3-31 May 2012

The Royal Photographic Society, in partnership with the University of the West of England and supported by The Photographic Angle, Pholio UK and the Watershed, Bristol, is presenting a day of lectures and portfolio reviews from well-known photographers and industry professionals.  Creative Photography and Commerce takes place at the Watershed on Friday 22 March 2013 and one of its aims is to help students and early career photographers develop their careers within the industry. 

For many photographers their professional work is very different to their personal work and the day encompasses all genres of photography within the creative industries ranging from art to commercial or editorial photography.  The RPS has brought together the best in the business to give a series of lectures (open to all) and to offer advice and portfolio reviews of for photographers aged 35 and under.

Lecturers include Chris Floyd, Rhea Thierstein, Olivia Gideon Thomson, Laura Pannack, Kate Peters and Toby Smith who will be discussing their work in the photographic industry and how the marriage of creativity and commerce works for them.

Portfolio Reviewers include Clare Hewitt, Ben Roberts, Anthony Holland Parkin, Steve Ledger-Lomas, Angus Fraser, Roger Tooth, Thom Atkinson, Ashley Jouhar and Zoe Whishaw. The lectures are open to everyone, portfolio reviews are open to students and under 35s.

Click here to download a PDF of the full programme, lecturer and portfolio reviewer biographies.

Bookings: 

Lectures only (open to all) – £25
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Lectures and Portfolio Review (students and under 35s only) – £55
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You will need to contact The Society (tel: 01225 325733 or email: reception@rps.org) to book a review slot – please have your booking reference number handy.

This is the first time such an event has been held in the South West and is organised by The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with the University of the West of England and with the support of The Watershed, Pholio UK and The Photographic Angle. 

Physical. Political. Dance.

Champloo Dance Company and Bristol Old Vic Young Company’s new production

20 - 24 Nov - 8pm, 3pm (Sat matinee)
Studio - £12 – £8 concs
Ages 14+ // Contains some distressing images.

How do we respond to images of our world?
To places we’ve never been, to people we’ve never seen?
Can we feel the pain of others?
Or do we choose not to?

Pictures at an Exhibition has been created by the 16-25 year old members of the Bristol Old Vic Young Company, and is accompanied by and devised from an exhibition of twenty photographs that represent the world today and have been chosen by the company. Inspired by press photography, journalism and news reporting, the pictures in their gallery include the inspirational, the mundane, the uplifting and the distressing. Each picture has been presented by a performer, and through speech and physical theatre, together they will take a stand for the pictures which move, provoke and drive them.

Directed by John Retallack (FairyMonsterGhost, 2011; Good Clown Bad Clown, 2011) and with choreography by Champloo Dance Company (White Caps, 2010), Pictures at an Exhibition is the award-winning Bristol Old Vic Young Company’s most accomplished dance and physical theatre production yet.

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“This is not merely an intellectual exercise but also a visceral experience”
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian, on FairyMonsterGhost

“…a gripping and magical journey through the dance of life…”
Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, 2010 on White Caps

p.s. On Wed 21 Nov there will be a post-show debate chaired by the Bristol Youth Council and the Young Company which will touch on issues surrounding the show.

Bristol Festival of Photography is officially over. But there are still some shows running, check out the list below, should be enough to keep you occupied over the bank holiday weekend!

Team BFOP would like to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who helped make the festival happen – all our exhibitors, our helpful volunteers, and of course, you, our audience. See you in another two years!

Bristol Photo News

The fun doesn’t stop here though! We think the best thing about BFOP is the way it strengthens and expands our photographic community. In order to maintain those relationships we will continue to promote photography witin Bristol through our online channels.

Bristol Photo News will be regularly updated with (surprise, surprise) news about photography in Bristol. If you are running or know of any exhibitions, classes, workshops, talks or other photo-related things happening in Bristol, let us know by emailing news@bfop.org with details. We’ll add them to our news feed, our Facebook page and Twitter (@festivalofphoto), so subscribe, like or follow us to be kept up-to-date throughout the year.

You can still see…

City Centre

• The Colour of Landscape » until Sat 2 June / The Glass Room, Colston Hall
• The Other World » until Thu 7 June / Hotel du Vin, Lewins Mead
• Surviving, Reviving, Thriving: the rebirth of traditional skills » until Sat 9 June / Baristas Coffee Collective, Victoria St
• Parallel Worlds: 4 Decades of Photography » until Sat 9 June / Bristol Guild, Park St
• Bristol Through the Lens » until Sun 2 September / The Crypt Gallery, St Georges, Great George St

Clifton / Redland

• The Old Ballroom and other Hidden City Charms » until Sun 10 June / Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Rd

