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morning, I woke fit and well.
We started at 8.30am. The
hairdresser was doing
complicated things to her hair,
the dog was sheltering under a
chair, wearing his ‘wedding
jacket’, the children were glued
to a computer screen playing an
unfathomable game which kept
them remarkably quiet, the
parents were opening the gin
and the husband-to-be laughed
nervously in the background.
I was sincerely terrified.
Having checked and double
checked that the lens cap was
off (I use a rangefinder) I started
shooting, tripping over the dog,
getting tangled up with the
hairdresser and foolishly turning
down drinks offered by the
parents. But, once I’d established
that my battery wasn’t flat, that
I could remember how to set
correct exposure and that I did
have spare memory cards,
I started…enjoying myself.
At the end of the day I
staggered home, downloaded
into Lightroom and checked out
what I had got. Phew! I had
enough for my friend to be
pleased with. I spent the next
couple of days working on the
images and making a slideshow
with music.
But now we come to the point
I want to make. I am NOT and
never will be a wedding
photographer. I stand in awe at
the skill, professionalism and
sheer organisation that goes into
such a job. The stress of it must
be awful. So, instead, I can earn
my living as a journalist, and
I can get great satisfaction (and
fun) from the photography I do
outside of work. That much
maligned word ‘amateur’ comes
into its true meaning – from the
Old French ‘lover of ’ – long live
the amateur, and may we
continue to love photography.
EDITOR’S
LETTER
A
bout six months
ago a friend
announced that
she was getting
married and
invited me to the
wedding. ‘You will bring your
camera, won’t you?’ she asked.
‘No!’ I shrieked before I could
stop myself. ‘I’m not a wedding
photographer, it’s a very
specialised art, I couldn’t
possibly…’ But the look on her
face and her muttered: ‘We can’t
afford a proper one,’ did it. ‘OK,’
I said, just slightly sullenly.
© Tim Clinch
So, by last weekend I’d
wound myself up into a frenzy
of misgiving and nervous
apprehension, wishing a bus
would hit me, not terribly
hard but enough to spend
a few days in hospital, thus
missing the event. But I suppose
the bus drivers around these
parts are over conscientious
because, come Saturday
Elizabeth Roberts, Editor
elizabethr@thegmcgroup.com
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This month’s cover image is by Alexis Maryon
St Pauls © Adrian Ensor
PRETTY AS A PICTURE
BLACK+WHITE SPY
In our June issue’s Editor’s Letter, Elizabeth sung
the praises of the humble postcard as a means of
sharing your images and it seems that plenty of
you feel the same way. We’ve been inspired and
amazed by the wonderful postcards received in
response. Massive thanks from the B+W team
for brightening our mornings.
Always on the lookout for new talent, our B+W spy spotted a
promising piece of black & white film photography at Brighton
University’s recent graduate show. An imaginative use of space and
a charming concept was enough to win us over and we are excited
to see what comes next for Miranda Hayes.
Congratulations to Adrian
Ensor, who has had two
photographs accepted
in the Royal Academy
Summer show.
Anna © Robin Sinha
ONE CLEVER INTERN + CAKE
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Recent intern Emily
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of unusual marketing
and discovered the way
to our hearts; combining our love of sugar
with our passion for a great b&w image to
create the Fabulous Photo Cake!
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Welcome to new Assistant
Editor Anna Bonita Evans.
Be nice photo-fanatics
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NEWS
HIGH CONTRAST
The end of the annual Focus
On Imaging exhibition has been
announced. The big trade show
in Birmingham has been a regular
fixture in the photography calendar
for 24 years but will not run in
2014. Organiser Mary Walker said:
‘Focus On Imaging will not be sold
– I’m simply bringing it to an end.’
focus-on-imaging.co.uk
Calumet has launched a new
website dedicated to rental
customers. Cameras, digital
equipment, lighting and studio
products are available for hire.
People can also use the rental
option to test new technology
without having to buy first.
calumetrental.co.uk
The story of the unlikely
friendship between Magnum
photographer Dennis Stock and
Hollywood star James Dean will
be told in a new film called
Life
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The film will be directed by Anton
Corbijn, maker of
Control
and
A Most Wanted Man
.
magnumphotos.com
Nikon have launched a summer
cashback deal, offering up to
£80 cashback. The promotion
includes the Nikon 1 S1, J3 and
V2 and runs until 4 September.
nikon.co.uk/cashback
Black & white photography group
AG Mono have been awarded
one of the exhibition spaces at
the popular Fish-Slab Gallery in
Whitstable, Kent. The group, which
specialises in film photography
and traditional printing, will have
pictures on show from 10-16 July.
kcpa.co.uk
Congratulations to Geoff Wade
from York, who is the winner of
our cover quote competition for
issue 148 (March) and to Peter
Roberts from Ontario in Canada,
who is the winner for issue 149
(April). They both win a year’s
subscription to the magazine.
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Arno Rafael Minkkinen’s picture will be among the images on show at Arles.
© Arno Rafael Minkkinen
B&W SUMMER
Black & white photography
will be the theme of this year’s
international photography
festival at Arles in France.
Les Rencontres d’Arles features
exhibitions, photography
workshops, portfolio reviews,
talks, education events and a
photography auction. The theme
of this year’s symposium is:
Can
we still think of a black and white
aesthetic for photography today?
Among the festival highlights
are previously unseen nocturnal
seascapes in black & white by
Hiroshi Sugimoto, plus pictures
by Wolfgang Tillmans, Sergio
Larrain, Guy Bourdin and
Viviane Sassen.
Other events include the first
public preview of pictures of
Afghanistan by Simon Norfolk
(commissioned by Prix Pictet),
plus photography book awards
and the Discovery Awards for
emerging talent on a theme of
black & white.
The exhibitions run from
1 July to 22 September.
rencontres-arles.com
NEWS OF THE WORLD
The very best in photojournalism
is on show at Perpignan in
France from 31 August to 15
September. Visa Pour L’Image,
the 25th Festival of International
Photojournalism, will host
25 free exhibitions plus talks,
awards and a symposium.
Among the highlights is an
exhibition by photojournalist
Don McCullin featuring iconic
and less well-known pictures.
Other events include the World
Press Photo exhibition, plus
exhibitions covering poverty,
conflict and political tension
around the world.
visapourlimage.com
A fi reman in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by Abir Abdullah.
© Abir Abdullah/EPA
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