Yesterday evening saw the four artists in the current members show Photofusion SELECT/13 come together to talk about their work, answer any questions and hint at what they have planned for after this exhibition. Read More...
Futures is a new programme designed to improve the employability and self-sufficiency of a small group of early career photographers taking their first steps into professional practice. Read More...
After 25 years in Valentine Place, Silverprint have now moving to a new, bigger and exciting space in 120 London Road, just by Southbank University, London College of Communication and Elephant & Castle. Read More...
The Association of Photographers have extended their deadlines for the 2013 AOP Photographers and Open Awards. Entries close at 6pm Friday 31 May. Read More...
Four Members from Photofusion SELECT/13 will be coming together to talk about and answer any questions regarding their photographic work in the exhibition. Read More...
Exciting new lighting courses including Intermediate Studio Lighting, Location Lighting and Intermediate F-Word: Using Canon Flashguns….. Read More...
Photofusion have compiled a list of upcoming Photography Graduate Summer degree shows that we think will definitely be worth a visit. Read More...
The similarities between music and photography are uncanny. While the two have unique tools, histories, heroes and heroines, music and photography have always been part art, part industry. Read More...
The Devil’s Garden documents Bedouin communities living amidst Second World War minefields in Egypt’s Western Desert. Read More...
‘Bring Your Own Cushion’ is an evening of short films made by photographers, videographers, directors and artists who are looking for an opportunity to show their work on the big screen, in front of an audience of film and photography enthusiasts. Read More...
“I am a portraiture and landscape photographer, sometimes combining the two in an image to create something, if not hugely different, at least of some interest and curiosity. Those images don’t always go to plan, sometimes they are better than expected, sometimes it’s ‘better luck next time…’. Read More...
I am an artist, photographer, researcher and writer, currently studying for an MA Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. Read More...
My work is based around an obsessive preoccupation with home and until recently, consisted predominantly of photographs taken in interior spaces with mere suggestions of outside space. Read More...
Alex studied Art Photography at the Pablo Picasso School of Art and Design in his hometown, A Corunha, from which he graduated in 2005. Read More...
Alan Gignoux is a photo journalist based in London, specialising in documentary photography focusing on the Middle East, Africa and Russia. Read More...
Graduation time is coming up and many students feel lost in where to go/ what to do after years of studying. It can be very daunting finishing University and finding ways of promoting your work. Read More...
From Monday 15th April the Digital Bureau from Photofusion are pleased to announce a free 5x4in Harman Crystal Jet print mounted on 2mm aluminium, with every order over £50. Read More...
Here’s a very quick and dirty test I recently set up for photographer Gina Glover comparing her 3+ year old 5D Mark II and her newly acquired Nikon D800. For anyone that’s interested I used a 550EX Flashgun on the Canon and an SB800 for the Nikon tests. If you want to take a look at any of the RAW files email gavin@photofusion.org If there’s a lot of interest I’ll set up a permanent page – but for now just let me know what you’d like and I’ll send them out through our photofusion.wetransfer.com page (which you can also use Read More...
As one of London’s established photographic galleries, Photofusion is always on the look out for new and exciting exhibitions to see around the city. Here is a list of our Top Ten for this season Read More...
‘Stress Birefringence’ Birefringence is caused when light passes through a material with molecules of no uniformity. When that material is stressed or layered the ray’s speed is altered, causing a variety of colours to occur when polarised. By magnifying and capturing the results of this process, the work looks into the phenomenon with a pseudo-scientific methodology; its objectivity being interrupted by the awe of the scientific. The photographic process in its ability to capture as well as distort, enables us to view these occurrences in a way that combines the imaginative with the representational. I graduated from the Arts University Read More...
I am a self-taught Fine Art photographer, with a special fascination for small details, for lost, abandoned, poignant and generally broken objects, and also for darkness contrasting with light, both in a physical and emotional sense. Many of my illustrative images simply evolve as I am working on them – I start off with a quite straightforward idea of what I want to achieve but am always willing to venture wherever the photograph wants me to go, as I overlay multiple images together or add textures, scanned documents as new layers, and subtle shading. Two photographs may blend together in Read More...
