03.08.12
PP's guide to the weekend
Whatever the weather decides to do this weekend, why not visit an exciting photography exhibition?
International Garden Photographer of the Year Exhibition
If the 2012 competition, which is still open, has ignited your interest in garden photography then this exhibition could be for you.
The exhibition is the fourth in its series and is held at the Footprint Gallery, adjacent to Jackfield Tile Museum from 14 July- 1st September 2012. The first exhibition was held at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2008. It showcases previous winning photography from the competitions.
Open to everyone from amateurs to professionals it welcomes entries from any country in the world. The main exhibition is held annually at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, with a rolling programme of touring exhibitions throughout the UK and all over the world with venues including the Palace of Monserrate, Sintra Portugal, New York Botanical Garden, USA and Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
The exhibition is open 10am to 5pm from Saturday 14 July 2012 until Saturday 01 September 2012 at Jackfield Tile Museum’s Footprint Gallery and admission to the exhibition is free.
The World in London
The exhibition comes in the form of an outdoor photography project, showing London's diversity and photography's role in capturing the human form.
British and international photographers have contributed their photography, centred on Londoners from all ages and walks of life, to the project.
Coinciding with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, this project brings together 204 portraits of 204 Londoners, each originating from one of the competing nations.
This outdoor exhibition will close on 30 August 2012 and takes place at Victoria Park, London.
In The Moment: The Sports Photography of Tom Jenkins
Renowned sports photographer, Tom Jenkins is has worked at the Guardian since 1990 and in that time has covered many major sporting events and fixtures.
Jenkins has won numerous awards including: Young Photographer of the Year, 1990; Sports Photographer of the Year, 2004, 2006 and 2007; British Press Awards Sports Photographer of the Year, 2000; Barclays Football Photographer of the Year, 2008 and 2009.
His popular photography will be exhibited until 24 August 2012 at the Kings Place Gallery, London.
Travel Photographer of the Year
The winning entries from the 2011 awards are making their public debut in a free-to-view exhibition this month.
The exhibition also showcases a number of archive images from the Society’s own collection, giving visitors a chance to view pictures dating back to the pioneer days of photography – such as historic shots of Papua New Guinean tribesmen. These images have all been specially selected to tie in with the contemporary photographs on display.
It also features a showcase of work by the 2011 awards’ overall winner, the American photographer Louis Montrose, together with photographs taken in India by Stuart Dunn, when, as part of his prize from last year’s TPOTY awards, he traveled to India to document the work of the Elephant Family charity. There will also be images shot earlier this year by the 2007 winner Cat Vinton, when Travel Photographer of the Year took her to photograph the Dalai Lama.
Portrait of London: Historic Photographs of London & the Borough Of Wandsworth
Wandsworth Museum is holding the Portrait of London exhibition, a display consisting of more than 60 historic images from both the Museum of London and Wandsworth Museum, which are said to have never before been seen together.
Exhibition highlights include a photo of a suffragette stand at the Women’s Exhibition of 1909 and a view of Trafalgar square from 1857 taken by Roger Fenton.
In addition to the Museum of London’s images, the exhibition also include a selection of historic photos of the Borough of Wandsworth from Wandsworth Museum’s own collection.
The exhibition will run until the 12 August 2012 and is held at Wandsworth Museum, Wandsworth.
Or if none of these exhibitions grab your attention then why not enter our Professional Photographer of the Year 2012 competition?
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