Photography News Issue 30

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Photography News Issue 30 absolutephoto.com

Editor’s letter The show must go on A Samsung memory card! WIN!

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I’ve to photographic exhibitions. Years ago, I used to go to Photography at Work which alternated each year between Wembley and Harrogate, and this evolved to become Focus on Imaging which then transformed to become The Photography Show in 2014. Indeed, if you are reading these words, you might well be doing so while enjoying a well-earnt sit-down and cup of tea at The Photography Show. On the subject of shows, if you get the chance the biennial Photokina in Cologne is worth a couple of days of your life – 2016’s dates are 20-25 September. The show is truly massive and comfy footwear is essential but the whole imaging world will be there and the show makes a serious noise about actual pictures. Of course, big shows are not everyone’s idea of fun. Crowds, expensive parking, very poor to poor catering facilities and the risk of spending some cash is anathema to many and that’s fair enough. Perhaps it’s my innate masochistic streak that makes me think photo shows are worthavisit.Ormaybe it isbecause I’masucker for a bargain. I bought a couple of really nicely priced stripboxes one year, never to use them, and another time I bought a pre-owned Noblex 35mmpanoramic camera having hadmy purse strings loosened by a couple of lunchtime pints. That camera was fun and did get serious use – so much so, when I tried to trade it in last year the dealer told it was fit for junking only. Darn, I spent a lot of money at the time on it too. Last year, Iwasmodest inmy spendand took out a show offer for a half-price 16x12in book. I thought it would make a nice portfolio of my favourite snaps. It took me ten months to get always enjoyed going along

round to populating it with images and placing my order but the finished article arrived a week later. Great service, lovely quality and easily the best £42 I have ever, ever spent at a photographic show. Will I buy anything this year? Who knows? I have recently bought several lenses as I was tempted by a good cashback deal and then bought a film camera specially for a couple of personal projects I am working on so, to be honest, do I truly need anything? The answer is clearly no, but ‘need’ and ‘want’ are uncomfortable bedfellows inmy head. If you’re walking the show and you spot me about to hand over my credit card for some impulse purchase you could do me a great favour and just hustle me away from the salesperson. I will be grateful. Truly. Going back to TPS, it is remarkable how far the show has come in a short period. I’ve always thought that we, the photographers of the UK, deserve a good annual exhibition that has standing nationally and internationally. With all due respect to its forebears, we have finally got a showwe deserve. Of course, I am at risk of being premature here because this year’s event could be a massive flop but that doesn’t seem likely and I think most of us will be leaving the NEC with a spring in our step, happy that we had a great experience, gained some knowledge or inspiration, or simply snapped up a bargain.

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