Here is a taster for what can be seen at this year’s Camberwell College of Arts BA Photography Degree Show… Read More...
Iwala describes himself variously as an environmental fine art and street photographer who uses traditional analogue materials throughout his practice. Website: www.freelance-photography.net Read More...
These photographs form part of a personal project which originated from a decision to make photography a more significant part of my everyday life. My work demands had increased and I began to reassess the importance of photography in my life as a creative outlet. In April 2012, I joined an online photo journal website, posting a single image a day. My aim was to do this for a year. Since much of my time is spent at work, it was inevitable that some images would reflect features of my working day. I am a teacher, so recording aspects of Read More...
This work is from an on going project of portraits. When I am taking the photo and working on the image afterwards I have three things in mind, firstly I want to convey the physicality of the subject, that this body is solid three dimensional object, Secondly I want to show that this physical presence has an inner life and inner existence. In this I am very much influenced by the photographs of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. And his rather esoteric approach to photography. Working in the later part of the 19centuary Stringberg said he wanted to ‘photograph the Read More...
The Sixth Extinction The evolution of life on earth has been disrupted by five ‘mass extinction events’, the worst of which wiped out 95% of all life on earth. Suggested explanations range from massive volcanic activity to global climatic fluctuations and meteorite impacts. Whatever the cause, the outcome is always rising carbon dioxide levels. Present day inflated carbon dioxide levels and species extinction rates have led scientists to conclude that the planet is currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction event. In 2011 the world’s leading authorities on mass extinction events converged on the UK’s westcountry. Apparently the latest clues to Read More...
Caroline Jane Harris explores the intricacies of nature through a labour intensive paper-cutting technique. She responds to visual phenomena in nature; the endless geometric patterns found in all levels of existence. Using tree formations as her starting point, Harris creates an idealised aesthetic of nature, through the symmetrical rendering of digitally printed photographs, which are then hand-cut and layered. The process is solo and obsessive, requiring concentration, repetition and discipline. The meditative quality of the work is reflected in Harris’ interest in artistic and devotional practices of Eastern Cultures. The hand allows for subtle distortions and an emphasis on detail Read More...
I get close, I actively seek the attention of the subject and I am looking for a reaction. I shoot women, candid images of women that I find attractive. It has always been a part of my portfolio but as time has moved on it’s clear to me that this is what I want to do. I don’t ask permission, I don’t even consider whether they want to be part of my project. I want them to see me, look at me, react to me. I don’t engage in conversation after I’ve taken the image and most of the time Read More...
South London Landscapes What might seem like a predominantly urban landscape of busy roads, shops and houses all gradually and inevitably leading to the central London metropolis is, when seen from above, a sea of trees and open spaces. From the great green estate of Brockwell Park to the grand gardens of Crystal Palace and the hills and woods of Dulwich that so dramatically overlook the distant city skyline, south London is full of beautifully preserved miniature landscapes, where ancient trees, elegant architecture and pockets of wilderness separate the still recognisable towns that have over the years become our districts Read More...
Paul Tecklenberg is a graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art and has exhibited in a number of critically acclaimed shows. In 2008 he was elected to be a life member of the London Group. As part of his residency at Swedenborg House, Paul made and set up the specifically adapted pinhole cameras around the building, to capture light and movement, from dawn to dusk. In many photos, the image remains in negative, so that dark objects appear light and light objects appear dark. This is a direct reference to Swedenborg’s complex conceptions of light in Heaven and Hell: Read More...
Gary O’Dwyer works as artist and curator As an artist/photographer I work in series. The aim has been to collect/photograph man made artefacts and representations restricted to a theme and thus are able to reflect on human creativity, and consider its function, forms and content. Briefly the images included here are from one of my growing archives of anthropological photographic series, ‘Graffitidick’. I am interested in the creative production of ‘non creatives’ and creativity, expression in areas not regarded as high art. I base/justify my aesthetic along scientific and anthropological lines and themes; of working in the field, collecting on Read More...