Stokes Croft / Gloucester Road

• The Father of Man » until Sun 3 June / The Arts House, Stokes Croft
• A long way from home » until Tue 5 June / Biblos, Stokes Croft
• Tin » until Wed 6 June / Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft
• The Italian Job » until Sun 1 July / Planet Pizza, Gloucester Rd

St Pauls / St Werburghs

• While We Wait » until Sun 10 June / The Duke Artspace, Duke of York, Jubilee Rd

Old Market / Easton / Redfield

• Light Work » until Fri 29 June / Wellspring Healthy Living Centre, Barton Hill

Hotwells / West

• The Lomo Show » until Mon 4 June / The Grain Barge, Hotwell Rd
• The Raconteurs Arena » until Thu 28 June / View Art Gallery, Hotwell Rd

That’s right, we’re into the last few days of Bristol Festival of Photography 2012, which means you’d best get out there and see some shows while you still can! Check out our list below (helpfully grouped by area) to see what’s still on, and when it’s on until.

As usual, keep an eye on our Facebook page – we’re still updating regularly so follow us there (or on Twitter – @festivalofphoto or #BFOP) for the most current BFOP news.

Upcoming events

Monday 28 May

• MediaMash Bristol »
  Multimedia + discussion / 7 – 10pm / Under the Stars
• BA Photography UWE Degree Show Seminar »
  Student presentations + final show preview / 5 – 8pm / UWE Bower Ashton

Last chance to see…

City Centre

• Reflections of Bristol » until Wed 30 May / Mange Tout Cafe, Corn St
• Pleasure Pier » until Wed 30 May / The Galleries, Broadmead
• Construct » until Wed 30 May / Centrespace, Leonard Lane (off Corn St)
• Unreliable Evidence » until Thu 31 May / Blaze, Colston St
• Optic » until Thu 31 May / Bramley Pope Opticians, St Stephens St
• Island » until Thu 31 May / Photographique, Baldwin St
• Veteran Athletes » until Thu 31 May / Photographique, Baldwin St
• Living Echo » until Thu 31 May / The Island, Bridewell St
• Radio Days » until Thu 31 May / Philadelphia St Gallery, Quakers Friars
• Still Alive » until Thu 31 May / The Bristol Folk House, Park St
• Out of the Dark I » until Thu 31 May / Bristol Central Library
• The Colour of Landscape » until Sat 2 June / The Glass Room, Colston Hall

Clifton / Redland

• Stills from an Imagined Dream » until Thu 31 May / Rubicon, Chandos Rd
• Oxfam Benefit Show » until Thu 31 May / Clifton Village Oxfam Bookshop, Princess Victoria St
• No Banksy and no suspension bridge » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Rd
• Bristol Rugby » until Thu 31 May / The Kings Arms, Whiteladies Road
• The Old Ballroom » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Rd
• From Firestation to Frenchmen Street » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Princess Victoria St
• Alison Gilleard Photography » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Whiteladies Rd

Stokes Croft / Gloucester Road

• Tin » until Thu 31 May / Cafe Kino, Stokes Croft
• Exposures » until Thu 31 May / Hooper House, Stokes Croft
• Recent Work » until Thu 31 May / Zzzone Studios, Gloucester Rd
• Bristol Instagramers » until Thu 31 May / Cube Microplex, Dove St South
• Portraits of Poignance » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Cheltenham Rd
• The invisible Invisible Circus rendered visible » until Thu 31 May / Boston Tea Party, Cheltenham Rd
• Ronnie » until Thu 31 May / Here Gallery, Stokes Croft
• Two Weeks in Bangkok » until Thu 31 May / Calumet, Station Rd
• Naked-Colourful-Violence » until Thu 31 May / The Bank, Stokes Croft
• Gambia » until Thu 31 May / The Canteen, Stokes Croft
• Local » until Thu 31 May / The Runcible Spoon, Nine Tree Hill
• Occupation Installation » until Thu 31 May / Co-exist, Hamilton House
• The Father of Man » until Sun 3 June / The Arts House, Stokes Croft

South Bristol

• Nlarge Young Photographers » until Tue 29 May /Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Ave
• Series No.397 (1-5) » until Thu 31 May / A Capella Cafe, Wells Rd
• Photographs from the Drugstore Gallery » until Thu 31 May / Zion, Bishopsworth Road
• The Spin Doctor » until Thu 31 May / The Old Bookshop, North St
• Photographique @ The Hare » until Thu 31 May / The Hare, North St
• 12 x 12 : Genius Loci » until Thu 31 May / Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Parade
• RGB Awards: Finalists Exhibition » until Thu 31 May / Grant Bradley Gallery, Bedminster Parade
• PhotoMarathon Exhibition » until Thu 31 May / SouthBank, Dean Lane

Hotwells / West

• The Lomo Show » until Sun 3 June / The Grain Barge, Hotwell Rd