is to demonstrate once again
that even in an age of rolling television news, internet and satellite
communication, the traditional still image burns the keenest, fastest impression
on the public conscience and is the most effective way to show the world the
world as it really is.
The category winners, together with many other powerful, moving, and
sometimes humorous entries which form a comprehensive review of the year, will
feature in the book Assignments 3 – The Press Photographer's Year Its publication
by the PPY Press on Saturday 5th July 2008 will coincide with the opening of the
exhibition at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Foyer on London’s South Bank.
The Results for 2008
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE YEAR Daniel Berehulak - Getty Images
FIRST PRIZE: NEW FOLIO OF THE YEAR Daniel Berehulak - Getty Images
FIRST PRIZE: LIVE NEWS Andrew Parsons - Press Association
FIRST PRIZE: NEWS Peter Macdiarmid - Getty Images
FIRST PRIZE: FEATURES Nigel Dickinson
FIRST PRIZE: PHOTO ESSAY David Bebber - The Times
FIRST PRIZE: PORTRAITS Charles McQuillan - Pacemaker Press
FIRST PRIZE: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Bryan O'Brien - The Irish Times
FIRST PRIZE: SPORTS FOLIO OF THE YEAR Andy Hooper - Daily Mail
FIRST PRIZE: SPORTS SPECIALIST
FOLIO OF THE YEAR Gareth Copley - Press Association
FIRST PRIZE: SPORTS ACTION Andy Hooper - Daily Mail
FIRST PRIZE: SPORTS FEATURES Darren Staples - Reuters
FIRST PRIZE: MULTIMEDIA Sean Smith – The Guardian
The results can be found at: http://www.theppy.com/content/results2008
External link:http://www.theppy.com
Own-it provides free information, advice and support about intellectual property for creative professionals. They hold a range of seminars and events as well as hosting a lot of useful information on their website. The BPPA is taking part in their seminar on Photography in Public Places which was originally booked to take place on July 8th 2008 has now been moved to the 15th of July so that it doesn't clash with PPY Private View. Jeff Moore will be one of the speakers at this ticketed event in London. For more details go to their website http://www.own-it.org/
External link:http://www.own-it.org/events/details/?eventId=258
The Digital Imaging & Photography show at The Business Design Centre in Islington is on between Thursday 26th and Friday 27th of June 2008. Not only will it be a showcase for a whole range of very technical products, there will be a wide range of seminars from industry experts - including the BPPA's own Sean Smith and Edmond Terakopian. Highlights will also include a keynote from Christian Paulssen CEO of Hasselblad and an Apple/Adobe sponsored session with Terry Steeley where he will be going through workflow.
External link:http://www.dpishow.com/visitor_conferences.php
The agenda for the 2008 BPPA AGM has been sent out to all paid-up members and the two formal motions for debate can be downloaded from the members "download" area.
Thursday 15 May 2008
ILLUSTRATED TALK AND EXHIBITION
A talk by writer Sally Jenkinson, founder member of The Alliance for Childhood, on the importance of play as a key ingredient for a childhood full of wonder. Acompanied by an exhibition of black & white photographs by Pete Millson from 8–9.30pm. The North London Rudolf Steiner School, 1–3 The Campsbourne (off Hornsey High Street), Hornsey, London N8 7PN Tickets £3.50 in advance. Contact Gabriele Woelfle 020 8341 3770 or Pete Millson 07768 077353. info@rudolfsteiner.london.sch.uk