Marble Room My photography is about architecture as space, as poetry… I am interested in investigating the unique identity of space in order to reveal its character, the depth of insight. I try to explore the symbolic meaning of constructed forms and create a spatial ambiguity, an imaginary space. As an architectural photographer I also became interested in material. White marble attracts me a lot. It is a precious element for architects and sculptors. I made the “Marble room” series in Carrara quarry in Italy, 2011. Many great artists came to choose a piece of cut marble for their masterpiece. Read More...
I am originally from Norway but currently basted in the UK. Photography allows me to investigate and explore personal feelings and ideas through carefully staged images where I control all elements within the frame. Besides being a photographer I am a Social Anthropologist and my interest in the interaction between people and their environment underpins all my work. The featured work is from my two most recent projects: 1) The World is a Detour We play out different roles in different situations in life. Society wants to pin us down to certain types. We all contain elements of everything, and Read More...
Face to Face comprises work by second year students on the BA (Hons) Photography course in the Faculty of Arts at the University or Brighton. Read More...
“Whilst the term ‘archival processing’ seems to suggest that a great deal of extra effort has to be made, in reality only a little more care and attention is needed to help prolong the life of the image – mostly in the fixing and washing stages.”
In this article, master printer Nick Jones provides a sound basis on which to get to grips with printing your own archival prints. Featuring a gallery of stunning images printed by Nick for photographer Kim Shaw. Read More...
Guy has been a corporate and news photographer for approximately nine years following a career change. His previous working life had involved a short stint in the British Army, training as an accountant and rather too long working in the financial sector. Retraining included a post-graduate course at the University of Westminster and his work has since been published in all the UK national newspapers, in magazines and by the three main broadcast tv channels Read More...
The photographs were produced whilst on a research trip to Sri Lanka in April and May 2012. This explorative trip was initially focussed on the aftermath of a war that lasted nearly three decades. Read More...
In this ongoing series a fictional mapmaker goes out into the landscape to take ‘readings’ from which to create his maps and charts. The photographs are the results of his research, created by flagging or tracing around natural features with a mirror so that the mapmaker’s scientific approach is reconciled with natural chance. Read More...
Tom Hatton: The Weight of Ashen Soil. The photographs in this project belong to a larger body of work made during several trips to North Africa and the Middle East. Read More...
Artists and their Studios’ is a series of images of artists immersed in their working spaces and of the space itself. Often blessed with natural daylight streaming through the windows, the spaces make for beautiful snapshots of the bits and pieces that are the everyday work tools of the artists. Read More...
David Hoffman has specialised in social issues photography for more than 30 years. Resolutely independent, much of his work centres on the increasingly visible control the state exerts over our lives and choices. Racial and social conflict, policing, homelessness, drugs, poverty, social exclusion and environmental protection are documented, often through coverage of protest. Read More...
“I am drawn to the transitory as expressed through the human body. My inspiration stems from an interest in capturing the aesthetic qualities of the human form.” Read More...
“This is a series of 13x13cm digital photographs, mainly taken behind windowpanes on trains, ferries, airplanes, in cafés or behind a pair of sunglasses I put in front of the lens to refract light.” Read More...
The Membership Scheme at Photofusion serves to provide a community for photographers. Whereas once the community was darkroom and facilities based, now it comes together in a series of scheduled talks and discussions, which have an emphasis on professional development and supporting emerging photographers. One of our regular Members events at Photofusion is our bi-monthly Photo Forums. Read More...
This February half term, Photofusion hosted its first ever Intergenerational project. To say it’s been a success is an understatement. The project was designed by Keanna Williams (aged 16) with support from Lizzy King at Photofusion and the aim was to bring old and young together, for them to get to know each other and break down a few barriers. Read More...
