We are proud to announce that Digitalarte is the first print studio in Europe to be certified by Hahnemühle.

Certification No.: 040344
Certification Date: 30.11.2011

Benefits of being a customer of a certified studio

• Consistent quality in all production steps
• Assured archivability of all prints
• Reproducible consistent print quality

Find more info here

Cartoon Art Exhibition in aid of “Artists Help Japan”

In aid of Artists Help Japan
07.05.11 – 22.05.11

At:

Cafeand
77 Redchurch St
London
E2 7DJ

11am-7pm (Sun 11am-5pm)
(Closed Mon/Tues)

Featuring: Simon’s Cat, Peppa Pig, Pixar, Aardman, Disney, Cartoon Network + Independent Animators, Illustrators & Artists.

http://animatorsvsearthquakes.blogspot.com/

ART JERICHO presents
GERRY BADGER:
PHOTOGRAPHS
London / New York

16 March – 10 April 2011
Private View & Drinks Reception:
Sunday 13 March 12-4pm & Sunday 3 April 12-4pm

Gallery hours:
Wednesday – Saturday 11-5pm Sunday 1-5pm
ART JERICHO King Street Oxford OX3 7AD 07709 239322

Every successful image is comprised of several key elements that define its character: exposure, the balance and movement of the composition, the interplay of tone and color. Focal point and depth of field are critical components as well.

Picking a focal point and highlighting it with shallow depth of field makes the subject “pop”,but one risks over-revealing. Sometime the eye has nothing to do except dwell on the primary subject. Watch people in a gallery. They pass by an over-simple image in moments while an interesting composition engages them for a while.

Read more… Art Wolfe on Luminous Landscape

Hysterectic is a unique photographic project that creatively interprets one woman’s journey through a hysterectomy operation. It challenges conventional perception and asks questions as to how, with imagination and creativity, a woman can take some personal control over this often traumatic medical procedure on the feminine body and psyche. The work shines a light on this major, yet commonplace womans’ operation and promotes the use of the arts as a tool for transformation and recovery.

As Cherry Smyth, poet and art critic writes in the foreword in the book

“ This is a skilful, resonant documentation of a woman’s determination to humanise and feminise the dehumanising and defeminising experience of having a hysterectomy. It is a stunning, affecting, unforgettable piece of work that deserves to be seen widely not just by girls and women, but by men who care for them and also came from that intimate source.”

In Whitefield’s brave and bold series, she follows in the venerable and vulnerable footsteps of artists like Jo Spence, Helen Chadwick and Hannah Wilke, who chartered their bodies’ visceral experiences through photographs. Using the form of a visual diary, she leads us (and herself) through the tentative steps of the admission to hospital, the pre-op prep and the results.

She photographs and uses angles that reflect an Alice in Wonderland type of adventure, reinforcing feelings of detachment and otherworldliness contrasted with the stark sterility and brutality of the clinical imagery and surroundings.

www.sonyawhitefield.com
www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk

From 7100 photo award entries 41 winning images were chosen to become part of the Hahnemühle Anniversary Collection.
Details of the exhibitions in 2010 traveling through the photo capitals of the world can be found here:

Sydney: 10 February – 08 March
SUN STUDIOS, 42 Maddox Street
Alexandria NSW 2015
to gallery

Berlin: 01 – 20 March
Galerie im Einstein
Unter den Linden 42
10117 Berlin
to gallery

Beijing: 05 – 25 April
TMIC Gallery
ONEARTBASE Chaoyang District Beijing
Zur Galerie

London: 09 – 23 April
RKB Gallery
57-61 Union St
London, SE1 1SG
to gallery

Paris: 07 May – 04 June
Galerie DUPON
24 rue Joseph de Maistre
75018 Paris

Hong Kong: 15 – 28 March

New York: 24 March – 21 June
The HP Gallery at Calumet Photo
Calumet Photographic
22 W. 22nd St.
New York, NY 10010
to gallery

Köln: 21 – 26 September
photokina

Istanbul: 09 October – 26 November

Further exhibitions are planned. Dates will be annnounced in time.

(via Hahnemühle)

Photographer Dana Popa travelled to the Republic of Moldova to document, through photography and collected stories, the experiences of sex-trafficked women and their families. ‘Natasha’ is the nickname given to prostitutes with Eastern European looks. Sex trafficked girls hate it.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova is one of the main trafficking source countries for women and children. It is estimated that between 200,000 and 400,000 women have been sold into prostitution abroad – up to 10% of the female population. In Moldova, Popa worked with the International Organisation for Migration Shelters and Winlock International where she was given access to photograph and document the experiences of 17 women who had been trafficked.

Read more

Source: lensculture.com

To celebrate its 425th anniversary Hahnemühle is inviting both amateur and professional photographers from all over the world to take part in the international Hahnemühle Anniversary Photo Award.

The theme of the competition is “For Originals”. We are interested in the photographer’s unique angle of capturing people, objects and moments from an original perspective.

Please submit up to 4 pictures printed on Hahnemühle paper in A4 format.

The lucky winners can look forward to receiving a total of €36.000 in non-cash prizes. The 40 best images will be selected for the “Hahnemühle Anniversary Collection” which will be exhibited in the European, American and Asian photo capitals of the world. Entry requirements and entry form can be found here.

Closing date is 30.06.2009.

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Mr. Whiskets writes, ” It is no secret that David Campany is a friend to Errata Editions since he contributed the essay to our study of Eugene Atget’s Photographe de Paris so risking cries of cronyism I highly recommend his book by Reaktion called Photography and Cinema. This yet another title in the interesting Exposures series which is being edited by Mark Hayworth-Booth and Peter Hamilton.”  Read more…

Source: 5B4 via digitalarte.co.uk

On Tuesday, in response to photographers’ requests, Kodak announced that it will be making its premier color negative film, Ektar 100, available in 120.

EKTAR 100 Film is the ideal choice for commercial photographers and advanced amateurs for applications such as nature, travel, fashion and product photography, where the emphasis is often on color.

The ISO 100 speed film features high saturation and ultra-vivid color, incorporating KODAK VISION Motion Picture Film technology to achieve its unparalleled fine grain. It is ideal for photographers who want the superior resolution of medium-format film and look for extraordinary enlargement capability when scanning and printing.

The new KODAK EKTAR Film in 120 format will be available worldwide beginning in April 2009.