From the work of the 161 artists involved in the Photofusion Salon 2012 exhibition Dec 2012 – January 2013, the public had the opportunity to choose their favourite to be nominated for the “Photofusion Salon Public’s Choice Award 2012”. Read More...
This week we see the work of photographer Liz Orton, from her project ‘Deltiologies’.
This work both celebrates and challenges the tradition of landscape photography. It takes as its starting point the idea that landscape is a representation, rather than a natural scene ‘out there’ in the world. Landscape is informed by histories of looking, and by cultural and visual narratives of nature. Read More...
As one of London’s established photographic galleries, Photofusion is always on the look out for new and exciting exhibitions to see around the city. Here is a list of our Top Ten for this season, compiled by our intern Laura Trosh… Read More...
This year Slideluck will be hosting the closing night of Format International Photography Festival held in Derby on April 6th. Read More...
Tuesday 5 March, 19:00 – 21:00
Free and exclusive to Photofusion Members
Our next Photo Forum session will be led by Gina Glover, photographer, educator, and a founding director of Photofusion. Read More...
Gina Glover is a photographer and educator. She is a Director of Photofusion which she co-founded in the 1980s. Here are her top-tips for photographers… Read More...
Aletheia Casey is an Australian photographer who recently exhibited in Photofusion’s Members’ Show 2012. Here you can see her project on the annual Persian New Year Celebrations. Read More...
It is around about now or in the next couple of months that many Art students will have to start organising their own degree show group exhibition. Whether it is at your own university, or in an independently hired gallery, here are a few Top Tips to get you heading in the right direction… Read More...
Maybe it’s the damp darkness hanging over London, or the record youth unemployment statistics dominating some newspapers as quarterly job and unemployment stats get scrutinized by press and MPs, but depression is a word I’ve heard too many times already today.
Working directly with some of South London’s NEETs (young people aged 16 – 25 who are Not in Education with Employment or Training) I feel like I’m pretty close to the action, and I see and hear first hand, what the ‘lost generation’ looks and sounds like. And they look a lot more confident, charismatic and driven that you’d expect.
At Photofusion we run a series of free to access short accredited course for young people who can prove they are receiving state benefits such as Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support, Employment Support Allowance, Housing Benefit or Council Tax benefit. Read More...
The 11.59 Exhibition at Margaret Street Gallery brings together 11 up and coming young photographers from around the UK, each exhibiting their own interesting and varied projects. This exhibition is only on for a short amount of time, taking place from 23rd to 26th January, so hurry along to see it! Read More...
Carlotta Cardana is an Italian photographer specialised in portraits and documentary photo-graphy. While still studying, she started working in the circus industry, spending extra hours taking pictures of performers, actors and shows. After three years, she eventually quit her job to enrol in a professional photography school in Milan and to work as an assistant photographer. In 2007 she moved to Buenos Aires, where she spent several months documenting the still lingering consequences of the 2001 crisis. In 2008 she moved to Mexico, where she focused on editorial and commercial photography. She is now based in London, where she currently Read More...
Photofusion continually seeks out new work by artists using photography and considers proposals from artists nationally and internationally. Our exhibitions programme is usually planned up to 9 months ahead and new proposals are considered at gallery committee meetings throughout the year. There are no specified deadlines for sending information but please note that it can take a number of months before your work is viewed. Those wishing their work to be considered for exhibition should send proposals in either a hard copy form or digitally via email or on CD/DVD. What to send: Selection of up to 12 non-original visuals Read More...
All that is solid melts into air Karl Marx Ships are the workhorses of globalisation, slowly but surely transporting materials, influence and power across the globe. Built to last and to survive the rigors of a life at sea, they require huge amounts of energy and force to be dismantled at the end of their working lives. Their structures contain vast quantities of hazardous materials that during the ship’s working life are safely contained within its walls and are there to propel the ship and to protect its inhabitants. At the end of the ship’s life, these materials become reanimated, Read More...
